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The Great Halloween Debate
With Halloween around the corner I thought it would be fun to open this little thread refraining from the topics of safety, fear, or reasons not to celebrate this holiday.
Halloween to me is about what costume to wear with a touch of fear but mainly a fun idea. As a child, I wanted to be Freddy, but my mom said no, so I came up with Freddy Herman. A cross between Pee-Wee Herman and Freddy. To which I wore a gray suit, red boy tie and the Freddy claw.
Halloween is also about what theme park hunted house to go. In SoCal there are five or so theme parks turned haunted houses. When I was 13 I went to my first, and probably the best: Knott's Scary Farm. Ever since, every year I at least go to one of the Haunted House. Last year was the Queen Mary.
Halloween is always Candy. Last year I was about the sour patch kids. As a child I liked the nerds. This year I am into the candy corn pumpkins.
Whenever Halloween comes around, there are three questions that run through my mind. And so these are the debate questions:
- COSTUME: What are you going to wear? What are the kids going to be?
- HAUNTED HOUSE: What was the scariest Haunted House?
- CANDY: What is your favorite candy at Halloween.
We are having a Halloween party this yr for the kids...with a bonfire and all kinds of fun stuff. I am so excited!
I have a witch costume but I wore it last yr...boring..trying to think of something new to be. The kids are going as a Gypsy and a Princess.
I went to a haunted house when I was around 8 I think and it was so traumatic to me I will never take my kids to one until they are much much older. We are doing the pumpkin patch this weekend.. my kids are only 5 and 6 ..hayride, corn maze and the works..we found a really cool farm last yr.
Hmm..favorite candy.....I like chocolate best.
I have a witch costume but I wore it last yr...boring..trying to think of something new to be. The kids are going as a Gypsy and a Princess.
I went to a haunted house when I was around 8 I think and it was so traumatic to me I will never take my kids to one until they are much much older. We are doing the pumpkin patch this weekend.. my kids are only 5 and 6 ..hayride, corn maze and the works..we found a really cool farm last yr.
Hmm..favorite candy.....I like chocolate best.
COSTUME: What are you going to wear? What are the kids going to be?
Swashbuckling pirate with billowing feather-tipped hat, ARRR!
HAUNTED HOUSE: What was the scariest Haunted House?
High School, fair located near Metro Zoo, Florida. My school drama team put a nice gig together. In one scene a monster jumped out of the stage's closet, rushed the crowd and dragged a marked actress. She was dragged back to the stage kicking and screaming and disappeared under the bed (with false floor). Another scene was a black and white checkered tunnel with flashing strobe lights. Actors were dressed in in black and white checkered costumes, their hands and faces proportionately painted. They'd stand still with their backs to the wall, wait for a new crowd to pass, and move to their left/right.
Swashbuckling pirate with billowing feather-tipped hat, ARRR!
HAUNTED HOUSE: What was the scariest Haunted House?
High School, fair located near Metro Zoo, Florida. My school drama team put a nice gig together. In one scene a monster jumped out of the stage's closet, rushed the crowd and dragged a marked actress. She was dragged back to the stage kicking and screaming and disappeared under the bed (with false floor). Another scene was a black and white checkered tunnel with flashing strobe lights. Actors were dressed in in black and white checkered costumes, their hands and faces proportionately painted. They'd stand still with their backs to the wall, wait for a new crowd to pass, and move to their left/right.
COSTUME: What are you going to wear?
I will have a George Bush mask on covering the nose with a pig's snout.
On my chest, I will be wearing one of those large, exagerated plastic butts with the very middle darkened out heavily.
PM me with guesses to the title for my costume.
Boo.
I will have a George Bush mask on covering the nose with a pig's snout.
On my chest, I will be wearing one of those large, exagerated plastic butts with the very middle darkened out heavily.
PM me with guesses to the title for my costume.
Boo.
1. COSTUME: What are you going to wear? What are the kids going to be? My kids are going to dress as Power Rangers. They have never seen the show, but some other children at the gym said that Power Rangers are cool, so Power Rangers it is. Not sure what I will wear. Maybe just some comfy jeans and my black Halloween shirt (it says 'boo').
