Halloween is the fun holiday. Sure, other holidays are fun as well, but which one can compete with a day built around costumes and candy? Christmas and Channukah come with way too much gift and (quite literally) travel baggage to be called plain fun, and Thanksgiving is best described in more staid terms like “celebratory” or maybe “satifisfying” or “fulfilling” (although, truth-be-told, it’s my favorite holiday because I like turkey, stuffing, and football). The rest of the holidays—Columbus Day, Flag Day, etc.—are all important, but they don’t really compete with the Big Three.