Halloween traditions: Haunted Houses

Let’s face it, there’s a lot to love about Halloween: watching scary movies, gobbling up the candy/dessert, dressing up in costumes, and the family traditions. I could go on with the list forever, but let’s stick with that and talk about haunted houses.

Haunted houses are my favorite part of Halloween for a few reasons, the first being that they are just fun to go to, pure and simple.

To clarify, I’m talking about haunted houses as in the ones that you pay to enter and get scared inside by actors in costumes and creepy special effects. And while these haunted houses aren’t real, they seem so real in the moment. And, the actors in the house are real and are there for one purpose: to scare you.

This is the one time of the year where you get to live out a scary house situation in real life – not having to rely on the scary movies. You get to walk through on your own two feet and face whatever terrors that house might have for you. And, of course, there’s no pausing or breaks. You just have to keep on going, from the start to the exit of the house.

Then, too, for some of us that might have a loved one or even a crush, a haunted house is the perfect excuse to hold that person’s hand and arm. Going in a group of friends is also really fun, where everyone is able to be scared silly and just have fun.

There’s something about being scared together that brings a group of friends closer together, so grab few of your closest BFFs and go check out a haunted house.

Happy Halloween, everyone!