Literally one of the reasons Halloween is my favorite holiday is because there’s no damn obligations. No trying to find someone a present they probably don’t even need. Just fun decorations if you want and a bag of candy. Not every holiday needs to turn into fucking Christmas
I am almost sixty. When I was a kid, I would get one "main" present and two or three small things for Christmas. Not even close to the number or cost of the items in these boo baskets. Halloween was a holiday for kids to trick or treat. People hardly decorated. I'm not saying that adults decorating and dressing up for Halloween is bad. But things are getting out of hand. And people don't realize this is all run by retailers who want more profits. We are being coerced and scammed and don't even realize it.
@@stebu178 I’ve tried telling my mom to not get me more than one or two things for Christmas but to no avail. Christmas would be so much more pleasant if no one expected so much. But some people feel guilty about not buying enough even when they are told directly not to.
Its not Christmas cause its better and getting Halloween gifts by someones choice is nice. My parents have always gifted me and my sis. But I do agree something like this puts way more pressure on
Agreed. I love halloween decorations and watching spooky movies for the month, and that's it. Christmas however, is a whole fricking nightmare of working, trying to find gifts, working, trying to wrap gifts, working, panicking about not having enough food so buying more, and working. While I loved it when my kid was little, I bloody hate it all now :D
Ladies lets quit while we’re ahead. Outside of TikTok there is currently ZERO cultural expectation for gift giving on halloween, lets not do this to our fellow women and mothers, PLEASE! 😂
the expensive makeup for a middle school girl startled me 😭 I had bad cystic acne as a teenager that required skin retexturing but all of my makeup then and now still comes from CVS
I’m sorry to say… my cousins give their children Leprechaun baskets on Saint Patrick’s Day now. A plastic pot of gold full of candy and toys. And a fake rainbow tarp leading to them. Certainly cute, but it blew my mind. There will be a basket for every holiday now.
I have a strong suspicion that most of these fancy baskets aren’t actually going to anyone lol. It’s probably all the stuff they bought for themselves 😂
That's exactly what I was thinking. Because if you were going to gift someone skincare products and such why would you open everything and put it out of the og packaging? I mean sure it looks nice on video and everything's still useable but it does not make sense.
I honestly believe that these are influencers trying to up their own sales. I know it’s Target and what not, but I bet some of it is linked. This feels completely created by influencers for TikTok. I’ve never heard of this until now.
Now watch, next year they are going to be selling fully assembled “boo baskets” next year at Target and Walmart just like they do for shitty pre assembled easter baskets.
Mocking the institution of "Hallmark Holidays" was a thing for years, and that term was used to critique the pressure to give someone a CARD. This is a whole 'nother level.
some people who are alcoholic see occasions and holidays as a reason to drink. aren’t people who are shopaholics a little similar to that, but with consumption?
I think that's the case. We need to start taking any addiction seriously, because not only it wastes your money and harms the environment, it also makes you feel miserable and guilty afterhand
@paprikapringless9526 This is the reason why I only decorate the inside of my apartment and reuse the same decor year after year. And if I do update my decorations, I usually go to the thrift store. Where I donate and get new things. They give out a yellow piece of paper that you follow the link. You add the value of your donation, and you can print out the receipt for tax purposes. There are ways to reuse, create fall decor out of cardboard, or even mundane items around your home. Plus, donating and getting an item of similar value does help with the planet, and you are buying consciously and intentionally. I hope more donation/thrift stores do this for anyone interested. I hope everyone has a wonderful Autumn time! 🍂🍂🍂🧡🧡🧡❤️❤️❤️
@@ghostporcupine I only heard about Easter baskets this year and was baffled. But I am Australian. Here we give chocolate Easter eggs and bunnies (sometimes Bilbys which is an Aussie animal). We don't give baskets full of stuff that isn't chocolate.
@@Choolmaster so in America the basket is just what we put the chocolate and eggs in. I’ve never seen baskets full of anything else lol. Unless it’s something that started in the past five years a basket full of random stuff is really not something that is done normally.
@Faith-o1g as a child my Omi (German word for grandma, though I live in the USA) would usually get my sibling and I baskets with mostly candy and sometimes a little extra like bubbles or something when we were little. Plus Easter egg hunts usually had a golden egg with some money. But that was just my family.
@@fallingembers8430 yeah I think that’s probably the average Easter experience over here. I think I too vaguely remember grandma putting some money in my eggs too haha😆
@Choolmaster in germany we have a few pieces of candy or other sweets, a chocolate Easter bunny, boiled and colouelred eggs and a mini gift (like socks or a little colourings book) inside. It's a small basket, nothing big and nothing expensive. Often you get the basket and have so search for the rest in the garden.
My wife asked for a Boo-Basket for her birthday (she was born on Halloween). I'm crotcheting the basket and made her a little ghost plush. She wanted little special things in it. Now I guess I'll learn what the more mainstream concept would be.
Ok, that is adorable and I wish you two all the happiness in the world! That isn't random stuff you buy, that has heart and soul. Have you ever made candy tho? Could try to make candy instead of buying the store kind using all the plastic wrap :3
@@Magicwithizz This is true, hence why I asked if they ever did. But I'd hope someone crafty would think to look up how to do something before trying! But yes it is hella hard. Got a family friend who sends us toffee every year (she owns a bakery iirc tho) My second suggestion would be co baking a cake together :3 But I am a silly little internet person suggesting silly little things. I don't know anyone's life or situations, so it may not be possible. But I DO HATE the amount of plastic I end up with Halloween candy ;( Will awalys encourage less of that crap!
15:58 Oof, the “this is everything that I would want for my boo basket, so I’m sure she’ll love it”, that’s the vibe I get from some of these basket videos, it’s just for the aesthetic and the person making the basket, not even really thinking about the recipient
While a boo basket sounds cute as hell, I am not starting that trend in my family. Kids are getting candy and parents are getting candy from the kids. It is the way.
It’s not a real thing they took boo baskets whic was a little bag of candy and a silly poem you leave on a classmates door step and ring the bell and run and then they do it to another S WHAT A BOO BASKET is! It’s called getting booed .. TikTok turned it into this garbage!
I agree! I saw it and was like "wow this is cute to get a friend who is going through a rough time" or "oh this is cute for a tricky tray" but never as an obligation.
@@TheRamenEevee Yes! It was a cute thing for schoolchildren to do for their neighbors. And you put the sign up that you already got booed so you would be sure to only get one. Then tiktok got a hold of it.
buying a new pair of those ugg slippers simply because the logo tag was chewed off was BAFFLING. the slippers are still 100% functional!! its so wasteful to have bought another pair FOR WHATTTTT
that blew my mind. For one - why does a teenager need ugg slippers? And if you have a dog that has already chewed on the first ones, why buy them again? Ugh. So wasteful.
My thought exactly! And if there's a tear, go get a fun little patch and stitch it on where the logo was. Also, it's slippers, there's not even the argument that you need the logo to show off to your peers or whatever...
I thought this was probably the most reasonable choice out of all of the items, because at least she was gonna get her them anyway so she made a boo basket out of it. Only the thing is the dog chewed the first ones, who’s to say he won’t chew up the second pair as well.
@@Majmysza i work at a hs and i see kids wearing those to school all the time so it unfortunately could be that they want to show their peers 😂 that said if my teenager wanted new ones for that reason i would not be entertaining that whatsoever
@redheadrage13 had a roommate who left her Ugg boots behind....just because there was cat hair on them 🙃. Easily $150 down the drain, and they're in near mint condition (she had bought them within the past year, it looked like) people are so wasteful nowadays, it's disheartening in terms of how it's affecting our planet (climate change due to mass production and mass waste as a result).
The urge to turn every holiday/occasion into Christmas is so yucky. I’d much rather spend quality time rather than have you spend money on seasonal crap that will be gone in a month
@@autumnk1040 yeah, isn’t there already the partying, costume, candy/candygiving, pumpkin carving, dipping apples, etc stuff? Adding gifts onto it is just kinda weird (especially when Late Winter-Spring is the depressed no holiday season, Fall has plenty of fun things to do)
Right like I don’t even WANT any of the crap they are putting in these baskets. Doesn’t everyone already have too many mugs and junk at home already?? At the very most, a big candy bar should be the most fancy Halloween “gift” anyone gets.
@@CampingforCool41 correct. I live alone and already have 4 blankets not counting the comforters on my beds. My cabinet is chock full of mugs that have been hand me downs or gifts. I don’t want or need another mug, blanket, candle, etc. and if you REALLY want to do a boo basket, I’m sure you could find a bunch of cute seasonal stuff at the thrift store. Like why do you always have to buy from places like Walmart or target
Absolutely - and frankly, it’s sad that Christmas is like this! I’m from a super Christmas-obsessed family but we focus on quality time together instead of spending.
“You’ve been booed” was a tradition on military bases in the late 90s-early 00s. I have no clue who started it each year but you were supposed to “boo” two houses then put the note on your door letting everyone know you already got booed. It was just a little basket of candy or toys for the kids in the house, and you spent maybe $10 total lol. It was always so exciting for the children and it was a way to make all the neighbors feel like they were loved. My family would always pick one family we knew and one we didn’t. It’s sad this has become so commercialized.
I should clarify, when you get booed, then you go boo two more houses. By Halloween all the houses on base would have the note on the door meaning everyone had been booed.
as someone who grew up in a military family, this 100%. it was fun and not meant to make people spend excessively; just a small surprise that made people smile.
My aunts/uncles/cousins used to do this and it was really cute because it was low effort & low cost (like a candy bar or a small toy) but still fun & meaningful. There’s no need to spend so much money.
If I found out my bf was cheating on me by seeing a boo basket being gifted by him to someone else on social media, I'd never want to see a boo basket up close ever again. I wouldn't want my friend to give me one.
Corporations are trying to make every holiday into Christmas. We now have gingerbread houses for Easter, door wreaths for 4th of July, and gift baskets for Halloween. The people making these baskets are probably the type of people who just enjoy putting baskets together anyway, they will find an excuse to do so regardless of holiday, then corporations will likely notice the trend and try to make it a thing. No one wants slippers. Just give me the candy straight up.
Gingerbread houses for Easter is a southern hemisphere thing, because that's when autumn/winter is here and those foods with warm spices make sense. Also the icing would melt in summer. I'm not surprised it's being pushed in other places though - we never even used to have halloween, but here we are. Consumerist hellscape.
@@foolishlyfoolhardy6004 I see Halloween-themed cookie houses in grocery stores here in Canada (and I'm sure it's the same in the US). It's ridiculous and frankly, they're ugly, too.
The thing that drives me most wild out of all fhese was the mom who bought her daughter brand new Ugg slippers, not because the old ones didnt fit or were torn, but because the Uggs label were torn off. They're still totally wearable! So she bought her new ones simply to have the brand on display...while wearing them around the house. Is that insane to anyone else?
