Bienvenido sea Halloween - [esp/eng]

Hola a todos, bienvenidos a mi blog.

Es inminente. Ya estamos bastante entrados en octubre y eso solo significa una cosa: se acerca halloween.

En lo personal, el Halloween no altera mis temperaturas, no me da ni frío ni calor. Mi familia no suele celebrarlo en absoluto, ni siquiera los dulces, ni siquiera los disfraces, entonces salí al centro comercial hace unos días y me impresionó enormemente ver la mayoría de los locales comerciales de la tienda decorados con esta pseudo escalofriante temática.

Inicialmente, tan solo fui a la tienda Mundo Escolar a comprar un sacapuntas convencional, y fue allí donde me percaté que el Halloween era real e inminente. Observé a mi alrededor y muchas tiendas estaban decorando, o ya estaban decoradas para Halloween, lo cual me parece preocupante teniendo en cuenta que faltaban más de 10 días para dicha fecha.

A decir verdad, me disgusta el Halloween. Admito ser un niño frustrado que desarrolla obvio o aversión a todas aquellas cosas que no pudo tener en su infancia, por lo cual el Halloween me parece una festividad innecesaria producto del mercantilismo y colonialismo imperialista gringo, pues jamás me han dado ni un dulce. Tal vez podría ser por también ser super asustadizo para todo lo relacionado al terror y claramente temerle a todo el terror en general.

Es irónico. Pues ya soy mayor de edad, y observando mi entorno, parece ser que todos los que celebran Halloween disfrutan mucho la fecha; y honestamente, me gustaría sentirme parte del resto, cosa que me tiene reflexionando seriamente acerca si vestir algún disfraz y robar algunos caramelos.

Halloween está en el aire, en mi cajita feliz del McDonald's; en la sastreria del centro comercial, en los productos del farmatodo y hasta en los bares y supermercados que visito. Y no había sido consciente de ello, hasta que vi una atracción animatronica en el minimarket y me fascinó.

Tal vez solo soy un Grinch hallowenesco cuya chispa de la navidad se encendió, o simplemente me dan envidia los niños que obtienen caramelos gratis. O lo uno o lo otro, tal vez ambos. El hecho es que este año, creo que cambiaré un poco y al menos me pintaré un bigote, ya saben, para ser feliz y ser como los demás. Parece divertido, quién sabe, al menos intentemos una vez para saber si vale la pena.

Muchas gracias a todos por leer y compartir. Hasta la próxima

Hello everyone, welcome to my blog.

It's imminent. We're already well into October, and that can only mean one thing: Halloween is coming.

Personally, Halloween doesn't affect me one way or the other; I'm neither excited nor bored by it. My family doesn't usually celebrate it at all, not even with candy or costumes, so I went to the mall a few days ago and was really impressed to see most of the stores decorated with this pseudo-spooky theme.

Initially, I just went to the Mundo Escolar store to buy a conventional pencil sharpener, and it was there that I realized that Halloween was real and imminent. I looked around and many stores were decorating, or were already decorated for Halloween, which I find worrying considering that there were more than 10 days left until that date.

To tell the truth, I dislike Halloween. I admit to being a frustrated child who develops an obvious aversion to all the things he couldn't have in his childhood, which is why Halloween seems to me to be an unnecessary holiday, a product of commercialism and imperialist gringo colonialism, since I've never been given a single piece of candy. Maybe it could also be because I'm super scared of everything related to horror and clearly fear all horror in general.

It's ironic. I'm an adult now, and looking around me, it seems that everyone who celebrates Halloween really enjoys it; and honestly, I'd like to feel like I'm part of the crowd, which has me seriously considering dressing up in a costume and stealing some candy.

Halloween is in the air, in my McDonald's Happy Meal, at the tailor's in the mall, in the products at the drugstore, and even in the bars and supermarkets I visit. I hadn't been aware of it until I saw an animatronic attraction at the convenience store and was fascinated by it.

Maybe I'm just a Halloween Grinch whose Christmas spirit has been ignited, or maybe I'm just jealous of the kids who get free candy. It's either one or the other, or maybe both. The fact is, this year, I think I'll change a little and at least paint on a mustache, you know, to be happy and be like everyone else. It seems like fun, who knows, at least let's try it once to see if it's worth it.

Thank you all very much for reading and sharing. Until next time.