31 Reasons Why Autumn is My Favorite Season

1. New TV shows.

2. A new theater season.

3. Classes start over.

4. Halloween












5. Apples by the bushel.

6. You can wear nice jackets and sweaters outside.

7.  The air gets a brisk chill

8. The campus becomes a hunk-fest again.













9.  Hookup apps get dozens of fresh new faces (and biceps and bulges).

10. The leaves turn color.

11. You can go outside without getting drenched.

12. Cloudy days.











13. The first snowfall of the season.

14. Football.  I hate football, but I like football players.

15.  Sleeping under blankets.

16. You can cuddle again.




17. Pumpkin pie.

18. Thanksgiving.

19.  My birthday.  Don't let them tell you that as you get older, birthdays are less important.  I'll take cake and presents any day.

20. Fun runs.










21. You can work off the summer pounds.

22. Gay Pride (on the Plains, it's held in September).

23. The Rocky Horror Picture Show

24. The paranormal.  I suppose you could read about ghosts, time slips, and alien abductions at any time of the year, but aren't they more fun in the autumn?








25. Nobody is pressuring you to eat outside, play outside, or do anything outside. You can stay in the house all day without anyone complaining that you have "wasted" the day.

26. There's no pressure of any sort.  In the summer people are always after you do to things, drive cross-country, visit old friends, go to festivals and fairs, make sure that "the days are just packed."  In the autumn you can relax.

27. Pie.  Who ever heard of eating pie in the summertime?

28. Wrestling.



29. The sun goes down at a decent hour, non e of this "broad daylight at bedtime" business.

30. Lumberjack shirts and tight jeans.

31. It's not Christmas.

See also: 12 Things to Like About Autumn