The yearly acting out of roaming spirits, trick-or-treating, shares a relationship with the Christmas custom of gifts for the nice and coal for the naughty. Its in the name Santa (contractual) Clause. Roaming spirits, embodied in costume, wander around looking for appeasement, which is where the food or candy - treats - come into play. The collective cultural and historical lot is an expression of mythology, science, astrology, astronomy, and sociology. While some of us dismiss or celebrate Halloween as ‘satan’s birthday’, others are more interested in the costumes and candy. But without background Halloween becomes Hollow-ween. Every year there is a new costume considered politically incorrect, and this year it is the playboy bunny. However, the top 19 list of costumes for 2022 list witches, cheerleaders, vampires, female comic book villains, fairies, and angels, all of which are more sexualized than a playboy costume. In fact, with cultural trends turning towards the disappearance of modesty in its entirety, some sexual costumes may have more material than what the average person typically wears anyways. And besides, nearly every costume now is either ‘slutty’ or a ‘zombie’. The question is: where are our priorities? Inflation of candy prices has skittles up 42% and Snickers up 14% but we continue to buy them, which along with costumes and decorations, set Americans back a stunning 10-billion a year on average.

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