2. HAUNTED HOUSE: What was the scariest Haunted House? I've never been in one. The closest was the yard of a friend of mine, when I was about eight. Her mother was very creative and went all-out every year. She placed a graveyard near the front door, and a bunch of bloody mannequins with severed limbs. I didn't know that her oldest son had dressed himself up as a zombie and was lying among the "dead bodies". He moaned and moved, and I nearly wet myself.
3. CANDY: What is your favorite candy at Halloween. Chocolate, chocolate, and chocolate. Fourth runner-up is candy corn.
2. HAUNTED HOUSE: What was the scariest Haunted House? I've never been in one. The closest was the yard of a friend of mine, when I was about eight. Her mother was very creative and went all-out every year. She placed a graveyard near the front door, and a bunch of bloody mannequins with severed limbs. I didn't know that her oldest son had dressed himself up as a zombie and was lying among the "dead bodies". He moaned and moved, and I nearly wet myself.
3. CANDY: What is your favorite candy at Halloween. Chocolate, chocolate, and chocolate. Fourth runner-up is candy corn.
This is a fun topic! 
COSTUME: What are you going to wear? What are the kids going to be?
Ah, I remember the days not so long ago when the party we looked forward to all year was Halloween. I don't dress up anymore (well, I did a couple of years ago), but my best costume ever was Medusa. I almost won a costume contest at Bobby McGee's with it, but a store-bought Christmas tree won instead. Rats.
It took me forever to get that Paul Mitchell freezing spray and all those rubber snakes out of my hair. Yowch.
HAUNTED HOUSE: What was the scariest Haunted House?
Back when I was in high school, there was a haunted house held in Glendora - it was a big, old, two-story wood frame house that was pretty creepy-looking to begin with. It was put on every year by a Christian student's organization, of all things (can't for the life of me remember the name of the org.). The line was always ridiculously long, but this place was pee-your-pants, scream-yourself-hoarse scary. They projected old b/w horror movies on a screen outside while we waited. Once inside, when I was busy screaming and getting grossed out by the bloody body in the bathtub, a hand reached up from under the floor and grabbed my ankle. I thought my heart would jump out of my chest. People were squashed belly to butt all the way through the place, strobe lights flashing and the screaming was ear-splitting. Oh, man, we had fun!
CANDY: What is your favorite candy at Halloween. I like 100 Grand bars, with Butterfinger a close second....oh, those little Snickers bars frozen are pretty good too.
COSTUME: What are you going to wear? What are the kids going to be?
Ah, I remember the days not so long ago when the party we looked forward to all year was Halloween. I don't dress up anymore (well, I did a couple of years ago), but my best costume ever was Medusa. I almost won a costume contest at Bobby McGee's with it, but a store-bought Christmas tree won instead. Rats.
It took me forever to get that Paul Mitchell freezing spray and all those rubber snakes out of my hair. Yowch. HAUNTED HOUSE: What was the scariest Haunted House?
Back when I was in high school, there was a haunted house held in Glendora - it was a big, old, two-story wood frame house that was pretty creepy-looking to begin with. It was put on every year by a Christian student's organization, of all things (can't for the life of me remember the name of the org.). The line was always ridiculously long, but this place was pee-your-pants, scream-yourself-hoarse scary. They projected old b/w horror movies on a screen outside while we waited. Once inside, when I was busy screaming and getting grossed out by the bloody body in the bathtub, a hand reached up from under the floor and grabbed my ankle. I thought my heart would jump out of my chest. People were squashed belly to butt all the way through the place, strobe lights flashing and the screaming was ear-splitting. Oh, man, we had fun!
CANDY: What is your favorite candy at Halloween. I like 100 Grand bars, with Butterfinger a close second....oh, those little Snickers bars frozen are pretty good too.
I love Halloween. Its my favorite holiday (well, its a tie between New Years and Halloween..) This year, if I get off my lazy bum, Im going to be Lydia from Beetlejuice (speaking of which...Cyan, what about the hat?) Its one of my favorite movies.
I havent been to a haunted house in ages, and I only vaguely remember the ones I went to as a kid. I think the worst I have ever gone to was the christian alternative to a haunted house, where we got to visit their own special version of Hell. A terrible reality of homosexuals, teens drinking and raves.
My favorite candy...I can never answer that question. I like ALL things candy, except candy corn, which I think is disgusting. But the mention of NERDs really makes me want some...
I havent been to a haunted house in ages, and I only vaguely remember the ones I went to as a kid. I think the worst I have ever gone to was the christian alternative to a haunted house, where we got to visit their own special version of Hell. A terrible reality of homosexuals, teens drinking and raves.
