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I'm not sure if Halloween is special in its lack of meaning though. Many holidays like Christmas and Easter have become so secular to the point of not containing much of their religious roots at all, unless you are religuous and make the point of celibrating that aspect. I'm not sure if people cosplaying and asking for candy, is that much worse than people doing treasurehunts for candy inside plastic eggs.
That's fair, but my point is that usually those holidays are not celebrated publicly, but privately.
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Your criticisms very much align with the more conservative Christian takes on Halloween. Growing up we always celebrated All Souls Day/Dia de los muertos(for the hispanics), and many people I knew generally looked down on Halloween as a secular perversion of the religious holiday.
I'm not sure if Halloween is special in its lack of meaning though. Many holidays like Christmas and Easter have become so secular to the point of not containing much of their religious roots at all, unless you are religuous and make the point of celibrating that aspect. I'm not sure if people cosplaying and asking for candy, is that much worse than people doing treasurehunts for candy inside plastic eggs.