The last bits of the post include
"Reading between the lines, I'd have to say the very best thing to do if you see or hear caroling mice approaching your door would be to kill the lights and call animal control."
Hmmm.... that sounds an awful lot like what I do during Halloween. Well, at least the killing the lights part. (Calling animal control on some of the particularly wild ones is just something I dream about doing.)
There are lots of other similarities between these holidays. Behold!
Both freak out the religious. Anyone else grow up having to call school halloween parties "harvest fests"? And if I have to see one more Jesus cake.....
You wear weird shit to celebrate them. Wearing bell jewelry of any kind should be outlawed. Ditto the memo on slutty kitty costumes. From holiday sweaters to dressing up like Dexter, you really do have to wear some weird crap to proclaim your allegiance to the christmas/halloween spirit.
The tackier the exterior of the house, the better. Or at least I *think* that's what my neighbors are going for with their 12 foot, inflatable spider. Or those damn inflatable snow globes. Or anything in an animal shape that lights up.
You give away stuff to people because it is expected. Do I really need to spend forty bucks on candy for non-neighborhood thirteen-year-olds? Sure, unless I want my house egged. Do I really want to give my surly coworker a holiday mug filled with chocolate-covered espresso beans? Not really, but I'd like to avoid any 2012 drama.
You get a free pass on exceeding your daily sugar intake. (I don't think this one needs explanation, which is good because my fourth truffle has just entered my bloodstream. Pardon me as I lapse into a diabetic coma.)
How else is Christmas like Halloween?
