Halloween

[locrian]

What does it mean to you?

Every day is pretty much Halloween for me, so it's business as usual at my household.

[Sergeant Rock]

What does it mean to you?

Mrs. Rock's birthday...and yes, she's a witch 

Sarge

[Anne]

Every year at Halloween I am reminded of the year my 5-year-old grandson wanted to be Papageno.  During the summer I had been watching the Met version of Magic Flute which has a nice costume for Papageno.  Grandson was interested and I explained the story complete with Papagena.  He loved it.  Come Halloween he was determined to be Papageno.  I talked him out of that idea as no one would know who Papageno was. 

[locrian]

Every year at Halloween I am reminded of the year my 5-year-old grandson wanted to be Papageno.  During the summer I had been watching the Met version of Magic Flute which has a nice costume for Papageno.  Grandson was interested and I explained the story complete with Papagena.  He loved it.  Come Halloween he was determined to be Papageno.  I talked him out of that idea as no one would know who Papageno was. 

Ha! That's great.

[Harry]

No Halloween in our country I am afraid

[locrian]

No Halloween in our country I am afraid

That's too bad, Harry. Now you have no excuse to dress like Count Dracula.

[Harry]

That's too bad, Harry. Now you have no excuse to dress like Count Dracula.

I only bite women of my choice.
Do that in jeans and black T shirt, every other week!

[bhodges]

What does it mean to you?

This year, Halloween means witches, in Verdi's Macbeth at the Met!  A friend called with an extra ticket, so I'm going to join her. 

--Bruce

[orbital]

For me, I always enjoy the parade here. It is one parade that I try not to miss (if the weather is 60+ degrees of course  )

[Bogey]

We head to the Halloween Symphony each year.  It is a kid friendly time at the symphony and everyone wears their costumes.  Some fun snacks and crafts are there for the kids as well.

[Anne]

This year, Halloween means witches, in Verdi's Macbeth at the Met!  A friend called with an extra ticket, so I'm going to join her. 

--Bruce

Lucky you, Bruce!  An ideal way to enjoy Halloween.

[Daidalos]

My feelings as they pertain to Halloween are perfectly encapsulated in this scene from season 2 of A Bit of Fry and Laurie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZITno-8HP9o

(How do you insert youtube videos directly into posts?)

http://www.youtube.com/v/ZITno-8HP9o

Ah, there it is.

[bhodges]

My feelings as they pertain to Halloween are perfectly encapsulated in this scene from season 2 of A Bit of Fry and Laurie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZITno-8HP9o

(How do you insert youtube videos directly into posts?)

Here you go!

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,2663.0.html

--Bruce

[маразм1]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY. 

My whole company is dressing up.  This is so much fun!

[Hector]

No Halloween in our country I am afraid

You do not know how lucky you are.

Here the American custom has taken a firm grip.

One year I put up a Police notice 'No Trick or Treating Here' only to have my front window covered in egg.

The best thing to do is switch all the house lights off, curtains drawn, until 10 p.m., at least, in an effort to make them think nobody is at home.

It was so much better in the old days when we would go to each others houses and sacrifice a virgin and have an orgy over hot cocoa and a bourbon.

[Joe Barron]

Halloween was the best biorthday to have as a kid---dress  up, candy, theme party, and presents all at once. I don't celebrate the  any more, but the memories are good.

I've always thought that the best thing about Halloween is that there is no way to do it wrong. You can ignore it if you want, or you can make do it up as much as possible, make it as ktischy as you like, and no one will complain you're getting too commercial. No one ever asks us to put the "Hallow" back in Halloween.

[Lethevich]

What does it mean to you?

Renewed interest in fireworks being banned from sale to normal people. Halloween is sadly becoming more popular in the UK (as the place is gradually being turned into a province of the US), the usual bonfire night (5th of November) involves a lot of fireworks, but that date won't stop morons buying fireworks and exploding them in lame tiny little "displays" from their gardens one week prior and following the date. Fireworks really freak out my cats, and my kitten ran away for 24 hours due to them yesterday. I obviously don't let the cats out on the 5th, but the rest of the month is f*cking Russian roulette.

[Peregrine]

It was so much better in the old days when we would go to each others houses and sacrifice a virgin and have an orgy over hot cocoa and a bourbon.

Yes, those were the days...!

Renewed interest in fireworks being banned from sale to normal people. Halloween is sadly becoming more popular in the UK (as the place is gradually being turned into a province of the US), the usual bonfire night (5th of November) involves a lot of fireworks, but that date won't stop morons buying fireworks and exploding them in lame tiny little "displays" from their gardens one week prior and following the date. Fireworks really freak out my cats, and my kitten ran away for 24 hours due to them yesterday. I obviously don't let the cats out on the 5th, but the rest of the month is f*cking Russian roulette.

Completely agree, though I do wonder aside from domestic animals, how wildlife copes at this time of year?

[AnthonyAthletic]

Still puzzles me how Michael Myers stays in a coma year upon year, and comes out of his coma on the 31st October.

Some body clock or what?

I mean, how does he do it?

[маразм1]

my costume.  I should have taken my sythe too.  forgot it in my cubicle.