I thought the exact same thing... My dog ripped the sole out of one of my slippers and I put it back in place and they're just fine now 🤷🏼♀️ And chances are their pet will rip up the new ones too
@@TigerLilly4495 totally agree with you however I would just want to point out that up “slippers” are often worn out in public by teens nowadays. They are a comfortable option instead of slides. And by buying her daughter new slippers, she could’ve prevented her daughter from bullying or mocking because she “couldn’t afford to get new slippers after her old ones are torn up”. However I do hope that she uses the old ones in the house instead of throwing them out🤞🤞
@@erikadianne13 I understand that to a degree, except the slippers weren't really torn, the labels were just taken off by the dogs. If the slippers themselves were torn up I could understand. I just can't imagine spending that much basically for two little Ugg labels. I hope she still uses the old ones too
Honestly…it was probably just a reason she used to justify buying new ones when she didn’t need them. I see it a lot because the whatever it is comes out in a new colour or style you like better. Oh I need a new Stanley because the paint on the bottom of mine is scratched 😂
16:20 Equally important question: Have you ever *given* a boo basket? The likely answer of “no” highlights the fantasy of the entire concept: Most people simply can not afford said luxury purchases, as nice or well intended as they may be.
I don't know how many years ago this was, but this whole "You have been booed" thing went around at my workplace one year. And yes, the idea of it might've been nice except I in no way had the money to "pass it on" to the next person. I was in my first marriage at the time and finances were bad. Our account was often at zero or in the red. So here I was broke as could be and I get the little "You've been booed, pass it on!" note on my desk along with a little bag of goodies (candy for sure, but also some Halloween decor) and I just remember how horrible it made me feel because I wasn't able to pass it on. This was a time when the contents of the basket were maybe $20? But that was a lot more than we had spare.
I feel like these set the bar so high for other holidays. Especially with parents. I would be lucky as a kid to get Uggs as a Christmas gift, even as my “big gift”
Yeah, we’ve really cut back on gift giving. My adult son (still in his early 20s) will get cash or something that he needs, in the $60-75 range, plus a few treats. My elderly mom & I are regifting for Xmas this year, I keep finding gifts that were given but never used lol. Tbh, these days our big Christmas treat is getting a decadent BBQ meal (we celebrate at lunch on the 24th or on the 26th, my son has little sisters at his dads so they get traditional Christmas), which is a treat that our frugal family loves!
We actually did these when I lived in Texas with our neighbours and friends but it was a lot different. It was usually a candy basket with mostly candy or home made treats and sometimes like socks and pencils for the kids and maybe some wine or something for the adults. But it wasn’t just a basket you randomly gave to people. What made it a boo basket is that you would drop it on their front porch, ring the doorbell, then run away. That’s why it was called a boo basket because it randomly appear on your porch and you wouldn’t know who gave it to you. This was way back in 2005
That actually makes sense. Both the practise and the actual items gifted. TikTok seems to have once again bastardised and completely ruined a nice thing. 😖
Boo Baskets are so silly. If my husband got me one I'd ask why he spent the money on a seasonal gift basket that I don't need or want. These videos are nothing more than a restock videos in a different costume. Great video Shawna, almost 40K, I'm so happy for you!
@@MrJeromeRN I would actually be offended if my husband got me one, it would feel like he didn't know me at all. And don't get me started about the waste of money. These gifts are mostly just cheap crap with a few expensive things thrown in.
I had this reflection a while back when thinking about guest bathroom restock videos, but I don’t think I’ve commented it before. But the boo baskets, much like the guest bathroom restocks, are less about giving nice things to your friends but to flex on your friends that not only can you afford nice things, you can just give them away as well. Posting it as a tiktok achieves that same goal, but allows that flex to reach a much wider audience. However, it’s interesting, that they’re gifts, because to me it distances the creators from the wealth displays of 2015-2017 beauty/lifestyle influencers, who would share the same or similar content but for themselves. It’s a way to display wealth but appear selfless because though they have these expensive items, it’s not for them! It’s for their friends! It’s a more digestible way for an audience to handle being flexed on. Same content, different angle.
i think it's also psychologically easier for some of us to spend money on a gift than on ourselves. i spent a lot on my sister's 30th bday present but would have to think for weeks before spending that much on myself.
@@lumiquartz5505 it’s also a way to subtly make product recommendations to your audience-a lot of that ‘desirability’ is manufactured in the first place, and what a better way to encourage it than to say it’s so ‘good’ an influencer ‘needs’ extras.
Can we make Halloween scary again??? These baskets are a ridiculous product of consumerism and it bugs me almost as much as the "cute-ification" of Halloween that seems to get worse every year. Halloween should be a time to be heathen lol. No buying presents, no obligations, just dressing up, eating candy, watching movies, going to parties, and raising a little hell. 👻
Thank you! Yes! Still remember my friends, my cousins and myself pranking each other and doing scary jumpers and then we just laughed about it afterwards. This was way, wayyyy before the consumerism of mobile phones, trends and social media. Going out of your way to create fun, scary scenarios and then everyone laughs it off because that's what Halloween is about Spooky season. 👻
This is the biggest reason why I got off of TikTok and most social media, I was internalising these sorts of videos as “my bf doesn’t love me. Because he doesn’t buy me these things or do these over the top things.” I was blinding myself to the way my partner showed(and continues to show) his appreciation and adoration of me. Whether is a surprise pedicure, or a glass of wine and a $2 face mask when I’ve had a rough day, or even just an extra long hug. I was comparing my life to these rich, vapid, salespeople online who would rather shove name brand items down the feed than show genuine care.
Push presents are the worst…all these woman getting diamond jewellery for having a baby and all I ever got was the expectation to cook dinner the day I got home from the hospital 😏. I thought the baby was the present ❤️
Idk the one where theres a stanley, uggs and 3 lipglosses seems like just an affiliate link fest with the most expensive stuff rather than an ”actual” boo basket POV
PS: If there was a video of my boyfriend of 4 years giving a girl he's cheating on me with a Boo Basket the last thing I would want to comfort me would be a Boo Basket.
@@clairewillow6475 Possibly to have a reason to make a video of you making a ridiculous basket. PS: I have a granddaughter coming in January and her name is Claire 😉
My favorite part of the ridiculousness is that it didn't even say "ex". Like, the levels of brain rot in that story-he's cheating on her, they're still together, he is making tiktoks, he's making boo baskets, he's posting making a boon basket for his side chick, SHE CAUGHT HIM (does this imply he had a secret cheater tiktok? What?)
when i was a kid we would "boo" our neighbors by ding-dong ditching and leaving behind a halloween-themed gift bag, but it was like... an anonymous card, some candy, and googly eyes in a paper bag. no expectation no reciprocity no real budget strain, high likelihood that all the gifts would actually be used/eaten, and it added some whimsy to a tuesday night, nothing like whatever the hell this is lol
We had "boo" baskets in the 1990s, but they were filled with coloring books, crayons, stickers and candy. Boo baskets are what you give to kids and they are under $10 each.
I first heard of this last year from Darling Desi, and we actually did do it! We each got each other some candy, a book we knew the other wanted to read, a little paint by number, and that’s really it. We’re doing it again this year but not to just get each other random crap! It’s sad to me that what I initially thought was a cute way to celebrate Halloween as an adult has turned into full on consumerism hell 😢
I’ve never even heard of these until a few days ago and it really is crazy to me. $200 is our Christmas budget for each other this year! I feel like my fiancée buying me a piece of seasonal candy on the way home or taking me to the corn maze scratches that same kind of itch and shows she’s thinking of me!
As a scot, the place where Halloween originates, I cannot tell you how much this does not work with the concept I have of Halloween at all. We used to have to perform at the neighbours house to get sweets.
When I see boo baskets, a thing that gives me anxiety is the basket itself, because I wouldn't know where to put it, how to use it, I would have to re gift it, I wouldn't want to throw it away because it's new, it's gigantic, I don't want it, etc etc..
@@samisparkleheart I agree! I love giving my family and friends small random gifts, but it's because I'm fortunate enough to be able to and because it's just my way of showing how much they mean to me. I don't expect anything back, and I certainly don't break the bank trying to get aestheic name brand items. These boo baskets are just too much.
@margotnohe973 they really are! I share your sentiments on gift-giving as a way to show love, and it is such a blessing to be able to do that for our loved ones. It's nice to feel special and thought of in those small ways.
The idea of a boo basket would be cute for a kid that is unable to go trick or treating for whatever reason, if you filled it with some seasonal candy and a small toy or two (sort of like an easter basket) ... but these are just excessive.
And here I am sitting with my third pair of cheap slippers that I've had to replace because my dog's completely chewed mine up.. and I'm so tired of replacing them that I'm wearing these that look like they've been through a war.
I bake my (3 best) friends their favorite cake, cookies, pie or pastries, and give them a knitted blanket or sweater I made. Every Fall. I’ve been doing this for almost 20 years. But these boo baskets people are showing off are basically bragging baskets. They’re cute, but too much, imo. PS: What’s next for November, Gobble Baskets? 😑
That's awesome! I knit as well and also give them out as gifts. They have told me that my work is so beautiful that I should set up an online store to sell cute fall themed items. I really don't feel like doing so. It's a lot of work and responsibilities. Plus, it's my favorite hobby! The best one can do is show love, respect and appreciation with small thoughtful ideas. 💖
The sad thing is that the actually cute and super useful applications for the "boo basket" concept never get as much attention. Like, when I first saw them it was a thing for people who couldn't enjoy the Halloween season because they were too disabled or chronically and/or terminally ill to go out and do things like trick or treating/passing out candy, dressing up, going to Halloween parties, etc. or as a thing to give to kids who have food allergies and can't enjoy most candy from trick or treating (you'd give them a "boo basket" of toys and allergy-friendly candy they can enjoy while their trick or treating candy goes to other kids who can eat it). But I never see boo baskets for allergy kids or disabled/ill people be talked about. Just "cute boo basket ideas you need to make for your girlfriend!!!" and it's ;w;
There's the old saw about Valentines Day being invented by the chocolate, cards and diamonds industry but this boo basket nonsense is quite literally the product of social media and consumption culture. Also, if you have to browbeat your significant other into doing this for you by sending a million videos and dropping a bunch of hints, is it really that special? Or does it only matter that you can post a "bae did so good" pic of your basket online?
@@Ailine123 I saw an old college acquaintance post that her husband had gotten her a book basket because she told him she wanted one....and I'm just scratching my head. Like, if you wanted the stuff, just go get it yourself?
