If you have time (or are bored enough) to read this, please read it all because I know people tend to stop in the middle of a message (also note: this is totally subjective) : I dislike every holiday that loses its original purpose; Halloween is supposed to be a holiday to remember the dead and martyrs if I'm correct. I mean, I'm not saying people are stupid for letting their kids take candies from complete stangers (what do you mean it seems ironic?) but don't call it "Halloween" then, call it something else that's appropriate, like "Candy day" or some shit like that. Halloween is just an exemple, a lot of holidays are now excuses for marketing stuff to surf on the holiday. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't bother me that people are enjoying themselves some days in the year; but then do it in the name of something else; collecting candy is not remembering the dead for exemple... and don't get me wrong; I'm not Catholic , Christian, Pagan or Celtic (Halloween was influenced by all of these), but I really don't like holidays who had some meaning before, even if you're atheist or stuff, and who's only purpose now is to have presents or candy. I repeat it: go enjoy yourself, you have the right to, hell yeah you can, how you do it, with pumpkins or costumes, doesn't bother me either; but I just dislike the fact that for exemple it's in the name of "Halloween".