A great 2nd place holiday

[sheepsnot]

Halloween takes 2nd place to Christmas, but it's not too far behind. Most of the other holidays, while very enjoyable, don't have as much of the kid factor. Easter is right up there, but that's about it. (For those of you who always enjoyed July 4th and Arbor Day, please remember that I didn't say anything disparaging about ANY holiday!) Halloween had/has the costumes, the candy, the trick or treating, the parties and decorations, etc. I still buy a few old Collegeville and Ben Cooper costumes every year for my collection.

 

[elfworks]

i love love love love LOVE halloween. have some fab info on traditions in victorian england and other stuff regarding origins and stuff.

this is how my year goes:

my bday is next week. the day after my bday, i get out the fall decor and do inside. then vernal equinox all fall goes up. oct 1 i start thinking about halloween. what will i wear? party or no party? i collect wind up halloween stuff so i start getting them out to play with.the week b4 halloween the halloween stuff gets added to the regular fall stuff. the day after halloween, spooky stuff goes back in storage and i start thinkin about thanksgiving menu (tho i will admit that i have already figured out most of it). i spend the week b4 t-day putting up the lights outside so i can officially throw the switch t-day night. then on friday, i start doing the inside. i tend to have open house dec1- jan 1. friends know... if the lights are on, the eggnog is ready and waiting! i dont do dec 25th. i do the month! much more fun that way!!!!

i spend the rest of the year til my bday crafting and stuff and contemplating gifts for loved ones.

5 days til fall, 5 days til fall, 5 days til fall, 5 days til fall, 5 days til fall, 5 days til fall, 5 days til fall, 5 days til fall, 5 days til fall, 5 days til fall, 5 days til fall..............


xo

 

[Jeff Westover]

Elfworks, you're a hoot. I officially nominate you as our Official Halloween Ambassador!

You know what I love about Halloween? It brings out the bleeding eye creativity in so many people. I love to see what people do for Halloween -- and I love the pranks. If given a choice between treats or tricks...by all means, give me the tricks!

I don't know if we'll have Merry Holidays done in time for Halloween this year. BUT, this is one area of the site I really look forward to developing.

Jeff

 

[elfworks]

my fave costume ever, tho against my personal preference, WAS NOT SCARY, was one year my friend lenny and i went as boris and natasha. i am tall and skinny-ish and he is short and a tad on the dumpy side.


we talked with russian accents all night. loved that!!


xo

 

[sheepsnot]

OK, folks, here's where I jump the shark. My favorite mask was of a hung over drunk. Probably from the 50s, when being drunk was funny. I got this as a gift from a fella on Ebay who has hundeds of masks and sells me some now and again. Couldn't believe he had it. Here goes:

 

[sheepsnot]

Jeff, make it smaller!!! [Nevermind, I figgered it out!]

 

[elfworks]

land sakes that sucker is big!!!!!!!!!!!!!



xo

 

[dowload]

Why does it have 3 eyes??? :-o :-o

 

[sheepsnot]

He's got a hangover, so he's still seeing double and triple everything. I still can't believe moms from the 1950s would send their kids out as a drunk with a hangover. I guess it's better than sending them out as Satan himself! Or a Ninja Turtle.

 

[digbugsgirl]

I love Halloween, but not for the gory stuff. I love the ghosts and witches and pumpkins and......well, I love Halloween. I don't have any children and I live on a farm waaaaayyyy away from anybody else, but I still decorate like crazy. It is definetly my second favorite holiday (after Christmas, ofcourse.)

Brandy

 

[sheepsnot]

I seem to remember, and I know that our memories are not always accurate, when I was a kid we used to trick or treat in the dark. It was the 1960s and we still were supposed to be suspicious of razor blades in apples, but we couldn't imagine trick or treating in the daylight. I lived out in the country so my mom would drive us into town and dump us off. She didn't even follow behind us to watch. I guess that, having nine kids, she wasn't afraid to lose one or two. Those were the days!
:boo:

 

[elfworks]

i know! trick or treating in the daylight is just WRONG on sooooooo many levels!!!

tho i have to say, if i had kids, i dont know that i would let them trick or treat out and about. think i would let them have a big party with LOTS of tricks and EVEN MORE treats!!


xo

 

[sheepsnot]

Certainly, you are right on this one. I wouldn't, either, unless they were well escorted. Times have changed and in many ways not for the better.

 

[elfworks]

love your jpeg thingy. those victorian halloween cards are just the best!!!

xo

 

[elfworks]

sheepie... see if you can find this book anywhere, it is delightful!

HALLOWEEN
ROMANTIC ART AND CUSTOMS OF YESTERYEAR

by diane c arkins
isbn: 1-56554-712-8

i think youll love it!


xo

 

[sheepsnot]

Bought it on Ebay and it's on the way. Thanks. 8)

 

[elfworks]

wow. youre amazing to say the least!!!

it is really a delightful (only word that works) remeniscence (i know i spelled that wrong!) i think you will enjoy it!

let me know when you get it!!


xo

 

[Elf Ed Zachary]

You paid money for that mask, Sheepsnot?

You need help, pal. Do you wear that in front of Mrs. Snot? (I'm assuming there is a Mrs. Snot).

 

[sheepsnot]

With a mask like that, I can't keep the ladies away! Yes there is a Mrs. Snot. Her name's Shelia. Shelia Snot. She's currently sleeping and I will pay any amount of hush money. As for the mask, I got it for free, though I would have paid for it. It reminds me of a time when people made fun of drunks and smoked in the delivery room.

 

[elfworks]

did you get the book yet?????



xo