Halloween past present future

I always make the cheesiest Halloween displays and carve a nice pumpkin. No pumpkin this year. I started getting lazy and when I went to go pick a pumpkin from the store, only volleyball sized ones were available. Southern states didn’t get the big pumpkin shipments this year, probably for weather reasons.

I’ve found that the more elaborate I make the outside displays, the fewer the kids want to show up and actually take candy, so I just keep it simple rather than trying too much. Yes, they actually have just walked right by.

This is what I did three years ago - Dark:

And the same scene lit up:

And this year will be far more crappy and a lot less mess to clean up afterwards.

A couple of years back, I made one of those booths to have the “floating head” thing. Very cool, but too much work for about twenty five kids. I’d do it again, but someone took the small TV I used, and working with a big TV is no fun at all.

No, this year, it’s going to be dead simple. I’ve had the parts in the front scattered about like so much trash for days now, with the simple webbing and some old crap stuck under the webbing, and I’ll assemble it sometime this afternoon.

I sometimes take pictures of the trick or treaters:

But then suddenly I feel old:

Sexy costumes are great when it’s age appropriate, but kind of strange when those costumes are worn by underage girls. Fortunately, Alison is almost always busy doing something important, like raiding the last of the Three Muskateers bars in the back when these poptarts in training come by.

My neighbor has teens that don’t participate in the traditional Halloween. Last year they went to the fundy church sponsored event, locked them all in a darkened gymnasium, turned up the heat to full blast, and then when everyone was started to suffocate from the heat, let off a few sulfur bombs, and the place literally smelled like Hell. Which was the desired effect — the kids never ever wanted to go to a church sponsored “Alternative” Fall Festival again… funny!

Meanwhile, you be careful tonight! Ghouls are on the prowl!