Just a notice here. Bc October is inching closer there are a few things I wanna go over...
But before I get into it, please feel free to reblog with additional stuff(or just feel free to reblog) bc I feel this is important stuff but I may not cover it all.
[warnings: there are bold, cap, and italic things. also talks about food, and triggers(i dont go into detail) but lemme know if I need to tag it for you I dont mind going back and doing that for you!]
1. Be considerate.
- Not everyone celebrates Halloween, and that’s ok.
- not everyone likes Halloween, that’s ok as well!
if you ask why and they don’t wanna tell you, leave it at that. In fact, when/if you decide to ask. Instead of saying “you don’t celebrate it!! Why not?!” Or “why would you not like it? What’s not to like?”
Try saying “do you mind if I ask why not?”
2. not everyone likes scary
- this covers all scary things: books, film, art, outfits, events ect.
also someone could enjoy a scary movie, but not scary costumes. someone could enjoy dressing up scary, watching scary movies, but maybe they don’t like going to a hunted house.
- its totally ok to enjoy Halloween, but not wanna be scared. there is plenty to do during Halloween that doesn't include getting scared. eg I dont like dressing scray, or going to scary events, but I do like to watch a scary show every now and then[if with a lot of people lol]. my sister however, loves everything scary.
2.2. some people really like scary
- and that is totally ok! you can enjoy watching horror films, dressing up spooky. reading, drawing AND going to scary events!
if someone dose like that, dont be like ”why would you like to get scared?!” some people like that and its totally ok.
3. If possible try and get some allergy friendly/alternative options for trick or treaters
- some kids/people cant have normal candy. be it an allergy, or something else.[i am not sure what all this could be so please feel free to add to this part/let me know!] braces are a thing that prevents kids from some candy! idk what else tho but I know there are a lot of things.
-so im gonna make a list here of things I know would be good alternitives:
cheep: dollor store toys [or stores like that] just silly fun stupid toys that will last like 2 hours. and cost you 50 cents. its way more fun to get those sticky hands, than it is to get a pencil.
pricey: allergy friendly food brands tend to have some good candy. although they are a little more pricey:
Enjoy life. free form 14 top allergies. they have really good chocolate [that is also dairy free.] and for halloween they do some bundles I think. for people with allergies: its all made in a dedicated gluten and peanut[and more I think youd have to check for your specific allergy] free building.
Wholesome. GUMMYS! p good. [its also free from a lot of stuff. check their page to see if its good for you]
Black Forest. also for gummys! [better than wholesome, but more expencive]
those brands are certified - meaning people with allergies don’t have to worry about it. let me know if the links dont work.
there are many brands that are safe from things, but aren’t certified. just look up allergy free candy. I highly recommend looking up Celiac free candy, bc if it Celiac free its also most likely free from dairy and peanuts as well.
4. Triggers!!
- be mindful of triggers. If you aren’t sure if your post is triggering, go ahead and tag it. In fact
- always tag what’s in your post! Especially art! Bc tumblr is great, but it can’t filter and image unless you put in the tags (or post) some words about what it is.
- some tags you can put are “scary tw” “tw halloween” if you do art of like monsters and aren’t really sure what tag to use just put “monsters” or “tw monsters”/“monsters tw” it’s seriously that easy.
if someone asks you to tag it, be chill and just tag it. even if you dont understand why, you dont have to understand it to know that someone just asked you v nicly to tag it...
- some people have triggers that are v v prominent during Halloween. I myself have quite a few triggers of things that are v popular during Halloween. So I personally am not really looking forward to Halloween. [i do love halloween i am just not looking forward to people forgetting to tag things]
ok thats all I’ve got! if you have any questions feel free to ask! my dms/asks are always open!
if you have something to add, please go for it! [just dont start arguments or anything].
if I got something wrong/left something out and you dont wanna reblog this and add it, just lemme know and I will do it for you[anxiety can be rough sometimes I get it]!
final thing: stay safe, healthy, happy, and help others stay that way as well!
I thought Sam is your nickname since your full name is Samhain
I don't like my full name
(A little information. I forgot to explain something in the post with the sad looking creature. The idea that he can collect souls is not from me, it's from the creator of Sam. I don't know how Sam can do this and why, which is why I decided to choose the why by myself. I thought it would be good when he drags the dead bodys in his sack, that's how he collect the souls, the why could be that he doesn't want to be alone and thought this would be a good idea.
Now about the fact that Sam doesn't like his full name. He once tried to get friends, but since everyone knows that Sam loves the rules of Halloween it ended that he killed his friends. I found this too explained somewhere, so it's again not my idea. I like the ideas, that shows how creative the creator of Sam is, which is why I explained that this isn't my idea so he can get all the credits)
