The Top 9 Reasons Why Halloween Is The Best Holiday Ever

Free candy people. 'Nuff said.

9. No family drama.

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The turkey's not done? Who cares?!

8. You can dress as slutty as you want with minimal judgment.

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7. The decorations are free of religion.

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...for the most part.

6. Halloween parties are actually fun.

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Unlike Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, etc. where your whole extended family sits around in a circle and stares at each other.

5. Multiple parties= multiple costumes = best weekend ever.

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4. You can scare the shit out of little kids.

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...without seeming like an asshole.

3. Pumpkins. Lots of pumpkins everywhere.

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You can carve them, eat their seeds, drop them off the roof of your apartment building- whatever floats your boat.

2. Instagram loves Halloween.

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Post pics of your costume, your boyfriend’s younger brother’s costume, your mother’s black cat costume from 1964- anything goes.

1. Free candy.

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Enough to get you through the winter, if you’re an ambitious trick-or-treater.