Halloween? What's the point?

Personally, I do not see the point in Halloween. Sure, kids love getting a bucket full of candy, and they like dressing up, but do they know what Halloween is about? Some of its origins are from the Pagan Celts, a group of people known to perform human sacrifices at times to please their gods. The original intent of Halloween is to dress as evil spirits, demons, or adorn grotesque masks, in order to ward off evil spirits. Would people be so inclined to celebrate Halloween if they knew about its origins? I don't know. I would say that a lot of people would not care. Some would, and might stop celebrating it, and others would probably think about it for a while and maybe not celebrate the following Halloween, but then start up again the next year.



This is rather disturbing, isn't? Why do people enjoy dressing up like this? Is it just to make a mock of death? It certainly seems like Halloween is simply used today to make a mock of death. That people create the most horrific images they can think of and then show them to as many people as they can in hopes of showing them that they are not afraid of death. Or am I just crazy?

"Maybe I like Halloween because I get to put on a costume." some may retort. Sure, but why is Halloween the only day you have available to put on a costume, seems like a meager excuse. "I do it because it's fun." Why is it fun? I think that people have a misconception of what Halloween stands for. They dress up in costumes, go out and try to get candy and do so in the name of Halloween. Well, while I'm not condemning people that hand out candy, I wonder how many people actually know what it is.

One other thing to notice is how it happens, costumes for example: What are kid's costumes like?

Innocent right? How about a ten year old? What about a teenager? Getting a little less innocent and more disgusting each year right? For girls, it gets to be more and more seductive. Guys is more and more disgusting, until finally you end up with something like this.


Pretty disgusting isn't?
Yes, I know that not every costume is like this, but the majority tend to slant in this direction after time. Is there any point to it?