I'm going to jump on my soap box for a minute. I like it. I'm pretty sure it's Dial. Keep in mind that I've done no research to support my argument. This is just an ignorant, late night spilling of emotion:
Today (Sunday the 30th, may be the 31st when it's posted), I was informed by someone that Yesterday (Saturday the 29th), was some sort of Pre-Halloween.
I stopped in my tracks.
My brain thought so many things. Halloween is, already, a Pre-Holiday. All Hallows Eve, i.e., the evening before All Hallows. Why do we need to prepare for the preparing of a holiday? Doesn't that just detract from the Holiday's value?
Halloween has become, unfortunately, another excuse to party. So just making up another day to party seems downright stupid.
((Now, my friends and I did have a party on Friday night this past weekend (Friday the 28th), but it's a annual one we throw, and we have before Halloween, specifically to avoid interfering with other people's holiday plans. ))
I personally hate parties (I also hate fun on a moral basis), but to gather with friends and family is one of the reasons we have holidays to begin with. People celebrating their Pre-Halloween? They just wanted another day to get drunk.
And that brings me to Thanksgiving Eve. Really? Really? Seriously? Eating yourself to near-death the next day isn't enough, you have to pre-game?
Swear to God, if I ever hear the phrase "Pre-Christmas Eve".....
I'll probably just ignore it, like everything else.