Boo Baskets have been a thing around me since I was a kid but they're usually small and FOR kids. My Nana made my brother and I one when we were little and it was just our trick or treat basket, our costume, Halloween pencils and erasers, and a few Halloween themed snacks from the dollar tree. It was just a nice way to present us with the things we already usually got around Halloween. People are doing wayyyyy too much 😭 There also was this thing in like the 2010s where you'd put together a small basket full of treats, drinks, and maybe a candle and you'd leave it at a neighbors house with a sign saying they've been boo'd and to spread the kindness. It was mostly a thing in rich neighborhoods so I never personally experienced it but yeah it seemed sweet. Now it's just people being selfish. It's sad lowkey.
I have been finding your videos fascinating. As a millennial woman who is not on Instagram or TikTok, everything you show is all things I didn’t even know existed. I think that goes to show just just skewed “reality” is on social media.
It's cute, but all the boo baskets these tiktoks showed are identical. It would be actually cuter if these people put more creativity into what they choose.
Exactly 💯 % Such as plant seeds, vegetable seeds, a comfort book, a painting you painted, homemade baked cookies and a handwritten note saying thank you (insert reason for being thankful); your friend has been sad and can't buy groceries or a new coat, a whole two bags of groceries and a new coat will be welcomed. 😊 So many ideas!!
My daughters school PTA is doing these for a fundraiser. The pressure to get one for my kiddo so she doesn’t feel left out is a little insane. Luckily the kids ones are only $15, but still!
The one thing I'll say about the specific seasonal releases is that people can pick and choose what they want to fan out over. I remember so many people being upset that once September rolled around, Christmas eyeshadow palettes were the only things to come out. But what about people who like Halloween? What if i dont like Christmas or fall or spring, but I like Halloween! Everyone gets to do their own thing. But obviously its not a good idea to be into EVERYTHING
A boo basket is such an ultra new trend. As a 90s kid, i never got a basket around halloween 😂 you worked for your candy by trick or treating. But we did get a couple easter baskets as little kids. Now, if i was hosting a halloween party, i would put together naybe party favor bags of SMALL treats, like maybe candy and a spooky hand sanitizer/sparkly lip gloss , or as a kid we would put spider rings and plastic vampire teeth, and bouncy eyeballs in there! Those were the signs it was close to halloween!
Other than the consumables and the basket itself, I would get annoyed to have all this stuff PUSHED INTO my home. All this stuff is a burden because it's not what I need or want, AND now my hand is being forced to give out of obligation instead of love. Let's give from love, and wanted things. Even if they're just simple.
It's really sad and jarring to me that a season that is so full and rich with natural sensory experiences (the leaves changing, the cool breeze, the changing seasonal produce, etc) AND a fun holiday, Halloween, is being ruined with the pressure to just... buy more stuff. What happened to *doing* fun seasonal stuff like pumpkin carving, apple picking, and hay rides? Making hot cider and baking your own fall treats to create that amazing cozy smell in your house? Nothing beats experiences like that, no matter how much tiktok tries to convince you otherwise.
As someone who loves fall and whose favorite holiday is Halloween, I'd be kinda thrilled to get a Boo Basket. But not an expensive one- like, some $2 socks, some pumpkin peeps, and some Halloween candy would be awesome. Maybe like a thrifted flannel or cute T-shirt thrown in. 🎃❤️
My SIL does boo baskets every year and I think it's such a cute idea!! but she makes them for her YOUNG CHILDREN!! On october 1st she fills their pumpkin buckets with a plush toy, a pair of pjs (since they will never fit in last years clothes until they are done growing), a coloring book, and edible treats. The kiddos love it and it gets them in the spooky season spirit! its so fun!
And then they go to school and tell their friends about it and those kids go home and ask why they didn’t get a boo bucket…and their parent feels pressure to do this so their kid doesn’t feel left out 😖
@@TheSamjane4 this can literally apply to anything though. I had a 2nd grade student one year who told me he was excited to go to his grandmas house that night because it meant he got to eat dinner since he doesn't get dinner at moms. Should other kids parents not do their weekly fun family pizza and a movie night just because that little child might catch wind of it? It's the responsibility of the parents to teach their kids not to boast. but i wouldn't deny my kids fun things or experiences just because other kids won't or can't have them.
@@calliemyersbuchanan6458 Not getting a _dinner_ and a child wanting on is a whole lot different than buying items meant to be a gift. Terrible analogy to try and equate a child’s hunger to …. *_this_* … To add: one is perfectly okay to normalize and expect. This is just trying to push something totally unnecessary on kids and parents.
@@TheSamjane4I'm just wondering how that is anyone's problem? If this mom can afford and wants to give her kids a boo basket on October 1, it isn't her issue that somebody else can't afford it. I send my child to a private school, should I pull her out because my neighbors can't afford to put their kids in a private school? I drive a luxury SUV. Should I start walking because the people down the street can't afford a car? I hate people that have that mentality of you shouldn't do something because it'll make someone else feel bad. Oh well!!!!
Buying Halloween candy to give out is expensive enough, I’m not making damn baskets for Halloween to gift friends and family lol. That’s for the following season in my books. The excess these days is just crazy!
There is a video where the girl keeps saying "its that easy" as she keeps grabing stuff aggressively and putting it in the basket/cart. It pisses me off she acts like everyone can afford to just make one. Also there was an article about employees have to clean up these baskets people make and leave behind for others.
The mom at 18:25 saying it's simple made me a little sad because this is what excessively consumerist influencer culture does: setting unrealistic expectations so that even when you try your best, it feels simple and not enough. When she had no reason to feel so because she made a great basket, slippers she had already been planning to buy her daughter, mascara she knew her daughter had run out of, one pair of socks, and lots of candy because that's what children want on Halloween, all likely to be used or in the spirit of the holiday, and all catered to her daughter (compared to some of the other clips where people are preparing baskets based on "this is what _I'd_ want" instead of "what my friend would want"...) But because Tiktok has totally distorted the meaning of simple, even people who follow the trend and try to make a thoughtful gift are made to feel it's simple just because it doesn't cost hundreds of dollars.
@@starlightsall you're right, that is sad! I still think it's a lot for halloween -- I have no idea how much those slippers cost -- but I'm not the kind of person to do this anyway.
@@sullendragon8900 oh I agree even that basket is already a lot. I googled the slippers' price out of curiosity and thought, no way I'm spending that much on just slippers I'll wear at home... I have slippers I'd bought for much cheaper and they keep my feet warm and cozy just fine
Thank you for sharing this and going through the trenches researching and analyzing these tiktok trends. I understand Boo Baskets to a point, because I noticed a majority of millennial and older women (myself included) LOVE giving gifts, we get more gratification and fulfillment giving then we do receiving, and that matched with the fall aesthetic craze AND the target / dollar store haul fads.. this is a recipe for overconsumption and brokeness considering christmas is just around the corner..
I’m a mom to an almost 1yo and this stuff is viscerally horrifying to me. We absolutely do not need to heap MORE expectations on top of mothers! I feel bad enough that I spend so much time at work away from my kiddo, the last thing I need is for her to grow up asking why I’m not getting lavish baskets for her for every holiday that ultimately wouldn’t even bring her genuine lasting joy or show my love for her.
The thing that drives me crazy about these is that a lot of the items aren’t even Halloween related. I was imagining candy, some little Halloween knickknacks, and maybe some kind of spooky plush. Maybe $30 to $50 max depending on what people can afford. We really do not need people establishing new obligatory gift-giving traditions and they especially don’t need to be making all of their examples $200+.
These trends kinda worry me as a mom of 2. We are trying to reuse and reduce our waste. I hope they don't feel unloved bc of these trends. What I like to do instead is bake goods that are seasonal, each season gets a special baked good.
19:57 I feel like I wouldn’t be liked as a mom bc those slippers were *just* *damn* *fine* (If we can find them, I’ll sew new tags on there for you though, baby boo. 👻)
@@MoreCoffeePlease. I’m not a parent but I was just about to comment the same thing. Like the dog didn’t destroy the whole slipper, it was literally just the logo tag. They seemed perfectly wearable and didn’t even really look noticeably bitten! Absolutely wasteful.
@@melruf I’m not a parent either (childless, not by choice) but the way I protested about the new purchase like I had any influence in it at.all! 😹 (IMO, there’s a few teachable moments there. The dog got the second slipper days after the first? Perhaps puppers needs more activity and teen needs to put slippers away? Yeah, I’m a total drag. 😭😹)
We did boo baskets growing up but it usually consisted of baking and decorating cookies then maybe gifting a halloween decor item and you anonymously left it on a doorstep for a neighbor and they were supposed to reuse the basket and pass it onto the next neighbor. This trend lost its wholesomeness.
Boo baskets have been around for years. We used to do them in a doctor's office I used to work at back in 2007. It was usual just some candy and maybe a small halloween spooky themed item.
With 13 and 18 year old kids, who we've tried to raise "green," we already feel pressed when it's time to come up with "winter gifts" (why the genericness of that is a whole rabbit hole for another comment) because... they have pretty much all of their wants, and their needs are always met. I can't begin to imagine what I could put in a Boo Basket for either of them - and if I managed to pull that together, it would undoubtedly leave me further stressed come wintertime, because I'd be in the negative for ideas at that point 😅
If a friend of mine gave me a $200 basket for Halloween 😵💫 I would feel so weird. My Birthday is October 15 and if they spent 100s of bucks even on my birthday on this I would feel bad.
I have exactly one (1) pair of seasonal Halloween socks, and I do wear them year-round. They have a silly little pun on them and it always leads to people asking about them and every time I have to say “it makes more sense during Halloween” 😂 I totally agree with you on the seasonal wardrobe items though. I want everything in my closet to be wearable year-round, otherwise it’s just taking up space.
The fact so many of these baskets cost as much as my ENGAGEMENT RING is nutty to me... All that for a little Halloween basket?! Who has the kind of income to just drop that on a basket for their bestie... Either way this is my first video from you and I really enjoyed! I'll definitely be checking out more 🎃
I will not be starting this trend with my kid. Consumerism is out of control. We will be doing it old school over here. Scary movies, popcorn, pumpkin carving, apple picking and the biggest fun of all dressing up and going door to door Halloween night. I think the baskets are nice but once you start this trend your kids/friends/spouse will expect it and I don’t think this is what Halloween is about. Making memories and being present with family and friends can never be put into a basket.
I remember one year in school my mom made me a valentine's gift. It was basically a glass tray she had for baking with these clear diamond beads in it that she had from my parent's 25th anniversary party, then she laid out a few peanut butter cups and cut out red hearts from a piece of construction paper. It was so cute! And so thoughtful that i had something for valentine's day before i went to school. And she really didnt purchase anything besides the candy. The rest of the stuff she had in the house that she thought to put together as a gift
I think the only “boo basket” I’d ever do would be a laundry basket filled with our seasonal blankets that we already have to get my kids excited for fall. Things like that are in storage so it feels new when they’re out again.
