This is my favorite holiday. It has been since I was a kid. I like Easter, and Christmas and the 4th of July too, oh, and Thanksgiving, but they all have one problem in common. Whenever I would get excited about gifts or stockings or fireworks or eggs, my dad would always say, "Don't forget the real reason that we celebrate. It's not all about the gifts you know."
Yes dad I do know. I know it so well because you are a very good dad and have raised me up right! Just because I'm excited about this superficial materialistic thing does NOT mean I am shallow!
But Halloween. It really is all about the candy and the costumes. That's it. That's all there is to it. Oh, I know other people have tried to make it about evil and crap like that, but I scoff at their efforts. None of them, no matter how evil they may be can out maneuver the American Marketing Juggernaut! Yes, candy sellers, costume makers and purveyors of decorations will triumph and Halloween will always be, "All about the goodies."
So here’s to the Draco Malfoy, Black Cat, and Little Red Riding Hood (who even got her dad to don a wolf mask) who reside at my house this year. Let the candy feasting begin!
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I expect pictures!!! Especially of Russ as the big bad wolf :)
Jo
and let's not forget all the fun of watching dad go ALL OUT in decorating the entry room with cobwebs, sound effects, lighting and costume to scare the living pee our of every trick-or-treater who should come by our house. Living out in the country now, there's not much point in trying to trick or treat near home, so we go into town and hit up our friends' neighborhoods. This year we will be taking a monarch butterfly, an Easter Island head, and a dragon (or maybe it's an allegator - we've never decided). should be a grand ol' time!
Costumes and candy. It doesn't get a whole lot better than that. I mean, that's livin'! :)
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