Happy Halloween
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Halloween, a controversial and mostly, I think, an American obsession, is happening tomorrow. I look forward to tuning into The Today Show, and seeing what crazy costumes Al Roker, Matt Lauer, Ann Curry, and the Katie replacement , Meredith Viera, come up with this year. Reading my WeightWatcher hotline, I see that I am encouraged to “dress up” for my meeting tomorrow night. I’m thinking “Survivor”, as this way I can wear my jeans, tie-dye shirt, crocs and bandana. This is NOT usually WeightWatcher approved apparell. Trick or Treaters will be problematic, as UltraDad will be working and I will be leading a WW meeting for, most likely, a minimum of members. I expect most will be handing out treats or accompying their own little Goblins and SuperHeros around the neighborhood to collect a bucketload of candy. Last week we discussed various ways to “handle” Halloween Candy in a different way than we had in the past. I heard “I’m just not going to eat any.” and “I’m buying candy that I don’t like.” and “I take all the leftovers to work,” and “I don’t hand out candy. I give them pencils and stickers.”
I’m going with the “Buy Candy I don’t like.” which is difficult, since I pretty much like it all. But this 5 lb bag of dum-dum suckers in a variety of flavors will not have the allure of anything chocolate and chewy. And if I do lapse and have a few, the damage will be minimal.
But how do I get it out of my house and into the hands of neighborhood children since noone will be home at the prime trick-or-treating hours? I have finally decided to dump the contents in a large bowl, set it out on my front porch and make a sign “Happy Halloween. Feel free to take 5 suckers each.” I know I’m expecting a lot. There will be no owner-of-the-candy supervision to enforce the 5-sucker-per-goblin rule. We will be on the honor system here….....but you know, I really don’t much care if the first few monsters DO empty the bowl. I will at least have tried, and the candy will be gone.
This town really goes all out on Halloween yard decorations. It is a rare house (like mine) that does not have several yard signs reading “RIP” or “Dungeon Ahead”, along with a group of grotesquely grinning jack-o-lanterns.
I actually have a pumpkin and intend to carve it. It is one of three pumpkins I grew in my garden this summer and it is size of a….......uh…........small volleyball, by which I mean not quite that size. It is the most perfect one, which is not saying much since one of the others is still green and the other has been cut into pieces to remove it from the chainlink fence it grew around and into. I have actually gotten as far as cutting off the top and removing the seeds.
But for now, lets look at a couple of other remarkable and spooky Halloween pumpkins. And help yourself to 5 dum-dum suckers. Happy Halloween.
UltraMom
An UltraGirl Creation; special effects by UltraBob’s fancy camera-work
Special effects here by UltraMom and Picture It!
Halloween is becoming more popular in Japan, with lots of pumpkin decorations and themed candy in shops. But alas, no candy corn. It’s not really Halloween without candy corn.
Yes, I too must insist upon candy corn! Prize please.
Ah, the candy corn..........one of those things I can’t buy cause I’ll eat the whole thing....But I will buy some and bring it to Japan if I can possibly remember to. You’ll have to wait for your prize til then, UB. And don’t expect a prize for every comment. You are getting a little greedy.
It was your handsome(st) son John who carved the amazing pumpkin in the viking hat. That is probably why it flew around terrorizing him as he tried to spread the joy of Halloween through the proliferation of pomegranate seeds. Prize please.
“Johnny Pomegranite Seed?” hmm...doesn’t have the same ‘ring’ as the apple-seed version, but maybe that’s just because I’m not used to it. Yes, it was indeed the handsomest of my sons currently living in Tennessee that carved this awesome viking-hat pumpkin, as well as the one in the window. Kudos. Good job. There’s your prize.
I really do not like dum dum suckers. That would have been totally safe from me. I went to friends house that promised to have loads of trick or treaters. Sadly, all that showed up were a total of 6 princeses!!!!!! Halloween, when I was a kid, was one of my most favorite days (come to think of it,it still is Cougar old chap).