You know, if you regularly burn a lot of candles as part of self pampering/relaxation/self regulating or any other reason that makes you feel good, and you don't have too many candles waiting to get used, then you might actually need one more. I don't remember the last time I lit a candle, and the few I have in storage might actually be more than a decade old. I definately do not need another candle.
To be fair i love the idea of this since Halloween is my favourite holiday but id never expect one. Probably wouldn't do it for someone who isn't as Halloween mad as me either.
My old apartment complex did “boo baskets”. Basically neighbors would choose to gift someone a basket, then if you get one you’re supposed to make one for someone else etc. It was actually a really fun thing. I think we just reused the same basket that was given to us if I recall correctly. It was a fun way to bring neighbors together. The gifts weren’t super expenses. Just maybe some candy and fall themed soaps or something.
Ugh I hate comments like this. We should all just stop buying things, giving gifts, etc because there are low income people who will feel bad. Nope. No ma'am. Someone else made a similar comment about if a kid goes to school and tells their friends what they got, they'll make their friends feel bad. Oh well! Not everyone can afford to send their kids to private school, should I and all the other parents who can, pull their kids out so others don't feel bad? Do you have a car? Stop driving it, a lot of low income families can't afford one!!!!
I do think that the boo/fall baskets are a great idea for birthday, celebratory event gift (wedding, anniversary, starting a business), an anniversary or just doing something nice for someone if the person genuinely likes Halloween and/fall. But the trendiness, counsumness, guilt giving, and creating a gift giving season where there isn’t one is where I have an issue with it.
I made 13 boo baskets this year. I spent maybe a thousand dollars. I made 2 special ones for my nieces and 5 for my husband to take to work for random people (secret Santa style). The others go to strangers that have great Halloween decorations.
I think the origin of this (at least from my perspective in Maryland) is from the practice of creating a surprise basket for someone with a paper flyer that says “you’ve been booed!” and encouragement to make one for someone else in the group, like neighborhood, workplace, etc. There’s also an additional flyer to add that says “I’ve been booed” that you’re supposed to hang up if you’ve already received one so you don’t get more than one. We used to do this at work years ago (at least 10 yrs) and it was so fun, and it was also intended to be (and was) inexpensive and thoughtful. Think “pumpkin trick or treat basket and a bag of candy” not “I’m going broke with this status symbol gift.” I’m so sad to see “boo baskets” have turned into this monstrosity. 😢
I got my cat a boo basket before I knew what boo baskets were. I got her a cool little basket she could scratch up or lay in, a soft blanket that she doesn't care about, and some fun Halloween mouse (zombies sorta, petco shih) cat toys. Not an actual boo basket but,, lol
I heard boo basket and thought it was like the thing we did when I was kids: starting Oct 1, little ghosts would start appearing on people's doors. They said something like, "You've been spooked! Give a small treat to two more houses!" And by Halloween, everyone had given something like 1 dozen homemade cookies to 2 other families, and all houses in the neighborhood had little ghosts on their doors. Sadly, this is not it.
One thing i come back to after each vid I've seen of yours is, though i do appreciate discussing specific examples of overconsumption and how malicious covert marketing tactics can get, we aren't actually diving to the root of the problem and understanding that we will keep finding new trends to complain about until we start being responsible and advocating for ourselves by ignoring the siren call of marketing and advertising, creating and STICKING TO a budget, and start "revenge saving" instead of "doom spending." I know we are constantly manipulated by people who get paid a lot of money in exchange for getting us to shell out ours willingly, and it's easier said than done to be the one taking on the responsibility of saying no to predatory sales tactics instead of getting these companies to start acting ethically, but that's how it is in a capitalistic society. Companies will keep getting rewarded for getting their customers in debt so they will not change, at least not until we start conning them at their own game and hoarding our money. WE are responsible for putting up boundaries, for the companies and our loved ones who want to push us to spend our hard-to- come-by money. As nice as it feels to be able to point the finger at influencers and CEOs and slimy sales people, we cannot get distracted by how unfair we perceive their behavior to be if that comes with the risk of detracting from our own autonomy in changing and hopefully breaking the cycle, at the very least for ourselves if nothing else. Because the way we gain our power back is by refusing to give away our power to these sales and marketing teams and ceos and influencers etc
Counter point: we're all miserable and just need a boost? I gave my partner a boo bucket from Dunkin as a surprise and I'm not into tiktok trends, just wanted a cute surprise for halloween.
Personally we’re giving our child a small bag of fall/pumpkin themed treats all consumable but only because we don’t necessarily celebrate Halloween or go trick or treating. Overall we spend $10 max these $100+ boo baskets are insane.
If/when you make merch, you should definitely consider the slogan "Do you REALLY need that? ...DO YOU?" 😁 Really loving your content. Thank you for putting in the time to share it. Watching you daily right now. xx
I have one, 13yr old niece, we live in different states. As a little cutesy Fall gift, I mailed her a card, nail stickers and a lip oil. With postage, it was less than $15 and she LOVED IT!!
I have a feeling that a lot of these "trends" are started by companies who stand to profit off of them, similar to the way that Valentine's day, Mother's/Father's day were created and commercialized to boost profits following the post-holiday seasons. I've often wondered if the whole "National Girlfriend/Boyfriend Day" thing was a failed attempt to create another commercial holiday, which is now causing a push to add more consumerism to the already existing consumer holidays. I wish we could go back to allowing holidays to be celebrations and events instead of profit opportunities for greedy corporations. I don't enjoy holidays as an adult the way I did as a child because I feel like everyone is just out to get my money.
Only expected in the USA. We only just started doing Halloween in Australia and consider the free candy enough of a gift. All that other stuff is so not necessary. Honestly …I think it was invented so people can have more content for their channels …a lot of the stuff that they put in it is given to them by sponsors that they have to use.
It's just so much! I'm all for showing love and making people feel thought of and special, so I get it. Goodie bags of candy/snacks is plenty. I make them for my coworkers every year. A line needs to be drawn sonewhere.
The second one is more like a hygge cozy fall basket, which is also a big comforting watch for many folks but more consumerist as this focus on products versus the use of the products (wearing uggs drinking out of the pumpkin mug in a comfy setting). My non consumerist frugal mom gave my sister and I Christmas stockings well into our thirties but not pricey, mainly treats and snack with an ornament. It was a tradition but not performative at all. It’s the SM aspect that is also making this trend feel like too much.
also, off topic, but could Target stop putting those stupid stickers on the book dust covers? Or at least make them easier to remove? some of us don't want a stupid 20% off cover price sticker on our book's covers. Like, maybe just make it a permenant fixture in the book section instead or something?
Hi Shawna! Thank you from Spain. I am a licensing artist (watercolor, oil, designer) and I need to use social media for my work (I need to know what styles are trendy, which colors...) and share my work. So I can not quit social media. I appreciate your videos very much. Your thoughts make me realize that no one needs that many things. I used to think that I needed trendy things and trinkets as backgrounds for my pictures and reels. Now I am developing a new strategy using what I already own, and flowers, leaves and branches from my garden, or foraged. Do you think that people is already tired of being sold things constantly? I do. Could you make a video on that topic?
This seemed familiar to me, then I realized I was thinking of when I used to get an Easter Basket as a kid. But an Easter Basket was just a little basket with a small assortment of candy, which is… the product of Trick or Treating. 🤪
I think this is more of a tiktok than IRL thing, and influencers jumping on something they think is nice or cute to get eyes on their page. I don't think this is an Amazon storefront thing though as many of the videos are focused on target products. Although that doesn't discount mean it's not happening
@lavenderoatmilklatte People I went to school with that have side hustles do this. I didn't know this was a thing until my cousin posted that she's thinking of making one and selling it. She made some for another holiday before. I thought very cute, then I thought about how much stuff I already have.
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I think people are looking for any excuse to go shopping guilt-free; hence, it's a gift for someone else, so it doesn't count.
this may be part of it
100% me, I will literally do this. Especially when it comes to thrift store shopping and I think its a once in a life time find.
i always feel guilty cuz spending money lol
@@Ryanneey or they keep it
My mom 🫠
Literally one of the reasons Halloween is my favorite holiday is because there’s no damn obligations. No trying to find someone a present they probably don’t even need. Just fun decorations if you want and a bag of candy. Not every holiday needs to turn into fucking Christmas
I am almost sixty. When I was a kid, I would get one "main" present and two or three small things for Christmas. Not even close to the number or cost of the items in these boo baskets. Halloween was a holiday for kids to trick or treat. People hardly decorated. I'm not saying that adults decorating and dressing up for Halloween is bad. But things are getting out of hand. And people don't realize this is all run by retailers who want more profits. We are being coerced and scammed and don't even realize it.
@@stebu178 I’ve tried telling my mom to not get me more than one or two things for Christmas but to no avail. Christmas would be so much more pleasant if no one expected so much. But some people feel guilty about not buying enough even when they are told directly not to.
Its not Christmas cause its better and getting Halloween gifts by someones choice is nice. My parents have always gifted me and my sis. But I do agree something like this puts way more pressure on
Agreed. I love halloween decorations and watching spooky movies for the month, and that's it. Christmas however, is a whole fricking nightmare of working, trying to find gifts, working, trying to wrap gifts, working, panicking about not having enough food so buying more, and working. While I loved it when my kid was little, I bloody hate it all now :D
I say that Halloween is my favorite holiday because it’s a low stress holiday and I love spooky and morbid stuff
Ladies lets quit while we’re ahead. Outside of TikTok there is currently ZERO cultural expectation for gift giving on halloween, lets not do this to our fellow women and mothers, PLEASE! 😂
Exactly! What's next? Columbus Day? Groundhog Day? The September Equinox!? Like how far are we going to take this? LOL
the expensive makeup for a middle school girl startled me 😭 I had bad cystic acne as a teenager that required skin retexturing but all of my makeup then and now still comes from CVS
Please I'm already fighting for my life 😅
I’m sorry to say… my cousins give their children Leprechaun baskets on Saint Patrick’s Day now. A plastic pot of gold full of candy and toys. And a fake rainbow tarp leading to them. Certainly cute, but it blew my mind. There will be a basket for every holiday now.
@@AlyPodd there is already Easter baskets and Christmas eve boxes, valentine's day I think they will add one for any holiday they can
I have a strong suspicion that most of these fancy baskets aren’t actually going to anyone lol. It’s probably all the stuff they bought for themselves 😂
Me too!
"Oh look what I got for my husband 🥰"
And it's all MY favorite stuff 😂😂😂
Yeah that story about the boyfriend cheating on his girlfriend sounded so fake
Hahaha yea, "did I just get the first boo basket" lady, like you probably gave it to yourself. But okay.
That's exactly what I was thinking. Because if you were going to gift someone skincare products and such why would you open everything and put it out of the og packaging? I mean sure it looks nice on video and everything's still useable but it does not make sense.
