Hallowe'en

[mondhasen]

It's a rainy, windy Halloween here in RI. This isn't as bad as the years I took the kids door-to-door with a beach umbrella over them, but it's discouraging nonetheless.

We haven't ever had trick-or-treaters come to the door in the twenty-seven years we've lived here, but we keep a bowl of candy at the ready, just in case. When the kids were young I'd drive them over to the plats where the homes were closer and the roads safer (slow and sparse traffic). Tonight I'm here with just my middle child (24) while the others are all out and about. My wolfling is down to URI at the Rocky Horror Picture Show presentation. Others are off to Roger Williams Park Zoo to see the pumpkin extravaganza or are out among friends in general.

It will be a tv night for me, perhaps with a little Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, or Vincent Price. On the darker side I'll also 'visit the folks' for a bit and walk among the graves while I reminisce over Halloweens gone by. They always had us over and gave the kids plenty of goodies every year. Ain't afraid of no ghosts! ;o)

Hope your night is safe and happy.

Comments

[moxie_man]

We had two trick-or-treaters according to my wife. That makes a total of 8 or 9 since we moved here in '05. We're on a dead end street at the top of a hill with few houses and fewer lights. One of the downhill neighbors has put their candy out on a table on their porch--self service. It was still full at 8 when I drove by. I had gone up to my brother's place 20 miles north in the middle of a subdivision. Wall-to-wall kids despite the rain.

Dressed as a priest this year. I don't dress up most years, but the office has shrunk and they were encouraging people to dress-up and it was something I could do relatively easy with what I had around the house. Startled a few people. Might be the scariest costume I've ever done-up.

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

*snicker* Scary priests...

We used to leave candy outside in a bowl for the kids, and bring it in full a every time.

We ended up watching original Sesame Street episodes: these are disturbing!

[moxie_man]

*snicker* Scary priests...

You can say that again. My brother just contacted me to compliment me. Apparently, I scared a LOT of the kids at his house while I was there. Of course, I was standing stock still pointing the way around a corner under a red light. And when they come back I'd be pointing the other way.

[schnee.livejournal.com]

Hope you had a nice and enjoyable Nightmare Night! (Or Halloween, or Samhain.)

You've never had trick-or-treaters? Interesting, I always thought the practice was completely ubiquitious in the USA. So is it that the media (including fictional TV shows etc.) have been exaggerating the actual prevalence?

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

We're in a bad location for candy seekers is all. At our old home we'd get up to 150 kids by night's end :o)

Trust me, Halloween is Huge here.

[schnee.livejournal.com]

Ah, OK, I see. :) Wow, 150? That's huge indeed.