People are already anticipating the start of the new season, as 7th grader Zoe Sheffer has chosen her costume look. "I'm planning to dress up as Halloween, if it was a person." Kindergartener Perla Martinez-Bardly, like Zoe, has already chosen her costume: "I want to be Rapunzel,” she said.
Many people dress up in costumes for Halloween because many youngsters, such as Everly Nelson, a second-grader, participate in the trick-or-treating, pumpkin carving, and other traditions. "We also bake cinnamon pumpkin seeds," Everly said. 2nd grader Atticus Fedel also loves these traditions. "We cook the pumpkin seeds and add pepper and salt," he said.
Of course, not everyone follows these traditions. Simkha Bryant, a former Ouray School student who now lives in Senegal, does not celebrate Halloween. "Traveling from America to Africa, you become used to the traditions changing," she said. Senegal celebrates its own traditions, one of which is "French Independence," she noted. Simkha misses Halloween, and wishes she could trick or treat with her buddies.
Zoe agrees. Since “Covid 19 happened last year,” she said, she could not hang out with her friends, with whom is looking forward to celebrating this year. She also believes that when Halloween comes around, it might bring individuals together by allowing them to meet other people who also go trick or treating. As she said, "The candy you receive is just the cherry on top."