Happy Halloween
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amadeus
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Nothing! Halloween just a speed bump on the road to the good holidays Thanksgiving and Christmas.
I will dress up as a NaNoWriMo author getting ready to start the 50,000-word marathon at 1 minute past midnight, November 1.
IOW, t-shirt, PJs, and slippers.
Aside from guilt-free chocolate and occasionally ordering a pizza, I don't do Halloween anymore. I had enough of it during the years when I had a house, what with the kids getting lazy about yelling "Trick or treat" and just ringing the very loud doorbell. Finally I'd shut off all the lights visible to the street and just go dark between 6-9 pm.
There was one year, though, when I was invited to a friend's place for gaming (I had to supply the game). I'd only ever been there once before, during the day, and this time the taxi driver was having a hell of a time finding it after dark, in a snowstorm. She lived in a trailer court, so it's not like we had standard street signs and house numbers to go by. Finally the driver shut the meter off and said he didn't feel right charging me when he didn't know how to find the place.
We got there eventually, though.
IOW, t-shirt, PJs, and slippers.
Aside from guilt-free chocolate and occasionally ordering a pizza, I don't do Halloween anymore. I had enough of it during the years when I had a house, what with the kids getting lazy about yelling "Trick or treat" and just ringing the very loud doorbell. Finally I'd shut off all the lights visible to the street and just go dark between 6-9 pm.
There was one year, though, when I was invited to a friend's place for gaming (I had to supply the game). I'd only ever been there once before, during the day, and this time the taxi driver was having a hell of a time finding it after dark, in a snowstorm. She lived in a trailer court, so it's not like we had standard street signs and house numbers to go by. Finally the driver shut the meter off and said he didn't feel right charging me when he didn't know how to find the place.
We got there eventually, though.
Zkribbler
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No trick-or-treaters here. 
When I was in L.A., I was on a steep hill on the outside of a curve. If any kids came up here, they'd keep to the closely packed houses on the other side of the street. But more likely, they'd favor the apt houses down on the flatlands. In fourteen years, we had not one trick or treater.
When I was in L.A., I was on a steep hill on the outside of a curve. If any kids came up here, they'd keep to the closely packed houses on the other side of the street. But more likely, they'd favor the apt houses down on the flatlands. In fourteen years, we had not one trick or treater.
Angst
Rambling and inconsistent
I don't dress up for it. Might wear a hat.
Snerk
Smeghead
Depressed millennial. Not very original but it's cheap.
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I'll dress up as Glenn Danzig singing Halloween.
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I'm working on two special pumpkins this Halloween, I'll post a picture when I'm done. I love Halloween. I just signed a lease on an apartment and all of my neighbors have a bunch of spooky decorations up and I love it.
How big is Halloween outside the US? Do y'all have trick or treating?
How big is Halloween outside the US? Do y'all have trick or treating?
We always had Halloween but trick or treating wasn't a big thing when I was growing up. It is nowadays although not as much as in the US.
Halloween is big in Ireland, Trick or Treating is an import from America, but has been around for decades.
I've had to tell my five year old that there will be no trick or treating this year unfortunately.
I picked up some decorations in the shop yesterday to spook up the place.
I've had to tell my five year old that there will be no trick or treating this year unfortunately.
I picked up some decorations in the shop yesterday to spook up the place.
yung.carl.jung
Hey Bird! I'm Morose & Lugubrious
very big / yes, the whole ordeal. samhain is a European tradition anyway, all America did is sprinkle some sugar
it's my favorite holyday of the year, so naturally I will be having my regular black magick human sacrifice party, dressing up creepily and watching lots of horror movies.
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My favourite as a kid was always burning a catholic in effigy on November 5th. Hmmm, best not to think about some of our festivities origins and just enjoy the fireworks.
I was at a Guy Fawkes night at work once when I worked in England and the HR director said 'Isn't it great to have a celebration that includes everyone', the young evangelical Christian scot pointed out to her that it was about burning Catholics.
Some houses are decorated with black and orange lights (similar to Christmas lights).
I remember my first time trick-or-treating in the city (my actual first Halloween was my mother taking me to the neighboring acreage and farm and the people there were flabbergasted at getting a kid calling on Halloween; naturally they had nothing to give me other than seeing if they had anything in the fridge). I wore a pair of coveralls that belonged to my dad (far too big, of course; the sleeves and legs were rolled up a lot). When asked what my costume was, I said I was a mechanic.
Later on... I don't even remember the costumes I had during the two years we lived with my dad's girlfriend and her kids. I do recall taking a UNICEF box around in Grade 5, but not what my actual costume was. Some parents were sadistic and made us sing for our treat, so I was glad I remembered a little Halloween song taught in Grade 1. Some other kids called this out:
Trick or treat! Trick or treat!
We want something good to eat!
Not too big, not too small,
Just the size of Montreal!
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We had an awesome Halloween even if we didn't get any trick-or-treaters.
We made 2 jack-o-lanterns, the first was pretty normal and the second was a kind you only get to make if you're super lucky:
We watched Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Nightmare Before Christmas while eating fudge brownies and ice cream. We also munched on a bunch of other random candies as well. It was a fun evening.
We made 2 jack-o-lanterns, the first was pretty normal and the second was a kind you only get to make if you're super lucky:
Spoiler normal jack-o-lantern :
Spoiler special jack-o-lantern :
We watched Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Nightmare Before Christmas while eating fudge brownies and ice cream. We also munched on a bunch of other random candies as well. It was a fun evening.
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