Ed Ranks Things Associated with Halloween

It's that time of year again, my peeps!

Oh, hi! This website made a list of "Things Associated with Halloween" in 2016, but the author didn't even bother to rank them. How lazy is that? Also, this is 47 things. You'd think they could have come up with three more to have 50. Oh well.

I will right what is wrong and do what must be done.

47. Candles - Until the advent of electrical lighting, candles were more associated with the ability to see anything at night. If you say, "same a holiday associated with candles," Halloween would probably be my fourth choice.

46. Banshee - Shriekin Irish mythological sharacters? This is a pretty obscure thing to associate with Halloween.

45. Parties - Lots of holidays have parties. Christmas being the most famous. You also have parties for birthdays and all sorts of other occasions. Are there Halloween parties? Of course. But not all parties are Halloween.

44. Magic Wands - Someone got this confused with a Harry Potter cosplay list.

43. Spell - See above.

42. Skull - Skull? Really. Just one skull?

41. Bones - "Skeleton" is also on the list, which is much more "haloween"-ey than "bones." I associate bones with things that dogs like to carry around, dinosaurs, etc.

OUCH!

40. Blood - More like "associated with hospitals" or "associated with John Wick films."

39. Fangs - Also asssssociated with ssssnakes. (LINK)

34 though 38. Cemeteries, Graves, Tombstones, Caskets, Corpses (five way tie) - These were all on the list, and are more like "things associated with death in general."

33. Evil - I guess if you say name a holiday associated with "evil," Halloween would be a good answer. But it's still nowhere near the top of things I'd say if you reverse it and ask for words associated with Halloween.

31/32. Spiders / Spiderwebs (tie) - These are part of an important ecosystem that keep insect populations down and should be appreciated 365 days of the year, not just once. Although admittedly, wearing little plastic spider rings on Halloween is cool.

30. Zombies - Now a days, Zombie TV shows and movies are being made all the time, so they've sort of lost their "only think about on Halloween" association.

29. Pranks - This would work better if it were "tricks."

28. Goblins - More likely to be associated with D&D, role playing games, and fantasy literature.

27. Monsters - I suppose.

26. Black - This is general, but yeah.

A rare picture that doesn't look like Klansmen.

25. Ghosts - Also associated with terrible hunting TV shows on cable.

24. Pumpkin Seeds - I mean... sort of. If you're really ambitious when carvinh up the ol' pumpkin, you can roast some pepitas.

23. Scythes - I wasn't expecting to see farming equipment on this list, but I won't totally disqualify this entry.

22. Cauldrons - Yeah, I get it. If you were just boiling things in a pot you'd call it a "pot." But on Halloween, you definately call it a cauldron.

21. Frankenstein - Also associated with 19th Century literature and post-humanism.

20. Mummies - Basically zombies but who got mixed up in a roll of toilet paper.

19. Grim Reaper - He's the one with the scythe.

18. The Devil - Eh, I suppose we can put ol' Satan right here.

17. Black Cats - You can have and love and care for a beautiful black cat any day of the year, but I won't lie and say I didn't use my black cat Lightning as a Halloween prop when I was a kid. She hated it.

16. Witchcraft - I might as well stick this next to black cats.

15. All Hallows - This one is sort of cheating since the "Hallow" in "Halloween" comes from the word "Hallows." It's sort of like having a list of things associated with tacos and writing "tacos" as an entry on it.

14. Tricks - Much better than "Pranks" above, but still incomplete on its own. This only turns into a Halloween thing when paired with "Treats" (see below).

13. Demons - I'm actually not quite sure what a demon is. Are they all evil? Can there be good demons? Are we using a Buffy the Vampire slayer definition or what?

12. Bats - Yeah, I won't lie and say bats aren't totally something I think of more on Halloween than other days.

Costumes, costumes galore.

11. Vampires - Speaking of bats and vampires, this is a quintessential costume. Why are "Pirates" not on this list?

10. Werewolves - Now this list is just turning into a "most common costumes" list.

9. Witches - See above. This is a fantastic costume.

8. Candy - Yes. Okay. There is definately Halloween candy. But Christmas, Easter and other holidays also feature candy. But Halloween is the king of candy holidays.

7. Skeletons - Yeah, this is the word I want to see. Not "Bones."

6. Haunted Houses - If you're visiting haunted houses at a time other than the fall, you're weird. Nobody goes to these in May.

5. Costumes - Sure. Let's place this here. I guess you can people can dress up in costumes whenever and there are movies that are "Costume dramas," but let's not pretend that the 5th most important thing about Halloween isn't dressing up. All those witch and vampire and mummy things above are really just sub-sets of this costume thing.

4. Orange - You're damn right this is associated with Halloween. Try to walk into a CVS after Labor Day and see anything other than orange.

This picture should make you feel October in your bones.

3. Pumpkins - Yep. Correct!

2. Jack-o'-lantern - EVEN BETTER! Although why are some of the things on this list singular, and others plural.

1. Trick or Treat

 This is 100% associated with Halloween. If you say this on a day that is not Oct 31, I think it's legal to shoot you.