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Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping the meaning of Halloween into the ol’ VCR. 

Okay, it’s time for yet another sappy post on this All Hallows’ Eve. 

Everyone knows that Halloween is my favorite holiday. I’m a spooky girl who is a sucker for a gimmick, so I love it for all the obvious reasons. Horror movies. Special treats. Costumes galore. You name it. 

However, I love Halloween for a deeper reason. You see, I didn’t grow up with a lot of money. Don’t get me wrong, KP worked as hard as possible to get me everything I needed and a lot of what I wanted. And, when she had to go on disability, she would go to my Emily and Richard Gilmore-esque grandparents for help. 

I was also teased as a kid for everything from my weight to being “weird” to everything you could possibly think of. However, I never felt less than on Halloween. 

Everyone dressed up, and even though my costumes were always over the top, the other kids usually thought they were cool. KP always spent hours and hours making whatever I could think of. From a zombie teenager to the stars (she bought black sweatpants and a black sweatshirt and hand-painted stars all over the jumpsuit and my face), she made anything I could think of come to life. 

Halloween isn’t like Christmas where you have to buy a bunch of expensive gifts, or Thanksgiving where you have to spend time with relatives who quote Fox News for sport. 

Halloween celebrates the weird and unusual. In fact, it revels in it. I felt like I belonged on Halloween, even when I was dressed as Quailman and had underwear on over my shorts. 

So, friends, this is a reminder to not care what people think. Celebrate the weird and unusual all year long. Keep up the spooky stuff if it makes you happy. Wear more costumes. 

Halloween might be a holiday for some, but it’s a state of mind for others. 

Happy Halloween, movie mavens.