as you get older do Halloween and Christmas kind of lose there magic?

Tom_Cruise · 31-10-2012 8:14pm #1

Maybe as you become an adult you slowly lose the magical feeling.

BBDBB · 31-10-2012 8:18pm

nah, thats the medication kicking in

admiralofthefleet · 31-10-2012 8:19pm

my son was one last monday so its only beginning (again) for me

Red Pepper · 31-10-2012 8:20pm

No, halloween and xmas are brilliant when you have young kids.

girl2 · 31-10-2012 8:22pm

Tom, I was thinking about you - Im glad to see you on here again

Yes, I have become Bah Humbug. It's all just another day.

senorwipesalot · 31-10-2012 8:23pm

The magic of getting pissed for a solid week never looses its appeal.

Links234 · 31-10-2012 8:23pm

nope! in fact, i think I'm a bigger kid than ever

Chicken1 · 31-10-2012 8:23pm

I tolerate halloween but at 29 I LOVE Christmas, religious or not it's great. Nothing better than a freezing night outside and big fire and cosy house inside.

My name is URL · 31-10-2012 8:24pm

Zombie Humbug

_feedback_ · 31-10-2012 8:28pm

Tom_Cruise wrote: »

Maybe as you become an adult you slowly lose the magical feeling.

Yep!

Sitting in tonight and not answering the door. I'm a miserable bastard.

TeddyTedson · 31-10-2012 8:30pm

I drove past a few teenagers around Ringsend this evening and gave a wave as they were collecting tyres and pallets and gave them a wave going past.... They gave me the finger back.

I was taking the piss though and their reaction was priceless, it was over the top dancing while giving the finger that had me in stitches.

But erm yea, the magic of both is dead for me now. It's my birthday today and I could care less.

Princess Peach · 31-10-2012 8:31pm

Not for me! I get all kinds of childish and giddy during holidays

ArtyC · 31-10-2012 8:32pm

I dunno- sitting in with bag of sweets, fire and scary movies!!

opinion guy · 31-10-2012 8:32pm

Halloween is way better than it used to be if you ask me

Run_to_da_hills · 31-10-2012 8:33pm

As you get older you realise that both of them are just annoying recurring pagan festivals. As soon as the fireworks cease we get bombarded with non stop Christmas commercials on our television sets for the next two months. :mad:

opinion guy · 31-10-2012 8:35pm

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I drove past a few teenagers around Ringsend this evening and gave a wave as they were collecting tyres and pallets and gave them a wave going past.... They gave me the finger back.

I was taking the piss though and their reaction was priceless, it was over the top dancing while giving the finger that had me in stitches.

But erm yea, the magic of both is dead for me now. It's my birthday today and I could care less.

Phone up that hotline for tip offs on bonfires on them and get their bonfire shut down :pac:

castletownman · 31-10-2012 8:36pm

They're my two favourite "holidays" of the year. Nothing better than drinking in a pub in fancy dress! But I will say that December 23rd is a far more enjoyable night out than either Christmas Eve or Stephen's Day.

Oarrack Bama · 31-10-2012 8:40pm

Do scientologists celebrate Halloween and Christmas OP?

TheUsual · 31-10-2012 8:48pm

ppssstttt .....

there is no Santa

jaffacakesyum · 31-10-2012 8:49pm

Never was huge into Halloween but Christmas I used to love and it certainly has lost its magic for me. I think maybe with a new boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife a bit of that excitement comes back. And then when you start having kids I'd say that brings back the magic

TheUsual · 31-10-2012 8:50pm

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

As soon as the fireworks cease we get bombarded with non stop Christmas commercials on our television sets for the next two months. :mad:

woo hooo .....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvNDPQT-UU0

gobnaitolunacy · 31-10-2012 8:54pm

Yes re: Christmas, definitely.

Was never big into Halloween either, all they bought for us then were disgustingly healthy monkey nuts and apples. Ugh.

Rothko · 31-10-2012 9:18pm

TeddyTedson wrote: »

But erm yea, the magic of both is dead for me now. It's my birthday today and I couldn't care less.

FYP

Anyway, Christmas has lost a bit of it's magic but I still enjoy Halloween.

opinion guy · 31-10-2012 9:22pm

Oarrack Bama wrote: »

Do scientologists celebrate Halloween and Christmas OP?

Noone cares

Madam_X · 31-10-2012 9:26pm

Of course it does - until you have kids.

Brian? · 31-10-2012 9:29pm

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

As you get older you realise that both of them are just annoying recurring pagan festivals. As soon as the fireworks cease we get bombarded with non stop Christmas commercials on our television sets for the next two months. :mad:

Jesus man, chin up. The pagans knew how to throw a party.

Having kids makes Christmas deadly. It brings Halloween to a whole new level though, I've put way more thought into dressing up my youngfella than I ever would for myself. He's 2 and shall be dressed as Kurt Cobain. The only disapointment is that my missus won't let me tape a fake syringe to his arm and make him carry a toy shotgun. It's still deadly though.

Larianne · 31-10-2012 9:30pm

Nah, love Halloween. Although I do not like any of this slutty dressing up shít! Either be something scary or dead or funny or bog off!

Hate Christmas. More so coz its a family orientated thing and well my family ain't a family family, unfortunately.

3rdDegree · 31-10-2012 9:32pm

Yes, no magic for me. Sometimes though, I can remember the feeling of Christmas when I was a child and it really was magical! I remember the feeling so strongly it almost hurts. But not any more. Now all I have to look forward to is eternal dreamless sleep.

LOL, etc. ):

Madam_X · 31-10-2012 9:33pm

Larianne wrote: »

Nah, love Halloween. Although I do not like any of this slutty dressing up shít! Either be something scary or dead or funny or bog off!