I honestly believe that these are influencers trying to up their own sales. I know it’s Target and what not, but I bet some of it is linked. This feels completely created by influencers for TikTok. I’ve never heard of this until now.
Now watch, next year they are going to be selling fully assembled “boo baskets” next year at Target and Walmart just like they do for shitty pre assembled easter baskets.
I think I’ve seen a shop with me video that included one, from tk max perhaps
They’re already selling Halloween themed wrapping paper :/
Mocking the institution of "Hallmark Holidays" was a thing for years, and that term was used to critique the pressure to give someone a CARD.
This is a whole 'nother level.
I stopped handing out cards years ago and I get offended when people waste 4.99 on a card for me.
some people who are alcoholic see occasions and holidays as a reason to drink. aren’t people who are shopaholics a little similar to that, but with consumption?
Excellent observation! I am that way with clothes and holidays/seasons. Though I am a thriftaholic and do not buy decor.
I think that's the case. We need to start taking any addiction seriously, because not only it wastes your money and harms the environment, it also makes you feel miserable and guilty afterhand
@@whoamibytheway6161 Not to mention it hurts your family
@paprikapringless9526 This is the reason why I only decorate the inside of my apartment and reuse the same decor year after year. And if I do update my decorations, I usually go to the thrift store. Where I donate and get new things. They give out a yellow piece of paper that you follow the link. You add the value of your donation, and you can print out the receipt for tax purposes.
There are ways to reuse, create fall decor out of cardboard, or even mundane items around your home. Plus, donating and getting an item of similar value does help with the planet, and you are buying consciously and intentionally. I hope more donation/thrift stores do this for anyone interested. I hope everyone has a wonderful Autumn time! 🍂🍂🍂🧡🧡🧡❤️❤️❤️
Damn.. so true
Easter is for baskets. Halloween is for costumes and chaos.
@@ghostporcupine I only heard about Easter baskets this year and was baffled. But I am Australian. Here we give chocolate Easter eggs and bunnies (sometimes Bilbys which is an Aussie animal). We don't give baskets full of stuff that isn't chocolate.
@@Choolmaster so in America the basket is just what we put the chocolate and eggs in. I’ve never seen baskets full of anything else lol. Unless it’s something that started in the past five years a basket full of random stuff is really not something that is done normally.
@Faith-o1g as a child my Omi (German word for grandma, though I live in the USA) would usually get my sibling and I baskets with mostly candy and sometimes a little extra like bubbles or something when we were little. Plus Easter egg hunts usually had a golden egg with some money. But that was just my family.
@@fallingembers8430 yeah I think that’s probably the average Easter experience over here. I think I too vaguely remember grandma putting some money in my eggs too haha😆
@Choolmaster in germany we have a few pieces of candy or other sweets, a chocolate Easter bunny, boiled and colouelred eggs and a mini gift (like socks or a little colourings book) inside. It's a small basket, nothing big and nothing expensive. Often you get the basket and have so search for the rest in the garden.
My wife asked for a Boo-Basket for her birthday (she was born on Halloween). I'm crotcheting the basket and made her a little ghost plush. She wanted little special things in it. Now I guess I'll learn what the more mainstream concept would be.
omg that’s so cute i’m sure she’ll love it!!
Ok, that is adorable and I wish you two all the happiness in the world! That isn't random stuff you buy, that has heart and soul. Have you ever made candy tho? Could try to make candy instead of buying the store kind using all the plastic wrap :3
@@NatureRosaagreed this would be super cute! Candy making is hella hard tho, esp if you don’t have a food thermometer, so proceed with caution 😂
@@Magicwithizz This is true, hence why I asked if they ever did. But I'd hope someone crafty would think to look up how to do something before trying! But yes it is hella hard. Got a family friend who sends us toffee every year (she owns a bakery iirc tho) My second suggestion would be co baking a cake together :3 But I am a silly little internet person suggesting silly little things. I don't know anyone's life or situations, so it may not be possible. But I DO HATE the amount of plastic I end up with Halloween candy ;( Will awalys encourage less of that crap!
@@NatureRosa personally i save candy wrappers to scrapbook with and stuff
15:58 Oof, the “this is everything that I would want for my boo basket, so I’m sure she’ll love it”, that’s the vibe I get from some of these basket videos, it’s just for the aesthetic and the person making the basket, not even really thinking about the recipient
Watch them behind the scenes not giving it away and just keeping it. Lol
That’s my suspicion lol
Or she's gonna be stealing her daughters mascara😂 classic mom move
While a boo basket sounds cute as hell, I am not starting that trend in my family. Kids are getting candy and parents are getting candy from the kids. It is the way.
It’s not a real thing they took boo baskets whic was a little bag of candy and a silly poem you leave on a classmates door step and ring the bell and run and then they do it to another S WHAT A BOO BASKET is! It’s called getting booed .. TikTok turned it into this garbage!
I agree! I saw it and was like "wow this is cute to get a friend who is going through a rough time" or "oh this is cute for a tricky tray" but never as an obligation.
@@TheRamenEevee Yes! It was a cute thing for schoolchildren to do for their neighbors. And you put the sign up that you already got booed so you would be sure to only get one. Then tiktok got a hold of it.
@@FeliciaZezili Sounds very straightforward. That, and I’m too lazy to do anything like that
This is the way.
buying a new pair of those ugg slippers simply because the logo tag was chewed off was BAFFLING. the slippers are still 100% functional!! its so wasteful to have bought another pair FOR WHATTTTT
that blew my mind. For one - why does a teenager need ugg slippers? And if you have a dog that has already chewed on the first ones, why buy them again? Ugh. So wasteful.
My thought exactly! And if there's a tear, go get a fun little patch and stitch it on where the logo was.
Also, it's slippers, there's not even the argument that you need the logo to show off to your peers or whatever...
I thought this was probably the most reasonable choice out of all of the items, because at least she was gonna get her them anyway so she made a boo basket out of it. Only the thing is the dog chewed the first ones, who’s to say he won’t chew up the second pair as well.
@@Majmysza i work at a hs and i see kids wearing those to school all the time so it unfortunately could be that they want to show their peers 😂 that said if my teenager wanted new ones for that reason i would not be entertaining that whatsoever
@redheadrage13 had a roommate who left her Ugg boots behind....just because there was cat hair on them 🙃. Easily $150 down the drain, and they're in near mint condition (she had bought them within the past year, it looked like)
people are so wasteful nowadays, it's disheartening in terms of how it's affecting our planet (climate change due to mass production and mass waste as a result).
The urge to turn every holiday/occasion into Christmas is so yucky. I’d much rather spend quality time rather than have you spend money on seasonal crap that will be gone in a month
@@autumnk1040 yeah, isn’t there already the partying, costume, candy/candygiving, pumpkin carving, dipping apples, etc stuff? Adding gifts onto it is just kinda weird (especially when Late Winter-Spring is the depressed no holiday season, Fall has plenty of fun things to do)
Right like I don’t even WANT any of the crap they are putting in these baskets. Doesn’t everyone already have too many mugs and junk at home already?? At the very most, a big candy bar should be the most fancy Halloween “gift” anyone gets.
@@kawaiidere1023 yes it’s so unnecessary and soulless to me
@@CampingforCool41 correct. I live alone and already have 4 blankets not counting the comforters on my beds. My cabinet is chock full of mugs that have been hand me downs or gifts. I don’t want or need another mug, blanket, candle, etc. and if you REALLY want to do a boo basket, I’m sure you could find a bunch of cute seasonal stuff at the thrift store. Like why do you always have to buy from places like Walmart or target
Absolutely - and frankly, it’s sad that Christmas is like this! I’m from a super Christmas-obsessed family but we focus on quality time together instead of spending.
“You’ve been booed” was a tradition on military bases in the late 90s-early 00s. I have no clue who started it each year but you were supposed to “boo” two houses then put the note on your door letting everyone know you already got booed. It was just a little basket of candy or toys for the kids in the house, and you spent maybe $10 total lol. It was always so exciting for the children and it was a way to make all the neighbors feel like they were loved. My family would always pick one family we knew and one we didn’t. It’s sad this has become so commercialized.
I should clarify, when you get booed, then you go boo two more houses. By Halloween all the houses on base would have the note on the door meaning everyone had been booed.
We do a version of this at work but only one and it's like a candy bar or something
as someone who grew up in a military family, this 100%. it was fun and not meant to make people spend excessively; just a small surprise that made people smile.
My aunts/uncles/cousins used to do this and it was really cute because it was low effort & low cost (like a candy bar or a small toy) but still fun & meaningful. There’s no need to spend so much money.
some neighbors and friends i had when i was younger did this! it was fun, and always just little treats. also it wasn’t really an expectation
If I found out my bf was cheating on me by seeing a boo basket being gifted by him to someone else on social media, I'd never want to see a boo basket up close ever again. I wouldn't want my friend to give me one.
Yes, like here's Halloween themed mug and accessories for you, so that every time you drink from it, you'll remember your bf cheated you on Halloween!
girl who hurt you lol
@@natalied662 her ex 🥹🤣
@@natalied662 the video
@@natalied662Did you read the literal first line of her comment
Corporations are trying to make every holiday into Christmas. We now have gingerbread houses for Easter, door wreaths for 4th of July, and gift baskets for Halloween. The people making these baskets are probably the type of people who just enjoy putting baskets together anyway, they will find an excuse to do so regardless of holiday, then corporations will likely notice the trend and try to make it a thing. No one wants slippers. Just give me the candy straight up.
Gingerbread houses for Easter is a southern hemisphere thing, because that's when autumn/winter is here and those foods with warm spices make sense. Also the icing would melt in summer.
I'm not surprised it's being pushed in other places though - we never even used to have halloween, but here we are. Consumerist hellscape.
@@foolishlyfoolhardy6004 I see Halloween-themed cookie houses in grocery stores here in Canada (and I'm sure it's the same in the US). It's ridiculous and frankly, they're ugly, too.
Yes to everything but speak for yourself on the slipper part.
I want slippers 🤷🏼♀️
The thing that drives me most wild out of all fhese was the mom who bought her daughter brand new Ugg slippers, not because the old ones didnt fit or were torn, but because the Uggs label were torn off. They're still totally wearable! So she bought her new ones simply to have the brand on display...while wearing them around the house. Is that insane to anyone else?
I thought the exact same thing...
