What Are You Doing For Halloween?

[Yeshuasdaughter]

So, what'cha doing on October 31st?

You can put more than one vote if you're doing more than one thing.

 

[Suzette]

We will be on our boat fending off boaters who do not anchor well.

Halloween brings out the partiers who do not know how to anchor, drink too much to notice they are drifting and play their music at ear drum damaging levels. A fun time will be had by all (no, not really).

Halloween used to be my favorite holiday though. I liked to decorate the yard with giant spiders, tombstones, webs and lights. I had a fog machine and played spooky music at the door and created elaborate costumes for me and my son.
I am really small too, so before my son was born I would go trick o treating!
I miss those days!

 

[Trophonius]

It's the month to read spooky books and watch horror movies.

I have a weak heart for gruesome films, that's why I plan to watch Martyrs (2008) this month. I heard it's kind of hard to watch.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Giving out candy to me it is giving back I take a lot of candy when I was younger.

 

[ucrenegade]

People who truly follow Yeshua don't celebrate pagan holidays that go against him. So nothing would be my answer it's just another day. Same with Christmas,Easter,and valentine's day just a bunch of pagan holidays.

 

[QueenOfFrance87]

I will be giving out candy again; we get a lot of trick or treaters every year, around 300. I may also go to a Halloween festival on the 22nd (my birthday!) that is in a local park only a short distance away, I may even walk there.

 

[Streetwise]

I can't forget Martha Moxley!, who was hideously slaughtered, on the eve of all hallows day(called the day to exalt evil) it will be 46 years since she died.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

I love celebrating Halloween. We already have three pumpkins on our porch (and have since September). It's my daughter's last year as a kid, and maybe her last at home, as we are looking at universities, so here's the rundown on our epic All Hallows adventure:

1. Make crafts and sew finishing touches on our costumes while listening to corny spooky songs

2. Visit the cemetery for quiet, respectful contemplation

3. Home for costumes and makeup

4. Leave an epic bowl of candy on the porch

5. Go out trick or treating early in the rich people neighborhood a couple blocks down (they give out full size candy bars)

6. Hit the archery range for a spooky blacklight tournament and costume party

 

[Kalinychta]

Carve jack-o’-lantern and listen to ghost stories on Coast to Coast AM, which becomes Ghost to Ghost AM on Halloween night (although it has never been the same without Art Bell). I also read The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury every year.

 

[RobZombiefan]

Well, how I decorate my house frightens people, so I'm always stuck with a big bowl of candy because children outside my family think I'm wicked, so this year instead of staying in, I'm going to accompany my nephew's trick or treating and get some take out!

 

[Mary Terry]

I live in a rural area (no sidewalks, no subdivisions, houses are far away from each other so walking is out of the question. One of my friends has a very long paved driveway so we're going to have a "trunk or treat" party for the kids. Everyone can park their vehicle along the driveway, decorate the vehicle if they want, wear costumes, have treats for the kids in the trunk (boot) or on the back of the truck. The kids will walk along the driveway from car to car to get treats. It's much safer than a hayride on public roads.

I'm going to fix up our old farm truck like the Beverly Hillbillies' truck, put a rocking chair in the back to sit in, and dress up like Granny Clampett. Husband can dress like Jed or Jethro if he decides to participate. I'll have little bags of treats (candy, glow sticks, stickers, kid-centric stuff) on the tailgate for the kids. The children will have no idea who the Beverly Hillbillies were but old folks like us will have a laugh.

We'll have a bonfire behind my friend's house for the kids to cook hotdogs and toast marshmallows after they collect their treats. I'll bring a big pot of chili as my contribution to dinner around the fire.

I think it will be fun. It's certainly a unique way to celebrate Halloween.

 

[Raggamuffin]

When I owned a house I turned the lights off and never had a knock at the door - beautiful.

Kristy once had a big Halloween party. It was a few months before I stopped drinking. I did have fun, but we lived in a mid-terrace. So I felt anxious throughout as a house party with 30+ people is very loud and I felt bad for our neighbours.

I've never been big on celeberations in general. As I've got older I've grown increasingly worried and thoughtful with regards to how wasteful humanity is, and events which mass produce cheap and nasty decorations and one use, disposable items is never going to appeal to me. A bit like Christmas cards and wrapping paper - can we just not?

Ed