What did you do for Halloween?
The celebration of Halloween, or at least something very much like it, is becoming more and more popular in Iceland, In Reykjavik there are huge costume parties for kids and other parties filled with decadence and debauchery for adults.But growing up in a small village in northern Iceland, we never celebrated Halloween and never had costumes or went out collecting candy. It’s only in the last decade that Halloween has become popular in Iceland.So my sister and I love Halloween in the United States. Fortunately in our community hordes of kids still dress up and go around to collect candy. They’re usually in groups or with parents, although some of our elderly neighbors said when they were young they went all over and spent hours collecting treats and actually used a wagon to haul all their sweets home.This year we dressed up as identical elves, a common theme with us, and had a great time giving out candy to the kids. I love looking at all the different costumes the kids have, some simple and mundane and other very creative and unique.The best one we saw were two girls, about the same age in the same costume with just they’re heads sticking out, so they looked like a two head monster. They actually were pretty creepy but hilarious because they always seemed to be trying to walk in different directions.Two of our kitties are very friendly and love attention so we invited the kids in to pet and tell our kitties how wonderful they are. Both the kids and cats ate it up.My sister made some of apple pies and we had coffee, so the parents could come in and relax with a piece of pie while the kids are entertaining the kitties. We must have had 20 people in our house at one time, and some were adult neighbors that just wandered over to join in the party. And some brought over stuff they baked or made while others munched on our candy and pie.It was great fun and we had a great time. Fortunately we bought a ton of candy and toward the end we were throwing handfuls of it into the kids bags just to get rid of it.Halloween is such a cool holiday, it allows kids and parents to be creative with costumes and allows for a bit of fantasy fun for everyone. It’s a shame that I hear that in some places the holiday seems to be disappearing in the US. Fortunately it still seems alive and well where we live. :)
Halloween 2 question?
So i watched the Halloween 2 moviethe other day, I was wondering about the picture in the therapist's office. i think its called an "ambiguous image" but i remember the girl said she saw two white horses when she looked at the photo. i did too, but my friend only saw a jack-o-latern. it was one of those black-and-white photographs where you can see two different possible images from it. i was wondering if there was any sort of meaning behind what people see in the photograph, and possibly, what you saw in that photo?
Shouldn't Halloween be a National Holiday?
Yes, America should make Halloween a National Holiday with all the perks. There should be parades and stuff. More national holidays will help to bring the different ethnicities of America under a common cultural heritage and the extra shopping time will help the economy. Look at all the vacation time Europeans get, and they aren't slackers in the global economy. Time off is good for people and good for retailers.
Do you hand out candy on halloween?
Yes, I hand out candy for Halloween! My husband and I dress up, and decorate outside - turn on the porchlight, and start handing it out when the kids start ringing the bell. I usually like to hand out a small chocolate bar of some kind and a piece of wrapped gum. If the child is really, really young - I hand out suckers - so they won't choke. I usually hand out spider rings or bat rings or plastic bugs, too. I have been known run out (depending on how many candy bars my hubby and I eat too). When that happens I will hand out mini-bags of popping corn, Little Debbie Snack Cakes, lunchbox size bags of chips (Cheetos, potato chips, etc.) I have handed out fruit roll-ups and when I get really desperate - I will hand out the packages of snack crackers & peanut butter. But I usually have enough candy. One year, I listened to the pediatrician, and handed out apples and raisins - and that went over like a lead balloon with the kids. That's when I decided - Halloween comes but once a year - go ahead and hand out chocolate! This year the gum I got is called Blood Drops - it is black and when you bite into it it squirts red liquid. It stains your tongue black! It is fun!! Happy Halloween!
What costume are you going to wear for Halloween?
OH honey.I had an amazing concept, but sadly, this year I won’t be able to celebrate Halloween because my friends will all be away.So, get this, it’s a double dark spooky ooky reveal ok? This is a costume in a costume.My first costume is this:Yaaas madre, it’s the ghost thing from Chihiro’s Journey. It’s an effective costume because: A) it’s literally just a black sheet with a white mask on it;B) everyone knows Chihiro’s Journey; C) It’s spooky! uuuuuuuuuuuuuuh black sheets are scary because you never know if they’re dirtyyyy uhhhhhhhhhhh;But wait, there’s more. My gay ass needs drama, mama. A black sheet wouldn’t be enough to satisfy me.So, I’m at the party (A gay party, obviously, because I can no longer inhabit among the straights). My black sheet obscuring all my sexy body and glamour. I am called to the stage, the voting for ‘Best Halloween costume - 2017” is starting. The host is asking the masses to clap for each costume present, whoever gets the louder reaction from the public gets the crown.I want that crown girl, I’m the spookiest person in this gay coven.I’m not going to lose to some cheap ass 3 dollar vampire mask. This isn’t Twilight. Not on this time and day, no sir.The host approaches me, the public goes insane, they love a mask that pulls on their nostalgic strings. But wait- What’s this? I’m spinning. Everyone is flabbergast. “What is he doing?”As I spin I remove my 1st costume and beneath it:GIRL, I’M BABASHOOK!!!Everyone loses their minds, some people fully die of heart failure, sirens are blasting and ambulances are arriving. Pants collectively and automatically drop to the ground, knees are shaking, girls are sweating, fans are waving in a gay manner, everyone screams, it’s complete and utter chaos.I obviously get crowned, not just because my costume is the best, but because I provided people with what they wanted: drama, mystery, betrayal, magic.Sadly, none of this will come to pass because my friends are assholes and don’t understand the magic of Halloween. I’ll probably just spend my night watching Hocus Pocus.