My dog ripped the sole out of one of my slippers and I put it back in place and they're just fine now 🤷🏼♀️
And chances are their pet will rip up the new ones too
@@TigerLilly4495 totally agree with you however I would just want to point out that up “slippers” are often worn out in public by teens nowadays. They are a comfortable option instead of slides. And by buying her daughter new slippers, she could’ve prevented her daughter from bullying or mocking because she “couldn’t afford to get new slippers after her old ones are torn up”. However I do hope that she uses the old ones in the house instead of throwing them out🤞🤞
@@erikadianne13 I understand that to a degree, except the slippers weren't really torn, the labels were just taken off by the dogs. If the slippers themselves were torn up I could understand. I just can't imagine spending that much basically for two little Ugg labels. I hope she still uses the old ones too
Yes. What is she teaching her child? Things need branding, or need to not have flaws, to still be usable?
Honestly…it was probably just a reason she used to justify buying new ones when she didn’t need them. I see it a lot because the whatever it is comes out in a new colour or style you like better. Oh I need a new Stanley because the paint on the bottom of mine is scratched 😂
With every video that you post, my decision to not have TikTok is reaffirmed! LOL
same tbh.
Same
Same
Couldn’t have said this better myself
Yup lol. I love seeing all the TT drama, but only in the form of long form commentary videos on RUclips
16:20 Equally important question: Have you ever *given* a boo basket? The likely answer of “no” highlights the fantasy of the entire concept: Most people simply can not afford said luxury purchases, as nice or well intended as they may be.
I don't know how many years ago this was, but this whole "You have been booed" thing went around at my workplace one year. And yes, the idea of it might've been nice except I in no way had the money to "pass it on" to the next person. I was in my first marriage at the time and finances were bad. Our account was often at zero or in the red. So here I was broke as could be and I get the little "You've been booed, pass it on!" note on my desk along with a little bag of goodies (candy for sure, but also some Halloween decor) and I just remember how horrible it made me feel because I wasn't able to pass it on. This was a time when the contents of the basket were maybe $20? But that was a lot more than we had spare.
I only saw boo baskets on tik tok last year.
I feel like these set the bar so high for other holidays. Especially with parents. I would be lucky as a kid to get Uggs as a Christmas gift, even as my “big gift”
Yeah, we’ve really cut back on gift giving. My adult son (still in his early 20s) will get cash or something that he needs, in the $60-75 range, plus a few treats. My elderly mom & I are regifting for Xmas this year, I keep finding gifts that were given but never used lol. Tbh, these days our big Christmas treat is getting a decadent BBQ meal (we celebrate at lunch on the 24th or on the 26th, my son has little sisters at his dads so they get traditional Christmas), which is a treat that our frugal family loves!
Totally
We actually did these when I lived in Texas with our neighbours and friends but it was a lot different. It was usually a candy basket with mostly candy or home made treats and sometimes like socks and pencils for the kids and maybe some wine or something for the adults. But it wasn’t just a basket you randomly gave to people. What made it a boo basket is that you would drop it on their front porch, ring the doorbell, then run away. That’s why it was called a boo basket because it randomly appear on your porch and you wouldn’t know who gave it to you. This was way back in 2005
That sounds so cute!
This is my understanding of a boo basket too.
I did this too with my clients when I used to do door to door sales. Would put fun Halloween things inside for their family and also my business card
YES YES searched for this comment!! I knew someone would have the same definition! We did this too in my neighborhood in FL, also 2005ish!
That actually makes sense. Both the practise and the actual items gifted. TikTok seems to have once again bastardised and completely ruined a nice thing. 😖
Boo Baskets are so silly. If my husband got me one I'd ask why he spent the money on a seasonal gift basket that I don't need or want. These videos are nothing more than a restock videos in a different costume. Great video Shawna, almost 40K, I'm so happy for you!
@@MrJeromeRN I would actually be offended if my husband got me one, it would feel like he didn't know me at all. And don't get me started about the waste of money. These gifts are mostly just cheap crap with a few expensive things thrown in.
I had this reflection a while back when thinking about guest bathroom restock videos, but I don’t think I’ve commented it before. But the boo baskets, much like the guest bathroom restocks, are less about giving nice things to your friends but to flex on your friends that not only can you afford nice things, you can just give them away as well. Posting it as a tiktok achieves that same goal, but allows that flex to reach a much wider audience. However, it’s interesting, that they’re gifts, because to me it distances the creators from the wealth displays of 2015-2017 beauty/lifestyle influencers, who would share the same or similar content but for themselves. It’s a way to display wealth but appear selfless because though they have these expensive items, it’s not for them! It’s for their friends! It’s a more digestible way for an audience to handle being flexed on. Same content, different angle.
i think it's also psychologically easier for some of us to spend money on a gift than on ourselves. i spent a lot on my sister's 30th bday present but would have to think for weeks before spending that much on myself.
@@lumiquartz5505 it’s also a way to subtly make product recommendations to your audience-a lot of that ‘desirability’ is manufactured in the first place, and what a better way to encourage it than to say it’s so ‘good’ an influencer ‘needs’ extras.
Can we make Halloween scary again??? These baskets are a ridiculous product of consumerism and it bugs me almost as much as the "cute-ification" of Halloween that seems to get worse every year. Halloween should be a time to be heathen lol. No buying presents, no obligations, just dressing up, eating candy, watching movies, going to parties, and raising a little hell. 👻
Thank you! Yes!
Still remember my friends, my cousins and myself pranking each other and doing scary jumpers and then we just laughed about it afterwards. This was way, wayyyy before the consumerism of mobile phones, trends and social media.
Going out of your way to create fun, scary scenarios and then everyone laughs it off because that's what Halloween is about Spooky season. 👻
Looking at the german Christmas Monster Krampus that gives children Trauma:
Let people have it their way.
This is the biggest reason why I got off of TikTok and most social media, I was internalising these sorts of videos as “my bf doesn’t love me. Because he doesn’t buy me these things or do these over the top things.”
I was blinding myself to the way my partner showed(and continues to show) his appreciation and adoration of me. Whether is a surprise pedicure, or a glass of wine and a $2 face mask when I’ve had a rough day, or even just an extra long hug.
I was comparing my life to these rich, vapid, salespeople online who would rather shove name brand items down the feed than show genuine care.
Push presents are the worst…all these woman getting diamond jewellery for having a baby and all I ever got was the expectation to cook dinner the day I got home from the hospital 😏. I thought the baby was the present ❤️
Idk the one where theres a stanley, uggs and 3 lipglosses seems like just an affiliate link fest with the most expensive stuff rather than an ”actual” boo basket POV
Yup! 👍
PS: If there was a video of my boyfriend of 4 years giving a girl he's cheating on me with a Boo Basket the last thing I would want to comfort me would be a Boo Basket.
Right like wtf 😂 that would be last thing I'd wanna do.
THIS PART!!!!!
Gotta be a fake story 😂
@@clairewillow6475 Possibly to have a reason to make a video of you making a ridiculous basket. PS: I have a granddaughter coming in January and her name is Claire 😉
My favorite part of the ridiculousness is that it didn't even say "ex". Like, the levels of brain rot in that story-he's cheating on her, they're still together, he is making tiktoks, he's making boo baskets, he's posting making a boon basket for his side chick, SHE CAUGHT HIM (does this imply he had a secret cheater tiktok? What?)
when i was a kid we would "boo" our neighbors by ding-dong ditching and leaving behind a halloween-themed gift bag, but it was like... an anonymous card, some candy, and googly eyes in a paper bag. no expectation no reciprocity no real budget strain, high likelihood that all the gifts would actually be used/eaten, and it added some whimsy to a tuesday night, nothing like whatever the hell this is lol
This feels Target driven. Most, if not all, talked about how they got the stuff at Target or showed the Target brand tags.
We had "boo" baskets in the 1990s, but they were filled with coloring books, crayons, stickers and candy. Boo baskets are what you give to kids and they are under $10 each.
I first heard of this last year from Darling Desi, and we actually did do it! We each got each other some candy, a book we knew the other wanted to read, a little paint by number, and that’s really it. We’re doing it again this year but not to just get each other random crap! It’s sad to me that what I initially thought was a cute way to celebrate Halloween as an adult has turned into full on consumerism hell 😢
That sounds really cute
I’ve never even heard of these until a few days ago and it really is crazy to me. $200 is our Christmas budget for each other this year! I feel like my fiancée buying me a piece of seasonal candy on the way home or taking me to the corn maze scratches that same kind of itch and shows she’s thinking of me!
As a scot, the place where Halloween originates, I cannot tell you how much this does not work with the concept I have of Halloween at all. We used to have to perform at the neighbours house to get sweets.
@Elspm Last year when the kids came around trick or treating I asked for a trick and they didn't understand what I meant.
that sounds so funnn omg
You mean Ireland?
When I see boo baskets, a thing that gives me anxiety is the basket itself, because I wouldn't know where to put it, how to use it, I would have to re gift it, I wouldn't want to throw it away because it's new, it's gigantic, I don't want it, etc etc..
I give my kids a boo basket every year. It's called Trick-or-Treating 😂😂😂😂 so much variety
@@dorkysophie6906 ...exactly !
Gifts '"just because" are great. This performative gift-giving is so pointless and vapid.
@@samisparkleheart I agree! I love giving my family and friends small random gifts, but it's because I'm fortunate enough to be able to and because it's just my way of showing how much they mean to me. I don't expect anything back, and I certainly don't break the bank trying to get aestheic name brand items. These boo baskets are just too much.
@margotnohe973 they really are! I share your sentiments on gift-giving as a way to show love, and it is such a blessing to be able to do that for our loved ones. It's nice to feel special and thought of in those small ways.
The idea of a boo basket would be cute for a kid that is unable to go trick or treating for whatever reason, if you filled it with some seasonal candy and a small toy or two (sort of like an easter basket) ... but these are just excessive.
does anyone actually believe the "her bf gave a boo basket to a woman he was cheating with, so I'm making her a boo basket" story?
I was listening to it thinking, that sooooo did not happen 💀 What an odd little story to make up
yeah that was def rage bait to create engagement
Replacing a $100+ pair of slippers because the ugly logo has been ripped off is absolutely buck wild to me. The dog did you a favor and you're upset?
And here I am sitting with my third pair of cheap slippers that I've had to replace because my dog's completely chewed mine up.. and I'm so tired of replacing them that I'm wearing these that look like they've been through a war.
I bake my (3 best) friends their favorite cake, cookies, pie or pastries, and give them a knitted blanket or sweater I made. Every Fall.
I’ve been doing this for almost 20 years.
But these boo baskets people are showing off are basically bragging baskets. They’re cute, but too much, imo.
PS: What’s next for November, Gobble Baskets? 😑
yes, and in december they have brr baskets! i saw them on tiktok
That's awesome! I knit as well and also give them out as gifts. They have told me that my work is so beautiful that I should set up an online store to sell cute fall themed items. I really don't feel like doing so. It's a lot of work and responsibilities. Plus, it's my favorite hobby!
