| Halloween wouldn't be complete without a few tricks, so I invited three of my most serious literary author-type friends to share their favorite holiday memories... ******************************  I love Halloween night. Maybe it's the crispness of the winter air, the fantastical costumes, the freaky faces in carved pumpkins, or the joy of whacking zombies with your cricket bat or shotgun. (I always go with the shotgun.)Okay, okay. I love Halloween because of the free candy. Well, the chocolate. Honestly I don't understand the point of handing out non-chocolate treats. SweeTarts? Might as well eat a piece of sugarcoated chalk. Candy corn? Blech. Licorice? Are you kidding me? And those pixie sticks are evil incarnate! Satan must sell those at a discount or something. Let's review. On Halloween, chocolate good. Everything else, bad. I know, I know. Zombies only rise from their graves once a year, but c'mon, would you rather go to the graveyard and waste your bullets or go through your kid's collected candy and snag all those Milky Way Midnights? Exactly. ~Michele Bardsley :-) ******************************  Here is my Hallmark-quality poignant memory:Barrio Halloween Every Halloween, Lalo the bully would beat me up and steal my candy. When I was in the fourth grade, I got caught ditching class. I was hiding in the bathroom and washing what was left of a Hershey bar off my fingers. I wouldn't tell the teacher what I was doing so I was sent to the principal's office. I didn't get much attention because the school staff was running around in panic. Lalo had gotten real sick and was throwing up. Seems he had eaten a chocolate-covered urinal cake. ~Mario Acevedo ******************************  So I was asked to write about something scary in honor of Halloween.I got nuthin'--seriously. Nuthin'. Nothings scary's happened to me on Halloween. However, the young girls dressed as princesses and wearing tiaras who ring my doorbell might "think" I'm scary because my attempts to snatch the bling-bling off their heads can be interpreted (used loosely, of course) as well, aggressive... Oh, and to the mom of said faux princess who whined that her little girl was only five, and I was a monster for trying to snatch that tiara off her head. I say, suck it up, princess! First, I haven't seen a tiara in more than 25 years--so step off and give an old woman a break. Second, I have seniority. Third, if you ring my doorbell and you got something I want, and I got something you want--we barter or I jack you up for it. I'm simply trying to teach the little diva that wearing a tiara comes with responsibility, and sometimes even an all out blood-fest to stay on top. I don't see the problem--it is, after, all, my civic duty as an ex-tiara wearer, yes? LOL ~Dakota Cassidy ****************************** What's your favorite Halloween memory? (hint: if you don't have one make some shit up) |
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Getting locked out of my Dad's car in the middle of a flood wearing my Halloween costume after watching Frankenstein at our local theatre. He was laughing so hard at my friends and I as we got drenched, screaming, "LET US IN! LET US IN!" that he couldn't get the doors unlocked.
Lucky for him the streets weren't flooding downtown yet, or he would have had a helluva time explaining to my mom why he let her baby girl be carried off by the mighty Whitewater River. In a fairy costume no less!
ROTFLMAO... YOu ladies are CRAZY. No wonder I LOVE YA !
Michele - I totally steal all of the kids' chocolate. The boys don't care, but Hannah won't let me near her bag until SHE has picked out all the chocolate for herself.
My favorite Halloween Memory -
Last year was the first year all 3 kids dressed up and went door-to-door. My oldest was a waiter, the girl was a cat, and the baby was a skeleton. We got enough candy to last till Christmas and the kids thought it was the best day ever!
One of my Bad Vampire Film Festivals on Halloween sometime in the early 90s. Great people, great food (coffin sandwiches, etc.), and many really bad films featuring vampires. Lots of Pisco Sours helped. That is my most favorite Halloween ever...
I loved Halloween as a kid. Coming from a very small town (pop. 448) meant that you knew everyone and all treats were safe. My friends and I used pillow cases for our treat bags. The town was divided in half by main street so we would trick or treat on one half or until our bags were full. I would then go home and dump my bag into a pre-emptied dresser drawer and go out for the other half of town. I typically would have a full drawer of candy when the night was done.
