As the spooky season is upon us and pumpkins are starting to be carved, Broad Run students plan their scary festivities and order their stylish Halloween costumes. As we all know, the classical tradition of trick or treating has been around and celebrated for decades.
Some students believe that trick or treating is too childish for high school students while others look forward to coming home with buckets of candy. Throughout this article, you will discover the mystery of Halloween in highschool and figure out if trick or treating is a yay or a nay to the Broad Run students.“My friends like to do [trick or treating], but I think it’s weird,” said senior Vanessa Bennet.
Senior Claire Erny seemed to agree, “If I was a parent and I saw a literal highschooler come to my door, I’d be like, what are you doing?” However, as for dressing up for Halloween, Erny’s opinion seemed to change, “It’s still fun to be creative and dress up and have fun. But just going around asking for candy, that’s what’s childish.”
So, the consensus is dressing up is not uncool, it’s the trick or treating. Which, some may say, is the main point of Halloween: “I think it’s [trick or treating] just a fun tradition like other holidays, like Thanksgiving or Christmas. I think it is a little weird, but I do want to [trick or treat this year],” senior Elizabeth Burgos said.
Most don’t seem to compare Halloween to Christmas, but she does make a good point about tradition: just like presents are opened underneath the tree on Christmas day, people knock on doors for free candy on Halloween night. “I think it’s fun if you go with a group of people,” said junior Helena Pakiela.
It seems that opinions vary between each person, but most seem to be in the spooky Halloween spirit. So, whether you are celebrating Halloween by trick or treating, dressing up, eating candy with your friends, or just hanging alone, I hope you embrace the spooky season in whatever way you can.
Does that mean trick or treating is a yay?
