I understand the reluctance to support Halloween. All the other occasions you mentioned speak to life, while this seems to speak to death.
I never liked Halloween. Always celebrated it, from when I was a kid, parent and now just answering the door to give out candy. We attend a party dressed and have a blast but it’s not a big deal to me.
We had a few years with barely any trick or treaters and this year we are getting slammed, lol. We just had a “Carl” from Walking Dead, lol.
I usually go out to eat. Same as Christmas, I go out to eat. Walk around Williamsburg and enjoy the air. Stuff like that.
Halloween does have roots and along with those vestiges it now represents yet another stupid merchants holiday and a strange homage to death, which to me, isn’t too uplifting. I’ve seen enough death to understand that it isn’t something i would enjoy celebrating.