This might sound odd coming from an American, but I hate Halloween.

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I always have. What’s so great about a day with the most admin and the least delicious food as a reward? That’s without mentioning the inevitable panic that rolls around at the end of September when you have yet to firm up plans.

Admittedly, I do have fond memories of trick-or-treating as a child, when all the logistics of making a costume fell squarely on my mother. I still remember her recruiting a friend the night before Halloween to sew a bill and wings onto a black hoodie so I could terrorise the public as a penguin.

But celebrating Halloween as an adult is an entirely different beast. No, I will not order a last-minute wig on Amazon in an effort to........

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