The other wonderful thing about Halloween in small towns (at least then) were all the homemade treats. Homemade popcorn balls, caramel apples and taffy. OH, and money. For some reason a few people gave out coins instead of candy.
Do I mention that creative kids could score a double haul if they were to say take their little brother's costume to case the town again?
The first year hubby and I were dating. We robbed my meager candy store and went and gave weird treats to the little tricksters. I've loved trick or treat ever since.
Until this year. When I missed it. Because my township can't be normal and have it on Halloween night because of some stupid HS football game.
The look of absolte terror on the kids face as they dared eachother to come trick-or-treating at my house.
We lived in a big old house that looked somewhat spooky in the dark with it's jack-o'-lanterns at the door and mysterous half seen figure on the balcony above the front door. Also, my family had the reputation of being odd and keeping to ourselves. (Just think of all the rumours!)
Even better was when one of them plucked up the guts and came face to face with my Dad who was dressed up as RiffRaff from the Rocky Horror show. Never in my life have I seen a kid grab candy and run so fast.
Funnily enough we never had a trick-or-treater after that, not even the next year.
Going to a Halloween party dressed as Sarah Conner (in Terminator 2 mode), and sneaking my dad's air pistol out with me as a Very Realistic Looking Prop (tm).
Unfortunately, I didn't know there were actually pellets left in there when I was demonstrating how to fire it in front of a large crowd...
Dakota, DUDE that would be so worthy of videography! Gonna try it tonight? Seriously, YOUtube here you come.
Mario....good job! LOL
I have lots and lots of good Halloween memories. I met my husband on Halloween; later, we married on Halloween. I spent a wild and crazy Halloween in New Orleans with my sister, Alicia. The Vampire tour was so much fun. I had great costumes as a kid. MY mom had me dressed up as Robin Hood and a geisha. My personal favorite costume was Carmen Miranda.
Coming home from trick-or-treating with my sisters and dumping out our bags of candy and trading back and forth to get the best haul.
When I was a young one, there was a bride costume that had been my sister's. I was so excited. Little girls love dressing up as brides!! Unfortunately for me, my mom and sister felt creative. Out came the face powder, black eyeliner and red lipstick. They turned me into the bride of Dracula!! I was not happy at the time I wonder if that may have anything to do my taste in reading material??
Well, as of now my favorite memory is borrowed. I'm taking Mario's memory of feeding a chocolate covered urinal cake to that bully Lalo. Ouch. HA!
Tom Gallier
I'm torn; was when I was 6 & I (little N European child that I am, blond & blue) was dressed as a geisha, complete with wig and makeup?
Or the last time, at age 12 when my brother, at age 18, when my brother was mistaken for my father; I've always been short?
Or the first time I hit Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, NC?
I don't know. All good memories.
It's all about the costuming for me. I like having the kids at the door argue about what I am. This year it was a white dress, flowers, glitter and celtic makeup work all over my face. Top guesses:
Mother Nature
Angel
Bride
Vampire
Fairy
Ghost
Banshee
I looove Halloween.
~J
one year my best friend and I went as our other close friends. She got me clothes to go as him, and he got clothes for my friend to go as her. When we showed up at their party we were a hit. it was awesome. Also the year I went to rob zombies Halloween party as him. It really irritated him.. Serious hilarity.
My favorite Halloween memory is from a long time ago when I was still in school. My best friend, my brother, and I went out trick or treating together. When I think of the memory....I remember being out for what seems like a really late and that we had tons of fun and came home to sort our candy and barter for better stuff from the others.
I loved your memories. The chocolate is the best part Miichele and really why hand out anything else?
Mario...wow, a chocolate covered urinal cake. You know the saying..pay back is a bitch!
Dakota...of course you are only doing your civic duty by teaching them young the responsibilities that come with tiara!
Hope everyone had a great Halloween!