die-cot-oh-me

We are heading into a strange paradoxical time for me. A week of weird conflicts. We are approaching one of my most hated dates of the year, hotly followed by one of my favourites. Hallowe’en is nigh, with Bonfire Night hot on its heels. I love fireworks and hot soup outside; I hate trick-or-treating and apple bobbing. So for every moment I have a rush of excitement about bonfires, I get a rush of dread about ghost costumes. I don’t like the fact that I have a great event to look forward to, but a huge stumbling block to scramble over first. It’s a bit like having an operation scheduled two weeks before Christmas. 
So maybe, I am wondering, we should separate these two events and place them at different times of the year? I know, yes, technically speaking, Hallowe’en has to be on October 31st, and Guy Fawkes night has to be November 5th, but I say Screw History and let’s put one in November and one in March. We celebrate Christmas on December 25th, despite almost everyone of any knowledge saying Jesus was born in September, so why can’t other holidays be moved too? Do I need to cite Easter as an example? Do I? I hope not, because it’s messed up beyond comment when you think about it.
SO…. just for me, if no-one else…. let’s move Hallowe’en to March 5th. It’ll still be dark enough at night for little scamps to go out dressed up, and it’ll break up this over-populated part of the year nicely. Post-Christmas, you could have my birthday to look ahead to, then Valentines Day, then straight into preparations for Hallowe’en. Wouldn’t that be better for everyone?
Especially me. I wouldn’t have to spend half of October hiding Christmas stock somewhere while bringing out stupid novelty ‘spook’ treats, and then every March I could have a nice Spring holiday abroad and avoid the fricking thing entirely. 

RC 25-10-17