holiday &mdash; Ernest Ortiz Writes Now https://ernestortizwritesnow.com/tag:holiday My chaotic brain needs a place to stay. Author of The Package trilogy. Mon, 02 Nov 2026 20:16:50 +0000 https://i.snap.as/lcehEm96.jpeg holiday &mdash; Ernest Ortiz Writes Now https://ernestortizwritesnow.com/tag:holiday Why Trick or Treating When You Can Buy Your Own Candy https://ernestortizwritesnow.com/why-trick-or-treating-when-you-can-buy-your-own-candy?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[The holidays are here and it’s awesome. However, out of the three fall/winter holidays I like the least it’s Halloween. I liked celebrating it when I was a kid, but by the third grade I was bored of dressing up. To this day, I don’t remember why. Maybe I found out buying candy at the grocery store was easier, or finding a different costume every year was a hassle, or going through and knocking on strangers’ doors was exhausting. Anyway, it’s too much work. My wife loves Halloween and it’s her favorite holiday. We do like driving around to find all the houses who took the time to setup decorations. My kids liked trick or treating around our complex. It may not be my favorite holiday but at least my family loves it. candy costumes family holiday Halloween a href="https://remark.as/p/ernestortizwritesnow.com/why-trick-or-treating-when-you-can-buy-your-own-candy"Discuss.../a !--emailsub-- ]]> The holidays are here and it’s awesome. However, out of the three fall/winter holidays I like the least it’s Halloween. I liked celebrating it when I was a kid, but by the third grade I was bored of dressing up. To this day, I don’t remember why.

Maybe I found out buying candy at the grocery store was easier, or finding a different costume every year was a hassle, or going through and knocking on strangers’ doors was exhausting. Anyway, it’s too much work.

My wife loves Halloween and it’s her favorite holiday. We do like driving around to find all the houses who took the time to setup decorations. My kids liked trick or treating around our complex.

It may not be my favorite holiday but at least my family loves it.

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