My favorite candy...I can never answer that question. I like ALL things candy, except candy corn, which I think is disgusting. But the mention of NERDs really makes me want some...
1.) COSTUME: What are you going to wear? What are the kids going to be?
Me and my lady are going to a Halloween Party dressed as a Cop (from Fredricks)
and I'm going as her prisoner in an orange prison jumpsuit and a mask from "The Silence of the Lambs"
2.) HAUNTED HOUSE: What was the scariest Haunted House?
I've been to quite a few Haunted Houses. There are two that stand out better then any of the other ones. One was called Nightmare in Downtown Houston, it handed out "death certificates" as a ticket. When you walked in it was completely pitch dark, no strobes or nothing, so most of the time you were just feeling around and hope you didn't find a ghoul. I think all of the Ghouls were enclosed, so that you couldn't get at them but it was so dark and we were running so fast it didn't matter. The only light we got was when they were jumping out at you. The last room is what scared us real good. There was a guy in a large room with a chainsaw (no chain) and the light would just flicker enough so that you get a glimpse of him chasing you all the way to the parking lot.
Then there was the Haunted House at Six Flags Houston. They had a tour guide that went with you, and was grabbed about half way through and left you by yourselves.
3.) CANDY: What is your favorite candy at Halloween.
MMMMMM, candy corn. Second is Rice Crispy Treats, and finally plain Chocolate in third.
Me and my lady are going to a Halloween Party dressed as a Cop (from Fredricks)
and I'm going as her prisoner in an orange prison jumpsuit and a mask from "The Silence of the Lambs"
2.) HAUNTED HOUSE: What was the scariest Haunted House?
I've been to quite a few Haunted Houses. There are two that stand out better then any of the other ones. One was called Nightmare in Downtown Houston, it handed out "death certificates" as a ticket. When you walked in it was completely pitch dark, no strobes or nothing, so most of the time you were just feeling around and hope you didn't find a ghoul. I think all of the Ghouls were enclosed, so that you couldn't get at them but it was so dark and we were running so fast it didn't matter. The only light we got was when they were jumping out at you. The last room is what scared us real good. There was a guy in a large room with a chainsaw (no chain) and the light would just flicker enough so that you get a glimpse of him chasing you all the way to the parking lot.
Then there was the Haunted House at Six Flags Houston. They had a tour guide that went with you, and was grabbed about half way through and left you by yourselves.
3.) CANDY: What is your favorite candy at Halloween.
MMMMMM, candy corn. Second is Rice Crispy Treats, and finally plain Chocolate in third.
What are you going to wear? What are the kids going to be?
Every year my husband and I dress up, along with our kids, to attend
my mom's annual Halloween party. Last year we were all about
Love and Peace, as two hippies. This year I'm not sure what we'll
be...we usually wait until the last minute to decide.
My oldest son is going to be a Ninja. My little one is going as a fireman.
I will post pictures, after the fact.
What was the scariest Haunted House?
I've never been in a really scary haunted house...
What is your favorite candy at Halloween.
This is a tough one. I'll narrow it down to a few:
Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
Hershey's Chocolate Bars
Butterfingers
My least favorite items were always Almond Joy and Mounds
Every year my husband and I dress up, along with our kids, to attend
my mom's annual Halloween party. Last year we were all about
Love and Peace, as two hippies. This year I'm not sure what we'll
be...we usually wait until the last minute to decide.
My oldest son is going to be a Ninja. My little one is going as a fireman.
I will post pictures, after the fact.
What was the scariest Haunted House?
I've never been in a really scary haunted house...
What is your favorite candy at Halloween.
This is a tough one. I'll narrow it down to a few:
Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
Hershey's Chocolate Bars
Butterfingers
My least favorite items were always Almond Joy and Mounds
Halloween is a delicious and eerie celebration. And the fact that the festivities are held at night when kids aren't usually allowed to be out makes it that much better.
I love becoming somebody else, somebody exciting, mysterious, scary.
Gross Halloween costumes and overly-bloody Halloween scenes aren't my cup of tea. I do eerie well, though. Just something to give you a bit of a thrill, not render you incontinent. I spent too many years as a nurse trying to heal gross injuries and wiping incontinent butts to appreciate that as(s)pect (pardon the pun).
