By Nick Thomas
Halloween is easily one of my favorite holidays. There’s a lot to love about Halloween, but what’s the best part? Is it the coma-inducing sugar rush after devouring four Snickers in a row? Is it running around your neighborhood in search of that one neighbor that gives out “the good candy?” Or is it watching all of those old Disney Channel movies that you loved as a child but now realize have sub-par acting?
Personally? I think it’s the costumes.
The costumes in my opinion are what really make Halloween more exciting than the other holidays. Can you imagine dressing up as a ghost or zombie while eating turkey with your relatives? Honestly, as cool as that would be, your relatives would probably judge you more than they already do.
My most memorable Halloween would have to be in 1999 at age 5, when I chose for my Halloween costume to be the dog Blue from the popular television show, Blues Clues.
My friends and cousins and I were waltzing through the neighborhood, searching for quality candy, when a young boy dressed as a pirate approached my clan and me.
“Hey, you’re a girl!” he said. I didn’t really understand this comment, mainly because the last time I checked, I was not a girl, but I asked anyway.
“What do you mean?” I said. “Don’t you know Blue is a girl?” he replied. I did not. It never occurred to me that Blue was in fact, a girl. I simply mistook Blue’s gender-neutral mannerisms to be that of a boy’s. My cheeks turned bright red as he and his comrades began laughing at me. I was humiliated.
It then occurred to me that I was holding a freshly caramelized apple in my hand. Without thinking twice, I tossed the apple in the air, and it landed directly on the head of the pirate boy.
He burst into tears.
After instructing my clan to “RUN!” we ended up back at my house and enjoyed each others company while eating our weight in chocolate sweets. I think the main lesson I learned that night was to not judge a book by its cover, and that I shouldn’t be mean to someone just because they were mean first.
Also, it’s probably not a good idea to throw caramel apples at anyone’s head.
Nick Thomas is a junior at Oklahoma Christian University.
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