Why can't adults WITHOUT kids appreciate Halloween???

Halloween is by far my favorite holiday.  It always has been, since I was a wee little one.  I've never really paid much attention to those who always say "grow up" but lately they've been irritating me more and more.  Not because I need to "grow up" but more so because they need to "lighten up"!  Growing up does not mean having to stop enjoying life, geesh.

I consider myself a fairly mature person...well depending on the company I keep...add a couple of my friends and all bets are off.  Anyway, I find it hilarious that some feel that my need to decorate and dress up for Halloween insinuates I am immature but only because I do not have children.  Once I have kids I am free to have fun again BUT only for the children...not for me. 

Does this make any sense?  So are you telling me that those who decorate and celebrate Christmas need to grow up also...I mean if they don't have kids why put up a tree and exchange presents???  No this doesn't make any sense.  Yes, of course, it is magical for children (holidays in general) but just because you are an adult doesn't mean you have to stop appreciating the magic.  I am not going trick or treating...well I am but its with kids...I'm not trick or treating alone, I am not that crazy.  I decorate my house to look "spooky".  I dress up in costume to hand out candy.  The parents seem to love it so why all the hate??? Also, in case you haven't caught on, I do it because I enjoy it!  I like walking into my house all during October and seeing pumpkins and skeletons and spiders..."Oh my!"  I also find it hilarious that a black cat is terrified of the decor but the other animals are all "meh". 

So screw off all you haters.  I love Halloween and if I want to decorate and dress up and carve pumpkins, I will!  Not because I am immature but because it is something I enjoy.  If you don't like it blow me :P  I will continue having my fun and you can continue being boring.  I personally think on some level you are jealous because I still know how to have fun and you have succumbed to the pressures of society to be like everyone else.  Have "fun" with that, NOLAGurl out.