The best one can do is show love, respect and appreciation with small thoughtful ideas. 💖
9:12 omg 😭 I have been wearing exclusively Halloween socks for the past 4 years actually lol
The sad thing is that the actually cute and super useful applications for the "boo basket" concept never get as much attention. Like, when I first saw them it was a thing for people who couldn't enjoy the Halloween season because they were too disabled or chronically and/or terminally ill to go out and do things like trick or treating/passing out candy, dressing up, going to Halloween parties, etc. or as a thing to give to kids who have food allergies and can't enjoy most candy from trick or treating (you'd give them a "boo basket" of toys and allergy-friendly candy they can enjoy while their trick or treating candy goes to other kids who can eat it). But I never see boo baskets for allergy kids or disabled/ill people be talked about. Just "cute boo basket ideas you need to make for your girlfriend!!!" and it's ;w;
There's the old saw about Valentines Day being invented by the chocolate, cards and diamonds industry but this boo basket nonsense is quite literally the product of social media and consumption culture. Also, if you have to browbeat your significant other into doing this for you by sending a million videos and dropping a bunch of hints, is it really that special? Or does it only matter that you can post a "bae did so good" pic of your basket online?
@@Ailine123 I saw an old college acquaintance post that her husband had gotten her a book basket because she told him she wanted one....and I'm just scratching my head. Like, if you wanted the stuff, just go get it yourself?
Boo Baskets have been a thing around me since I was a kid but they're usually small and FOR kids. My Nana made my brother and I one when we were little and it was just our trick or treat basket, our costume, Halloween pencils and erasers, and a few Halloween themed snacks from the dollar tree. It was just a nice way to present us with the things we already usually got around Halloween. People are doing wayyyyy too much 😭 There also was this thing in like the 2010s where you'd put together a small basket full of treats, drinks, and maybe a candle and you'd leave it at a neighbors house with a sign saying they've been boo'd and to spread the kindness. It was mostly a thing in rich neighborhoods so I never personally experienced it but yeah it seemed sweet. Now it's just people being selfish. It's sad lowkey.
I have been finding your videos fascinating. As a millennial woman who is not on Instagram or TikTok, everything you show is all things I didn’t even know existed. I think that goes to show just just skewed “reality” is on social media.
It's cute, but all the boo baskets these tiktoks showed are identical. It would be actually cuter if these people put more creativity into what they choose.
Exactly 💯 %
Such as plant seeds, vegetable seeds, a comfort book, a painting you painted, homemade baked cookies and a handwritten note saying thank you (insert reason for being thankful); your friend has been sad and can't buy groceries or a new coat, a whole two bags of groceries and a new coat will be welcomed. 😊 So many ideas!!
My daughters school PTA is doing these for a fundraiser. The pressure to get one for my kiddo so she doesn’t feel left out is a little insane. Luckily the kids ones are only $15, but still!
The one thing I'll say about the specific seasonal releases is that people can pick and choose what they want to fan out over. I remember so many people being upset that once September rolled around, Christmas eyeshadow palettes were the only things to come out. But what about people who like Halloween? What if i dont like Christmas or fall or spring, but I like Halloween! Everyone gets to do their own thing. But obviously its not a good idea to be into EVERYTHING
So much Target elitism involved with these baskets too!
A boo basket is such an ultra new trend. As a 90s kid, i never got a basket around halloween 😂 you worked for your candy by trick or treating. But we did get a couple easter baskets as little kids. Now, if i was hosting a halloween party, i would put together naybe party favor bags of SMALL treats, like maybe candy and a spooky hand sanitizer/sparkly lip gloss , or as a kid we would put spider rings and plastic vampire teeth, and bouncy eyeballs in there! Those were the signs it was close to halloween!
Other than the consumables and the basket itself, I would get annoyed to have all this stuff PUSHED INTO my home. All this stuff is a burden because it's not what I need or want, AND now my hand is being forced to give out of obligation instead of love. Let's give from love, and wanted things. Even if they're just simple.
@@MsSimpleMovies FACTS!! My house is already small and I have 5 kids. This would add to all of the clutter that I have to keep clean and organized
Right, it's all junk. Expensive junk, but still.
It's really sad and jarring to me that a season that is so full and rich with natural sensory experiences (the leaves changing, the cool breeze, the changing seasonal produce, etc) AND a fun holiday, Halloween, is being ruined with the pressure to just... buy more stuff. What happened to *doing* fun seasonal stuff like pumpkin carving, apple picking, and hay rides? Making hot cider and baking your own fall treats to create that amazing cozy smell in your house? Nothing beats experiences like that, no matter how much tiktok tries to convince you otherwise.
As someone who loves fall and whose favorite holiday is Halloween, I'd be kinda thrilled to get a Boo Basket. But not an expensive one- like, some $2 socks, some pumpkin peeps, and some Halloween candy would be awesome. Maybe like a thrifted flannel or cute T-shirt thrown in. 🎃❤️
My SIL does boo baskets every year and I think it's such a cute idea!! but she makes them for her YOUNG CHILDREN!! On october 1st she fills their pumpkin buckets with a plush toy, a pair of pjs (since they will never fit in last years clothes until they are done growing), a coloring book, and edible treats. The kiddos love it and it gets them in the spooky season spirit! its so fun!
That is actually very sweet! 🥰
And then they go to school and tell their friends about it and those kids go home and ask why they didn’t get a boo bucket…and their parent feels pressure to do this so their kid doesn’t feel left out 😖
@@TheSamjane4 this can literally apply to anything though. I had a 2nd grade student one year who told me he was excited to go to his grandmas house that night because it meant he got to eat dinner since he doesn't get dinner at moms. Should other kids parents not do their weekly fun family pizza and a movie night just because that little child might catch wind of it? It's the responsibility of the parents to teach their kids not to boast. but i wouldn't deny my kids fun things or experiences just because other kids won't or can't have them.
@@calliemyersbuchanan6458 Not getting a _dinner_ and a child wanting on is a whole lot different than buying items meant to be a gift.
Terrible analogy to try and equate a child’s hunger to …. *_this_* …
To add: one is perfectly okay to normalize and expect. This is just trying to push something totally unnecessary on kids and parents.
@@TheSamjane4I'm just wondering how that is anyone's problem? If this mom can afford and wants to give her kids a boo basket on October 1, it isn't her issue that somebody else can't afford it. I send my child to a private school, should I pull her out because my neighbors can't afford to put their kids in a private school? I drive a luxury SUV. Should I start walking because the people down the street can't afford a car? I hate people that have that mentality of you shouldn't do something because it'll make someone else feel bad. Oh well!!!!
Buying Halloween candy to give out is expensive enough, I’m not making damn baskets for Halloween to gift friends and family lol. That’s for the following season in my books. The excess these days is just crazy!
I got my MIL a boo basket as a thankyou for helping us with our toddler, it was a pretty cute way to express my gratitude.
There is a video where the girl keeps saying "its that easy" as she keeps grabing stuff aggressively and putting it in the basket/cart. It pisses me off she acts like everyone can afford to just make one. Also there was an article about employees have to clean up these baskets people make and leave behind for others.
The mom at 18:25 saying it's simple made me a little sad because this is what excessively consumerist influencer culture does: setting unrealistic expectations so that even when you try your best, it feels simple and not enough. When she had no reason to feel so because she made a great basket, slippers she had already been planning to buy her daughter, mascara she knew her daughter had run out of, one pair of socks, and lots of candy because that's what children want on Halloween, all likely to be used or in the spirit of the holiday, and all catered to her daughter (compared to some of the other clips where people are preparing baskets based on "this is what _I'd_ want" instead of "what my friend would want"...) But because Tiktok has totally distorted the meaning of simple, even people who follow the trend and try to make a thoughtful gift are made to feel it's simple just because it doesn't cost hundreds of dollars.
@@starlightsall you're right, that is sad! I still think it's a lot for halloween -- I have no idea how much those slippers cost -- but I'm not the kind of person to do this anyway.
@@sullendragon8900 oh I agree even that basket is already a lot. I googled the slippers' price out of curiosity and thought, no way I'm spending that much on just slippers I'll wear at home... I have slippers I'd bought for much cheaper and they keep my feet warm and cozy just fine
Thank you for sharing this and going through the trenches researching and analyzing these tiktok trends. I understand Boo Baskets to a point, because I noticed a majority of millennial and older women (myself included) LOVE giving gifts, we get more gratification and fulfillment giving then we do receiving, and that matched with the fall aesthetic craze AND the target / dollar store haul fads.. this is a recipe for overconsumption and brokeness considering christmas is just around the corner..
I’m a mom to an almost 1yo and this stuff is viscerally horrifying to me. We absolutely do not need to heap MORE expectations on top of mothers! I feel bad enough that I spend so much time at work away from my kiddo, the last thing I need is for her to grow up asking why I’m not getting lavish baskets for her for every holiday that ultimately wouldn’t even bring her genuine lasting joy or show my love for her.
The thing that drives me crazy about these is that a lot of the items aren’t even Halloween related. I was imagining candy, some little Halloween knickknacks, and maybe some kind of spooky plush. Maybe $30 to $50 max depending on what people can afford. We really do not need people establishing new obligatory gift-giving traditions and they especially don’t need to be making all of their examples $200+.
These trends kinda worry me as a mom of 2. We are trying to reuse and reduce our waste. I hope they don't feel unloved bc of these trends. What I like to do instead is bake goods that are seasonal, each season gets a special baked good.
Exactly. We baked Halloween cupcakes today and carved pumpkins and my two seemed to love that.
Maybe she is really gifting it to herself (around the 12:00 mark).
19:57 I feel like I wouldn’t be liked as a mom bc those slippers were *just* *damn* *fine* (If we can find them, I’ll sew new tags on there for you though, baby boo. 👻)
@@MoreCoffeePlease. I’m not a parent but I was just about to comment the same thing. Like the dog didn’t destroy the whole slipper, it was literally just the logo tag. They seemed perfectly wearable and didn’t even really look noticeably bitten! Absolutely wasteful.
@@melruf I’m not a parent either (childless, not by choice) but the way I protested about the new purchase like I had any influence in it at.all! 😹 (IMO, there’s a few teachable moments there. The dog got the second slipper days after the first? Perhaps puppers needs more activity and teen needs to put slippers away? Yeah, I’m a total drag. 😭😹)
We did boo baskets growing up but it usually consisted of baking and decorating cookies then maybe gifting a halloween decor item and you anonymously left it on a doorstep for a neighbor and they were supposed to reuse the basket and pass it onto the next neighbor. This trend lost its wholesomeness.
Boo baskets have been around for years. We used to do them in a doctor's office I used to work at back in 2007. It was usual just some candy and maybe a small halloween spooky themed item.
