It's become a cliche to complain about ever-earlier Thanksgiving and Christmas displays. We're no longer shocked to see Rudolph lighting fireworks, and soon no doubt turkeys will compete with rabbits for Easter symbolism (at least then the eggs will make more sense). But we fear that these premature exhibitions of holiday spirit are starting to cause confusion among celebrants of lesser holidays.
Today, as a quick glance up will show you, is October 29th. By our reckoning, that is still two days before Halloween. Why, then, is our campus overrun by costumed hooligans? We nearly bumped into a hockey-masked serial killer on our way to class.
(Digression: While it was somewhat adorable, we found it thoroughly discordant to have Jason Voorhees apologize for nearly knocking us over. EOD.)
The entire math faculty went a bit loopy and dressed as clowns (which they assure us is NOT their everyday garb). And all manner of witches, zombies, and Spidermen made their way around the quad throughout the afternoon.
Now, you might argue that these folks were simply bringing some holiday spirit to their school TODAY because the actual holiday falls on a weekend. Fair enough, except we would point out that today is THURSDAY. Why not wear costumes tomorrow? Or is Halloween now a multi-day festivity like Hannukah or Ramadan?
(Digression: If the Solipsist gets jihaded, we expect Sloppists to avenge our death. EOD.)
Is 29 the new 31?
We hope not. That would make 40 something like the new 45. And that's a Halloween horror we don't even want to think about!
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