Hate Christmas. More so coz its a family orientated thing and well my family ain't a family family, unfortunately.

Yeh Christmas must be damn hard for people who have bad family stuff going on, when there is so much emphasis on family.

Nodin · 31-10-2012 9:34pm

Tom_Cruise wrote: »

Maybe as you become an adult you slowly lose the magical feeling.

Christmas yeah, but still love halloween.

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 31-10-2012 9:35pm

I love Halloween, always have.

Tonight I made some kids cry by jumping off my garage with a petrol chainsaw while they knocked on the door, it's all part of the fun though....I did give them extra sweet though.

Christmas, I used to love it but the feeling fizzled out. I would love to get it back again but I doubt I will.

Cedrus · 31-10-2012 9:37pm

The Six Ages of Santa
You are Frightened of Santa
You Believe in Santa
You don't Believe in Santa
You are Santa
You look like Santa

Lucas Castroman · 31-10-2012 9:38pm

There are few things more depressing than awaking Christmas morning and realizing you're not a child anymore

TheUsual · 31-10-2012 9:40pm

Cedrus wrote: »

The Six Ages of Santa
You are Frightened of Santa
You Believe in Santa
You don't Believe in Santa
You are Santa
You look like Santa
You get so damn old you forget what the sixth age was.

FYP

storker · 31-10-2012 9:44pm

I've always enjoyed both festivals. Christmas is extra magical since we've had kids old enough to look forward to Santa. I hate the long lead-in though. I love Christmas, but only when it is Christmas...not before bloody Halloween for crissake. Not even in November. When I am emperor, all mention of Christmas will be banned until...hmmm... let's say 1st of December.

My eight-year old daughter doesn't like it either. Her logic: seeing lots of Christmas stuff makes you think Christmas is really close when it actually isn't and that's not nice.

So there.

Stork

31-10-2012 9:55pm

flutterflye · 31-10-2012 10:01pm

TeddyTedson wrote: »

But erm yea, the magic of both is dead for me now. It's my birthday today and I could care less.

Is it actually your birthday?
If so - Happy Birthday

Well I was a kid, so they were both great.
Then I was a teenager, so Halloween was great in a drunken haze type sense, not so much xmas.
Then I had kids, so both great again

I'd imagine though, if I didn't have kids so young, there'd be a few years in there where they'd be a bit crap alright.

Larianne · 31-10-2012 10:05pm

Madam_X wrote: »

Yeh Christmas must be damn hard for people who have bad family stuff going on, when there is so much emphasis on family.

Yeah, I'd quite like to hibernate this year. From now till end of January.

benwavner wrote: »

I love Halloween, always have.

Tonight I made some kids cry by jumping off my garage with a petrol chainsaw while they knocked on the door, it's all part of the fun though....I did give them extra sweet though.

Christmas, I used to love it but the feeling fizzled out. I would love to get it back again but I doubt I will.

I was gonna put on a scary clown costume but the feckers called too early. :mad:

entropi · 31-10-2012 10:08pm

Hallowe'en is an amazing time. I'll never grow tired of it

Agricola · 31-10-2012 10:10pm

Xmas and Halloween are magical when you're a kid. They then lose their lustre when you grow up and just become an excuse to get pissed. Then if you have children you have the best of both worlds because you get to re-live the magic all over again through your kids, while being pissed.

Hackysack · 31-10-2012 10:13pm

I dunno, I still really like Halloween because everyone dresses up still (i'm in my mid twenties) which is good to see. It's not as sweet-filled but it's still a lot of fun to see people making the effort.

Christmas is also great but one of the main reasons I like it so much is that EVERYONE comes home and spends time back where you're from. It's a great big session and you catch up with all of your old friends and family.

It's not the same kind of magic as when you were a child - it's definitely different, but that's not a bad thing imo.

RobbingBandit · 31-10-2012 10:21pm

It definitely depends on where you live, me a north dublin suburb with lots of kids having fun knocking on doors while their 16-25 year old scanger parents gets drunk/stoned and make some more free loading kids or throw fireworks at each other.

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 31-10-2012 10:27pm

Larianne wrote: »

I was gonna put on a scary clown costume but the feckers called too early. :mad:

Little fuppers! How scary is the costume?

Larianne · 31-10-2012 10:30pm

benwavner wrote: »

Little fuppers! How scary is the costume?

Oh was gonna be the make-up moreso than anything else...

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 31-10-2012 10:32pm

Larianne wrote: »

Oh was gonna be the make-up moreso than anything else...

Ugh, I don't want to know, clowns freak me the fup out!

Cill94 · 31-10-2012 10:34pm

Christmas has definitely lost a lot of its magic for me. Still a very nostalgic and generally cheery time of year though

Halloween is as epic as ever. Don't think I'll ever get sick of dressing up like a bloodsucking satanic freak.

TeddyTedson · 31-10-2012 10:34pm

flutterflye wrote: »

Is it actually your birthday?
If so - Happy Birthday

Well I was a kid, so they were both great.
Then I was a teenager, so Halloween was great in a drunken haze type sense, not so much xmas.
Then I had kids, so both great again
I'd imagine though, if I didn't have kids so young, there'd be a few years in there where they'd be a bit crap alright.

31/10/1986
Thank you

Well needed early night now.

PizzamanIRL · 31-10-2012 10:37pm

For Halloween yes. I'm 21 and it was only 5 or 6 years ago when I used to love the fireworks, now i hate the sound of them.

Christmas is still good though, family time etc.

ScumLord · 31-10-2012 10:56pm

They're both now consumerist holidays where consumers can be parted from their money with pointless tat. There's no such thing as magic, humbug on all of it.