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I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I couldn't find anything here. Apologies if it's redundant.

I am an adult college student and I will be working on Halloween instead of participating. I usually visit my family, but they aren't celebrating since they are going on vacation instead this year.

But, I am still excited for Halloween! I am making my costume and I am planning a Halloween event for my campus.

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So, I saw many videos of parents condemning those who scare children on Halloween. For the record, yes, I would scare children on Halloween growing up, but I wouldn't really scare children who were literal toddlers/pre-school age. All I would do is wear a costume, hide behind a car and jump out when some 8-14 year old walked up to our house. Nothing serious ever happened, was all in good fun.

However, I see many parents condemning those who wear scary costumes (many of these parents equate the use of fake blood, knives and scary masks as "scary") as they are "too scary" for their children". And also, they do not like when their children get scared on Halloween....but I feel like that is kind of the point of Halloween?

I am out of the circle, so maybe many parents here can tell me if this is a new, common moral for Halloween? I thought it was normal, almost expected for children to be scared on Halloween; it was a risk they knew of before venturing out after dark and was all part of the fun. At least, when I was a child, part of the fun was going up to a house, not knowing if you would be scared or not.

Things like Trunk-or-Treat and Community Center events had trick or treating without the scare factor specifically for children who couldn't handle even a small scare.

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TLDR: Is it now normal for children to not dress scary on Halloween, and to not be scared? This seems different than when I was younger? But I could be looking through rose-tinted glasses. Also, this may not be a common thing I think it is, and just a social media thing.

I am just curious to know since I am an adult and I attend adult events instead of handing out candy (since I am a broke college student and can't really afford to do that)

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DISCLAIMER I am aware that being too scary, too realistic, scaring children to death can be too far. This is not what I am referring to.

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EDIT: After reading comments, I just now remembered; my house was in the neighbourhood that often spooked children. Meaning, when Halloween came by, everyone knew our neighbourhood spooked children, maybe that's why we didn't have any problems because when families came by, they knew what they were expecting.

Other neighbourhoods were known as trick-or-treating only, so they were safer for those who didn't want to be scared. I saw many younger children and toddlers over in those areas all the time, while I saw older elementary and up in my neighborhood.

I think it's great, lowkey, to have scare and non-scare areas on Halloween. Someone mentioned children with special needs and I think that's great to consider.

Last picture is how it looked before i modded it.

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Spoiler/NSFW

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Place your guesses in the comments, and pray for me, because I only have 15 days left to finish 🫠 ⏰

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made these guys a few years back working a stand at a pumpkin patch

Any suggestions for black lipstick that doesn't crack while wearing it???

Terminally Odd Halloween Attraction

I started making this in the late 90s and originally published it in the early 2000s, the original host went out of business and I thought this was lost forever but I found all the files on an old HDD. I cleaned up some of the spelling mistakes and added a new landing page but it's basically as it was back in 2004.

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I made some lil pet ghosts!

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Hey all,
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