Halloween may be highly commercialized, but dammit it's still fun. I don't normally dress up for Halloween, but if I do, it's because I was inspired to be that thing from a movie or game that others might not take the extra effort for. I'm not a cosplayer in the normal sense, in that I don't have that creative streak (or sewing ability) that so many that are seem to have so I really have to love something to put in the effort. Beyond that, if there's money to be spent, I'm using as much as I can to ghoul up my house with animatronic jumpscares, spiders, webbing, skulls, clowns - especially zombie clowns, ghosts - some homemade, some not, and pumpkins to carve.....so many stencils. The Halloween Spirit shop knows me well. This year I have a captive audience with my nieces and nephews, if only they could leave the decorations alone once I put them out.