Do you do anything special for Halloween? We usually buy some candy just in case some kids come by, but that hasn’t happened for a few years now. That’s probably because the local merchants have a special trick-or-treat affair downtown on the Friday before Halloween. The kids dress up in their costumes and go to all the stores to get their treats. The main street is blocked from traffic, so there are kids everywhere — it’s friendly and safe.
I did laugh at some Halloween cartoons. My favorite was a little boy dressed up in a Pinocchio costume. He said he was going as President Obama. So I Googled Pinocchio Obama and found a lot of entries.
The one I liked the best was the Washington Post’s Fact Checker — it gave Obama four Pinocchios for his lying that no one would take away people’s health plan if they wanted to keep it (remember Mike mentioned this a few days ago). Four Pinocchio’s is their highest award — it means the lie was a “whopper”.
Did you see any good Halloween cartoons? Is October 31 special to you for any reason?
We live out in the country and haven’t seen had any trick or treaters for a long, long time. Karen bought small bag of M&Ms, just in case. Halloween is nothing special for us, just another over-commercialized day of the year.
Apparently some non-Western countries are starting to celebrate it too, mainly because of the commercial aspects. The influence of American pop culture…. On the other hand, there are occasional articles in the Wall Street Journal about how some Americans are starting to celebrate foreign holidays — like the Hindu Holi and the Mexican Day of the Dead. So cultural influences go both ways.
My Food Nerds produce & etc. ordering group is having an online discussion about the MOST EVIL Halloween Candy problem.
I was raised on no sugar. Desserts were berries etc. I remember raw peach pie. lol No only the peaches were raw. The crust was baked first. My kids didn’t get sugar either–& their kids not so much.
Did you get any trick-or-treaters? It’s hard if you don’t eat candy to have kids coming to the door asking for it.
Not a one!– treat or treaters
Twenty years and still no children at my door. I had apples and oranges just in case. Now I’ll deliver them to shut-ins in my neighborhood. That’s more fun anyway.
“Pinocchio Obama”… what a hoot!
bikehikebabe said she used to give apples but the kids left them in the driveway. Not very considerate! And for years we’ve been told the candy/whatever had to be sealed because of the old razorblades in the apples.
Kaitlin was only allowed to go to the apartments of her friends. That let her do some trick-or-treating without it getting out of hand.
Looks like razor blades and poison at Halloween is another one of those urban legends.
Snopes,com: “Tales of black-hearted madmen doling out poisoned Halloween candy to unsuspecting little tykes have been around for decades”
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/horrors/poison/halloween.asp#dYYgyM3ABouCM8lW.99
Thanks, Mike! I love facts like that. The trouble is if people believe it, you pretty much have to go with the new norms. The danger never made sense to me. Why let your children pester strangers? Let them go to houses of people you trust.
Not special in my part of the world.
I didn’t know that. Thanks for the info.
Halloween is not celebrated in India.
You have something even better this time of year, don’t you?
It’s not really celebrated for what it means here other than
COMMERCIAL, FANCY DRESS, PARTY but some neighbours go into fully…probably depends on whether a lot of children in the homes.
But then it is followed by something that is celebrated – I doubt though many people fully understand the significance!
GUY FAWKES and fireworks. Fireworks on come onto the the market for a few short days usually Nov 2-5 – the 5th being the actual day.
But of course, fireworks are “let off” all through the period and often for weeks afterwards.
I absolutely hate the fireworks and my neighbour since the year his family (who were not sober) somehow got my front steps alight…and then said neighbour insisted he put out “my fire” – and we didn’t speak for 6 months until said neighbours wife decided it needed to be sorted out…
They now not do fireworks in the back yard which is very small…rather they go across the road to large tarsealed carpark or go elsewhere! They only have to look at me and know I will not tolerate them…I usually play a lot of music to drown out the noise from around – try not to worry to much about burning/lingering smells…
I’ve read about Guy Fawkes Day. Some people do like fireworks, but not me! Your neighbor is a real number, starting a fire on your property, then wanting credit for putting it out. Glad they moved the fireworks to a safer place.