a photo essay by Audrey Callerstrom

Halloween is the only holiday for me that hasn’t tarnished with age. Christmas doesn’t feel like it’s for me anymore – it hasn’t since I was about 10. I don’t have strong emotions about any Christmas films. Thanksgiving food is good, if I’m really hungry, but again, I have no strong emotions about it. New Year’s Day is too cold. July 4th is too hot. Halloween is just right (but also cold). Halloween doesn’t obligate me to be anywhere or do anything. It’s the only time of year when we are allowed to get weird.