With 13 and 18 year old kids, who we've tried to raise "green," we already feel pressed when it's time to come up with "winter gifts" (why the genericness of that is a whole rabbit hole for another comment) because... they have pretty much all of their wants, and their needs are always met. I can't begin to imagine what I could put in a Boo Basket for either of them - and if I managed to pull that together, it would undoubtedly leave me further stressed come wintertime, because I'd be in the negative for ideas at that point 😅
If a friend of mine gave me a $200 basket for Halloween 😵💫 I would feel so weird. My Birthday is October 15 and if they spent 100s of bucks even on my birthday on this I would feel bad.
I have exactly one (1) pair of seasonal Halloween socks, and I do wear them year-round. They have a silly little pun on them and it always leads to people asking about them and every time I have to say “it makes more sense during Halloween” 😂
I totally agree with you on the seasonal wardrobe items though. I want everything in my closet to be wearable year-round, otherwise it’s just taking up space.
The fact so many of these baskets cost as much as my ENGAGEMENT RING is nutty to me... All that for a little Halloween basket?! Who has the kind of income to just drop that on a basket for their bestie... Either way this is my first video from you and I really enjoyed! I'll definitely be checking out more 🎃
My literal wedding ring was $200. People are just incredibly haphazard with spending...
Whatever happened to just giving a nice thoughtful card and maybe a little bit of festive candy for a holiday greeting?
Whatever happenned to homemade cookies that were badly iced by the kids and given to the neighbours 😂
I will not be starting this trend with my kid. Consumerism is out of control. We will be doing it old school over here. Scary movies, popcorn, pumpkin carving, apple picking and the biggest fun of all dressing up and going door to door Halloween night. I think the baskets are nice but once you start this trend your kids/friends/spouse will expect it and I don’t think this is what Halloween is about. Making memories and being present with family and friends can never be put into a basket.
I remember one year in school my mom made me a valentine's gift. It was basically a glass tray she had for baking with these clear diamond beads in it that she had from my parent's 25th anniversary party, then she laid out a few peanut butter cups and cut out red hearts from a piece of construction paper. It was so cute! And so thoughtful that i had something for valentine's day before i went to school. And she really didnt purchase anything besides the candy. The rest of the stuff she had in the house that she thought to put together as a gift
The pressure on parents when their kids see these on Tik Tok must be awful.
I think the only “boo basket” I’d ever do would be a laundry basket filled with our seasonal blankets that we already have to get my kids excited for fall. Things like that are in storage so it feels new when they’re out again.
"Do you really need another candle?" I feel so called out by this 😆
You know, if you regularly burn a lot of candles as part of self pampering/relaxation/self regulating or any other reason that makes you feel good, and you don't have too many candles waiting to get used, then you might actually need one more.
I don't remember the last time I lit a candle, and the few I have in storage might actually be more than a decade old. I definately do not need another candle.
Same! I get candles for every season - I either use them up or I keep them for next year. I just like the cozy vibes 🤷♀️
To be fair i love the idea of this since Halloween is my favourite holiday but id never expect one. Probably wouldn't do it for someone who isn't as Halloween mad as me either.
My old apartment complex did “boo baskets”. Basically neighbors would choose to gift someone a basket, then if you get one you’re supposed to make one for someone else etc. It was actually a really fun thing. I think we just reused the same basket that was given to us if I recall correctly. It was a fun way to bring neighbors together. The gifts weren’t super expenses. Just maybe some candy and fall themed soaps or something.
It's frustrating too because it puts so much pressure on low income families who are probably already stressed about the upcoming Christmas.
Ugh I hate comments like this. We should all just stop buying things, giving gifts, etc because there are low income people who will feel bad. Nope. No ma'am. Someone else made a similar comment about if a kid goes to school and tells their friends what they got, they'll make their friends feel bad. Oh well! Not everyone can afford to send their kids to private school, should I and all the other parents who can, pull their kids out so others don't feel bad? Do you have a car? Stop driving it, a lot of low income families can't afford one!!!!
I do think that the boo/fall baskets are a great idea for birthday, celebratory event gift (wedding, anniversary, starting a business), an anniversary or just doing something nice for someone if the person genuinely likes Halloween and/fall. But the trendiness, counsumness, guilt giving, and creating a gift giving season where there isn’t one is where I have an issue with it.
I made 13 boo baskets this year. I spent maybe a thousand dollars. I made 2 special ones for my nieces and 5 for my husband to take to work for random people (secret Santa style). The others go to strangers that have great Halloween decorations.
I think the origin of this (at least from my perspective in Maryland) is from the practice of creating a surprise basket for someone with a paper flyer that says “you’ve been booed!” and encouragement to make one for someone else in the group, like neighborhood, workplace, etc. There’s also an additional flyer to add that says “I’ve been booed” that you’re supposed to hang up if you’ve already received one so you don’t get more than one. We used to do this at work years ago (at least 10 yrs) and it was so fun, and it was also intended to be (and was) inexpensive and thoughtful. Think “pumpkin trick or treat basket and a bag of candy” not “I’m going broke with this status symbol gift.” I’m so sad to see “boo baskets” have turned into this monstrosity. 😢
oh this is so interesting, thanks for sharing
I got my cat a boo basket before I knew what boo baskets were. I got her a cool little basket she could scratch up or lay in, a soft blanket that she doesn't care about, and some fun Halloween mouse (zombies sorta, petco shih) cat toys. Not an actual boo basket but,, lol
how many ways can tiktok repackage the weird envy-voyeurism of watching wealthy people give their wealthy friends/family unnecessary expensive gifts
100% the first "boo basket' concept was dreamed up in a corporate marketing brainstorm session.
I heard boo basket and thought it was like the thing we did when I was kids: starting Oct 1, little ghosts would start appearing on people's doors. They said something like, "You've been spooked! Give a small treat to two more houses!" And by Halloween, everyone had given something like 1 dozen homemade cookies to 2 other families, and all houses in the neighborhood had little ghosts on their doors.
Sadly, this is not it.
One thing i come back to after each vid I've seen of yours is, though i do appreciate discussing specific examples of overconsumption and how malicious covert marketing tactics can get, we aren't actually diving to the root of the problem and understanding that we will keep finding new trends to complain about until we start being responsible and advocating for ourselves by ignoring the siren call of marketing and advertising, creating and STICKING TO a budget, and start "revenge saving" instead of "doom spending." I know we are constantly manipulated by people who get paid a lot of money in exchange for getting us to shell out ours willingly, and it's easier said than done to be the one taking on the responsibility of saying no to predatory sales tactics instead of getting these companies to start acting ethically, but that's how it is in a capitalistic society. Companies will keep getting rewarded for getting their customers in debt so they will not change, at least not until we start conning them at their own game and hoarding our money. WE are responsible for putting up boundaries, for the companies and our loved ones who want to push us to spend our hard-to- come-by money. As nice as it feels to be able to point the finger at influencers and CEOs and slimy sales people, we cannot get distracted by how unfair we perceive their behavior to be if that comes with the risk of detracting from our own autonomy in changing and hopefully breaking the cycle, at the very least for ourselves if nothing else. Because the way we gain our power back is by refusing to give away our power to these sales and marketing teams and ceos and influencers etc
I love how soothing your voice is, it's perfect for this kind of video 😌 Def binge watching your channel now lol
Counter point: we're all miserable and just need a boost? I gave my partner a boo bucket from Dunkin as a surprise and I'm not into tiktok trends, just wanted a cute surprise for halloween.
Personally we’re giving our child a small bag of fall/pumpkin themed treats all consumable but only because we don’t necessarily celebrate Halloween or go trick or treating. Overall we spend $10 max these $100+ boo baskets are insane.
If/when you make merch, you should definitely consider the slogan "Do you REALLY need that? ...DO YOU?" 😁 Really loving your content. Thank you for putting in the time to share it. Watching you daily right now. xx
thanks so much for being here and glad you enjoy my videos!
I have one, 13yr old niece, we live in different states. As a little cutesy Fall gift, I mailed her a card, nail stickers and a lip oil. With postage, it was less than $15 and she LOVED IT!!
I have a feeling that a lot of these "trends" are started by companies who stand to profit off of them, similar to the way that Valentine's day, Mother's/Father's day were created and commercialized to boost profits following the post-holiday seasons. I've often wondered if the whole "National Girlfriend/Boyfriend Day" thing was a failed attempt to create another commercial holiday, which is now causing a push to add more consumerism to the already existing consumer holidays. I wish we could go back to allowing holidays to be celebrations and events instead of profit opportunities for greedy corporations. I don't enjoy holidays as an adult the way I did as a child because I feel like everyone is just out to get my money.
Only expected in the USA. We only just started doing Halloween in Australia and consider the free candy enough of a gift. All that other stuff is so not necessary. Honestly …I think it was invented so people can have more content for their channels …a lot of the stuff that they put in it is given to them by sponsors that they have to use.
It's just so much!
I'm all for showing love and making people feel thought of and special, so I get it. Goodie bags of candy/snacks is plenty. I make them for my coworkers every year. A line needs to be drawn sonewhere.
The second one is more like a hygge cozy fall basket, which is also a big comforting watch for many folks but more consumerist as this focus on products versus the use of the products (wearing uggs drinking out of the pumpkin mug in a comfy setting). My non consumerist frugal mom gave my sister and I Christmas stockings well into our thirties but not pricey, mainly treats and snack with an ornament. It was a tradition but not performative at all. It’s the SM aspect that is also making this trend feel like too much.
also, off topic, but could Target stop putting those stupid stickers on the book dust covers? Or at least make them easier to remove? some of us don't want a stupid 20% off cover price sticker on our book's covers. Like, maybe just make it a permenant fixture in the book section instead or something?
Hi Shawna! Thank you from Spain. I am a licensing artist (watercolor, oil, designer) and I need to use social media for my work (I need to know what styles are trendy, which colors...) and share my work. So I can not quit social media. I appreciate your videos very much. Your thoughts make me realize that no one needs that many things. I used to think that I needed trendy things and trinkets as backgrounds for my pictures and reels. Now I am developing a new strategy using what I already own, and flowers, leaves and branches from my garden, or foraged. Do you think that people is already tired of being sold things constantly? I do. Could you make a video on that topic?
This seemed familiar to me, then I realized I was thinking of when I used to get an Easter Basket as a kid. But an Easter Basket was just a little basket with a small assortment of candy, which is… the product of Trick or Treating. 🤪
Is this a real thing that people are doing for each other or is this just a thing influencers are doing to fill out their amazon storefronts?
I think this is more of a tiktok than IRL thing, and influencers jumping on something they think is nice or cute to get eyes on their page. I don't think this is an Amazon storefront thing though as many of the videos are focused on target products. Although that doesn't discount mean it's not happening
@lavenderoatmilklatte People I went to school with that have side hustles do this. I didn't know this was a thing until my cousin posted that she's thinking of making one and selling it. She made some for another holiday before. I thought very cute, then I thought about how much stuff I already have.
I make boo baskets for my coworkers