COSTUME: What are you going to wear? What are the kids going to be?
I will either be a pirate, a gypsy, or a witch. I have a bodice purchased from the Michigan Renaissance festival that I can either pair with my black witch's dress, or wear an old-fashioned Renaissance festival, natural linen-colored blouse under it and a long plaid skirt. I have gypsy jewelry (coins) to accessorize.
Curmudgeon has been a terrorist, a pirate, a satyr, the Big Bad Wolf in grannie's nightie, and a Viking. I don't know what he's going to wear this year. He's as much fun for me to dress as our daughter is. We all dig Halloween. He'll be going out with her this year, and I'll be handing out candy. We take turns.
Shego, our nearly 11-year-old daughter, will be dressed as a pirate. The Pirates of the Caribbean inspired her, and pirates are hot this year.
HAUNTED HOUSE: What was the scariest Haunted House?
I attended a pretty scary one in Greenville, South Carolina a long time ago. Too much grossness, not enough eerieness. I like the eerieness that Tim Burton's films typify.
CANDY: What is your favorite candy at Halloween.
Chunky bars (don't get those on Halloween, unfortunately
), Mars Bars (hard to find nowadays), Milky Way, those little Hershey bars (especially the dark chocolate), Nestle's Crunch, Jolly Rancher grape hard candy, Mounds/Almond Joy--definitely chocolate.
I love becoming somebody else, somebody exciting, mysterious, scary.
Gross Halloween costumes and overly-bloody Halloween scenes aren't my cup of tea. I do eerie well, though. Just something to give you a bit of a thrill, not render you incontinent. I spent too many years as a nurse trying to heal gross injuries and wiping incontinent butts to appreciate that as(s)pect (pardon the pun).
COSTUME: What are you going to wear? What are the kids going to be?
I will either be a pirate, a gypsy, or a witch. I have a bodice purchased from the Michigan Renaissance festival that I can either pair with my black witch's dress, or wear an old-fashioned Renaissance festival, natural linen-colored blouse under it and a long plaid skirt. I have gypsy jewelry (coins) to accessorize.
Curmudgeon has been a terrorist, a pirate, a satyr, the Big Bad Wolf in grannie's nightie, and a Viking. I don't know what he's going to wear this year. He's as much fun for me to dress as our daughter is. We all dig Halloween. He'll be going out with her this year, and I'll be handing out candy. We take turns.
Shego, our nearly 11-year-old daughter, will be dressed as a pirate. The Pirates of the Caribbean inspired her, and pirates are hot this year.
HAUNTED HOUSE: What was the scariest Haunted House?
I attended a pretty scary one in Greenville, South Carolina a long time ago. Too much grossness, not enough eerieness. I like the eerieness that Tim Burton's films typify.
CANDY: What is your favorite candy at Halloween.
Chunky bars (don't get those on Halloween, unfortunately
), Mars Bars (hard to find nowadays), Milky Way, those little Hershey bars (especially the dark chocolate), Nestle's Crunch, Jolly Rancher grape hard candy, Mounds/Almond Joy--definitely chocolate.
These are the debate questions:
1. COSTUME: What are you going to wear?
If I can borrow PE's "Transylvania University" sweatshirt and wear some fangs, I may go as a student vampire...
2. HAUNTED HOUSE: What was the scariest Haunted House?
I wore long underwear and was wrapped in gauze head to foot. I would lay as still as I could, a "mummy" on display. Then, after someone had stared for a minute or two, I would move my hand... The school principal came in, and asked me to:
3. CANDY: What is your favorite candy at Halloween.
Chocolates, caramels, the chewy stuff.
We gave out fortune cookies one year. They were an unexpected hit!
1. COSTUME: What are you going to wear?
If I can borrow PE's "Transylvania University" sweatshirt and wear some fangs, I may go as a student vampire...
2. HAUNTED HOUSE: What was the scariest Haunted House?
I wore long underwear and was wrapped in gauze head to foot. I would lay as still as I could, a "mummy" on display. Then, after someone had stared for a minute or two, I would move my hand... The school principal came in, and asked me to:
QUOTE
Please, sit up, say boo, do something normal... The parents are complaining that the kids are getting too scared.
3. CANDY: What is your favorite candy at Halloween.
Chocolates, caramels, the chewy stuff.
We gave out fortune cookies one year. They were an unexpected hit!
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