Halloween is quickly approaching and though COVID-19 is restricting the typical festivities, the holiday is still something to celebrate. Halloween creates so many memories, whether it be carving jack-o-lanterns for front porches, kids picking out their yearly costumes or friends getting together for a scary movie night.
As we look ahead to All Hallow’s Eve, some of The Post’s section editors took the time to reminisce on the holiday and the memories they’ve created during it.
Molly Schramm, Editor-in-Chief
The Halloween season is my favorite time of the year and holds a special place in my heart. I have so many memories of my brothers and I picking out our costumes as kids and then trick-or-treating with neighbors. Nowadays, I love curling up on the couch and watching horror movies with my friends. Between it’s different activities, history and overall aesthetic, Halloween is such a memorable and fun holiday to celebrate.
Riley Runnells, Culture Editor
Every year for Halloween my dad and I would dress up together to go trick or treating. We went as Jack and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas, Hermione and Dumbledore from Harry Potter, Alice and The Mad Hatter from Alice In Wonderland and more. Halloween bonding with my dad has always been one of my favorite memories, and for as long as I can remember he would put in the effort to make the holiday special for me.
Mary Berger, Art Director
Every Halloween, my family of seven always gets together to carve pumpkins and bake Pillsbury Halloween cookies. No matter how busy we are during October, we always make time to do this with our family, even as the size of our family is growing with new brother-in-laws and grandchildren. We still continue to do this every year, and I hope to do the same with my family.
Shelby Campbell, Longform Editor
My two best friends (Luke and Kristin Kelley) and I are very into Halloween. Last year we dressed as a cowboy, Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Janis Joplin and we celebrated together at a party with Ruth’s mock trial friends. This year, even though we are separated, I’m celebrating our traditions, knowing we’ll spend Halloween together again in the future.
Noah Wright, Opinion Editor
Halloween is my favorite holiday by far, and for all the unnecessary hype around HallOUween, some of the best memories of my life have been on Halloween in Athens. It’s going to hurt not really having it this year, but I will never forget the times I’ve got to have with my closest friends and hundreds of random strangers, living life to the fullest dressed as Steve from Stranger Things. I’ll still always love Halloween, but none will ever live up to the ones I got to have in college.
Ian McKenzie, Assistant News Editor
As a child, Halloween was one of my favorite times of the year. Free candy was a big component in that. I also loved watching Scary Godmother on Cartoon Network because there was something about it that just put me in the Halloween mood.
Molly Schramm is a senior studying journalism at Ohio University and the editor-in-chief of The Post. Have questions? Email Molly at ms660416@ohio.edu or tweet her @_molly_731.
