Comments on: Happy Halloween!

By: Phillipa Crawford

Phillipa Crawford — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 16:57:54 +0000

Some of the older Neo commenters will remember why we carried a bar of soap with us. And sometimes a few eggs. And moving night.

When I lived in a townhouse development there were families with young kids who walked with them trick or treating so the neighbors without kids handed out candy to the kids and beer or wine to the parents. Everybody had fun.

By: NeoConScum

NeoConScum — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 14:43:42 +0000

My Queen & I are at our Spring & Fall ‘go to’ place in the Great Smoky Mtns of western N. Carolina
and bought a great wood-crate sign in black & orange with sparkling block letters, reading:

WITCHIE, WITCHIE
SCREAMIE, SCREAMIE
HAPPY, HAPPY HALLOWEENIE !!

Love it!!

By: SCOTTtheBADGER

SCOTTtheBADGER — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 07:15:33 +0000

Back in my deputy days, I would always prowl the streets of villages too small to have a PD, just to show the flag, and keep the cars moving slowly. Little kids who are excited run without thinking.

By: SCOTTtheBADGER

SCOTTtheBADGER — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 07:11:31 +0000

I went as a shark tonight, in a big shark head, and gray sweats. i stopped at a Kwik Trip convenience store, to get a slice of pizza, and when I was checking out, the clerk told me never thought that he would look out from his cash register, and see a Great White Shark patiently waiting for a slice of 4 meat pizza.

By: Mary Catelli

Mary Catelli — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 02:53:09 +0000

There were store bought costumes when I was young, but never at our house. Some, of course, were made, but many were improvised.

Then, we had our costume box for playing all year.

By: texexec

texexec — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 01:15:52 +0000

In Austin, Halloween is a HUGE holiday. Maybe even more than the major religious holidays. My adult son who is very thin went to a party dressed as a Qtip which I thought was very original.

By: charles

charles — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:19:32 +0000

In my neighborhood, we have a lot of “temps” from India. Their company has sent them to the US to learn American ways so that when they go back to India to work in the back office support they will have a better understanding of how Americans work.

Well, most of the holidays I don’t interact with them much; but, for Halloween, some of the mothers so get into the spirit of dressing up that they dress up their kids and themselves! Nothing ghoulish or anything like that. There have been so many princesses, butterflies, etc. coming to my door – and those are the mothers of the ones too little to even walk! So glad they enjoy the spirit of Halloween.

By: March Hare

March Hare — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 23:50:17 +0000

While I admit to roaming the neighborhood sans parental supervision as a child, either Hubs or I accompanied our kids, usually taking the dog with us (because it was easier than having her try to escape every time the door opened). I’m not sure why we went along, but it was a social thing. We’d go with family friends and hang out on the sidewalk while our children went to the door. This was so common in our neighborhood that one house handed out cans of soda for the kids and beer for the parents! 🙂

By: Fractal Rabbit

Fractal Rabbit — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 23:21:34 +0000

I’m not sure what it says about me, and were I to speak with a psychiatrist, that person would likely have a field day analyzing me, but: I hate Halloween. And I hate it because of the costumes.

I hate dressing up in costumes and by the time I was 8 years old, I managed to convince my parents to let me stay home on Halloween. I always hated it but before that, my parents just got me dressed up like all the other kids and dragged me out*.

The thing is, for reasons I cannot adequately explain, costumes make my skin crawl. Being dressed in a costume makes my skin crawl. Even thinking about dressing in a costume makes my skin crawl. Being around people in costumes makes my skin crawl. So, Halloween parties? Out. Giving my wife a hug if dresses up to go to work in a costume? Nope.

And it’s not just Halloween. I would beg my grade school teachers to either exempt me from school plays or, at the least, let me be some kind stage hand.

*And it didn’t help that I have always been more of a salty food person than a sweets person. I’d take salt and vinegar Pringle’s over candy any day of the week.

By: M J R

M J R — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 23:05:03 +0000

! CANDY CORN RULES ! [ sorry about the migraines; take care ]