Thank you very much

That would be a yes. I have my Halloween tree set up in the front hallway, and my headstones out front. Halloween-...e600c3.jpg

Yes, and they are glorious!

Sounds logical, :D

I say both, but more often Fall.

To be sure, I do. IMG_2213-6...10564e.jpg

I will be celebrating my first British Christmas this year, when I travel to visit family in the UK.

This year would have failed you. The decorations everywhere are all gone, have been for a couple weeks. In fact, I would wager that black friday is going to be a s**t show considering that it's already been made public that merchandise is going to be short this year.

There’s some irony that the OP used the term “y’all” while calling the culture strange haha 😂

It's quicker to say "the 4th", "Halloween", and "Christmas". For me, it's all about efficiency.

A few people rent costumes. Many purchase them, but they are such poor quality they may not last long. Some wear them again in subsequent years. People often make costumes from old, used clothing, or sometimes by sewing.

think...sweetened condensed milk? but in the texture of wax? meh, if you're european you probably wont like it

The really mean people give toothbrushes!

Ya, you betcha.

No, one of the holiday rituals is “demonstrate a psychological theory.” Most people chose the Tragedy of the Commons. Me, I’d think the Milgram Experiment more in keeping with the spirit of the holiday, but my lawyer pointed to its complications.

My family carves pumpkins every Halloween...and decorates cookies for Christmas, and dyes eggs for Easter...

We dress up and have a contest for different categories of costumes

Nos such thing as taking Halloween too seriously. NO. SUCH. THING.

Mmm, pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin soup, roasted pumpkin seeds...

Starting in late Sept or the first week of Oct companies start making pumpkin flavor everything. Literally everything. From beer to flavored toothpicks. There are hundreds of edible pumpkin things out there. Including all the baked goods people make at home or buy it’s a huge amount of squashes used. And you should look up some of the unbelievable carved pumpkins people make. Some as big as 5ft tall and wide. There are shows this time of year as cooking shows and decorating shows including pumpkins on tv. Lots of fun.

Pumpkins are delicious!!! And Americans are obsessed with everything Pumpkin Spice!

Eat it all year; roast the seeds from making jack-o-lanterns - yum!

We actually do eat pumpkins

I have a new recipe for pumpkin and apple bread, yum.

Pumpkin is a wholesome food. It is in the squash food group.

Funny. My brother lived in America for a while and he ordered pumpkin soup. They were (apparently) aghast at the thought of eating pumpkin.

Eating pumpkins are a bit different than the ones grown for decoration, but yes we eat them and their seeds. Green (unroasted) pumpkin seeds are used as an intestinal antiparasitic.

Buy them. Then carve them and leave them out til they shrivel and die. Just like humans. American humans.

We chunk 'em. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin_chucking

Depending where you live, the pumpkins are generally demolished by squirrels or maybe deer if you live in a woody area

Both. There are food pumpkins and decorative pumpkins which are usually NOT good to eat.

We drink them in coffee.

Yes.

yes

The small "sugar" pumpkins can be cooked like a squash and make great pies, pumpkin cake and ravioli!

The nice ones do, the mean ones don't.

Yes. Why is it ok to decorate for Christmas but not Halloween? You do your things but Imma get me some ghouls for MY garden.

You guys are getting days off?

It's the only holiday we have that doesn't come with some kind of baggage. It's literally just for fun, and also to scare away the spirits walking abroad that might steal our souls.

The same reason we love dad jokes

The best seasonal store ever. It's like Halloween Santa. Only shows up once a year and you never see it until spooky season

the big ones that are carved aren't eating pumpkins. Just like there is 'field' corn that's used for animal feed and corn products which is not the corn you buy at the market to eat.

i wish lol

Ummmm, has anyone told him about Christmas?

Where do you think we get our costumes and skeletons and witches and giant rubber rats and fake spider webs and coffins and monsters?