After all those years of her wearing a red, white, and blue swimsuit-like outfit (with boots), Wonder Woman now fight evil-doers wearing Yoga Pants. I’ve seen the cartoon.
Did that once. Scared a couple of girls soaping the window. Last I saw of them, they were running and stumbling as if in slow motion. That was my favorite Halloween.
I had a 45 rpm record of wolf howls that I played at 33 1/3 rpm and recorded onto a tape cassette. Then I hid the tape player in the bushed by my front door. The slowed-down howls were hair raising!
It’s great to see a depiction of a good old-fashioned Hallowe’en, and it’s nice to hear from posters who still have fun celebrating the holiday as it was intended.
There seems to be a recent trend to sanitise Hallowe’en traditions. I’m talking about these “Tailgate Trick or Treat,” also known as “Trunk or Treat,” functions put on at malls. A lot of churches have adopted this practice, too. People line their vehicles up in a parking lot and the kids go from car to car collecting candy. A lot of these even take place during daylight hours.
Hallowe’en activities are supposed to take place after dark. That’s part of the fun and mystique of the holiday: making your way through the night guided by flickering jack-o-lanterns and luminous haunted house decorations. (and yes, our parents went with us until we were older.) Kids who attend these sanitised events are missing out on so much.
Last year there were no houses on my block decorated for Hallowe’en, and I didn’t see any trick-or-treaters. Has anyone else experienced the same? Does anyone else get the feeling that our holiday traditions are slowly dying out?
It’s a shame since there are so few holidays left anymore.
‘Trick or treating’ is an american tradition, which I hope has not been transferred to the UK or the rest of the world. Halloween was always a time to party with family and friends – for protection against evil spirits – telling each other scary stories with the lights lowered… It was much more fun than going out on the streets begging for sweets.
The last two years we have had over 300 trick-or-treaters come by our house. Of course, we not only decorate, my oldest girl tells “fortunes” (You will take candy from strangers and if you eat too much at once you will get a tummy ache.) Younger kids get a dum-dum pop on the front porch and older kids who are “brave enough” can go around to the back yard and visit the mad scientist in his lab. His job is to scare the living daylights out of them without using any jump scares. He’s good at it too. Some of the kids leave so fast they forget to get candy.
We also show videos in the backyard and have a place for the adults to sit down and have soft drinks or water. All in all, it’s just a place to have fun.
My Dad used to tell the Hallowe’en tale of when he was a teen and they’d tell the local village idiot about all the strange things that were going to happen to him if he was out walking about that night. Turns out that the VI (nowadays known as ‘a mentally deficient’ or a bunch of other PC definitions) also took ‘em serious and when they jumped out of the ditch to holler “BOO!” at him, he discharged a 20-gauge in their general direction and there was a LOT of s’plainin to do to various and sundry parents around November first as to why the use of a lot of Iodine and Mercurochrome??Small town wrecking-crews back in the day, just making sure that nobody was in the outhouse when they tipped it over. Sometimes, they “missed..” Fun Days…
Templo S.U.D. over 7 years ago
what a tricky treat from the girls’ uncle and aunt
lucereta over 7 years ago
I love that Alix still loves Wonder Woman.
Lyons Group, Inc. over 7 years ago
After all those years of her wearing a red, white, and blue swimsuit-like outfit (with boots), Wonder Woman now fight evil-doers wearing Yoga Pants. I’ve seen the cartoon.
ShadowBeast Premium Member over 7 years ago
Gotta love Halloween.
stairsteppublishing over 7 years ago
Did that once. Scared a couple of girls soaping the window. Last I saw of them, they were running and stumbling as if in slow motion. That was my favorite Halloween.
IndyMan over 7 years ago
Not nice—for an Aunt and Uncle-ex-boyfriend of Hollie’s-maybe ! ! !
sbwertz over 7 years ago
I had a 45 rpm record of wolf howls that I played at 33 1/3 rpm and recorded onto a tape cassette. Then I hid the tape player in the bushed by my front door. The slowed-down howls were hair raising!
clayusmcret Premium Member over 7 years ago
Halloween: A practical joker’s favorite holiday. April Fool’s Day doesn’t even hold a candle to the possibilities of a good Halloween scare.
alangwatkins over 7 years ago
There is nothing that keeps on giving like the gift of fear. It may save their lives someday.
Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl over 7 years ago
It’s great to see a depiction of a good old-fashioned Hallowe’en, and it’s nice to hear from posters who still have fun celebrating the holiday as it was intended.
There seems to be a recent trend to sanitise Hallowe’en traditions. I’m talking about these “Tailgate Trick or Treat,” also known as “Trunk or Treat,” functions put on at malls. A lot of churches have adopted this practice, too. People line their vehicles up in a parking lot and the kids go from car to car collecting candy. A lot of these even take place during daylight hours.
Hallowe’en activities are supposed to take place after dark. That’s part of the fun and mystique of the holiday: making your way through the night guided by flickering jack-o-lanterns and luminous haunted house decorations. (and yes, our parents went with us until we were older.) Kids who attend these sanitised events are missing out on so much.
Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl over 7 years ago
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Last year there were no houses on my block decorated for Hallowe’en, and I didn’t see any trick-or-treaters. Has anyone else experienced the same? Does anyone else get the feeling that our holiday traditions are slowly dying out?
It’s a shame since there are so few holidays left anymore.
mai griffin over 7 years ago
‘Trick or treating’ is an american tradition, which I hope has not been transferred to the UK or the rest of the world. Halloween was always a time to party with family and friends – for protection against evil spirits – telling each other scary stories with the lights lowered… It was much more fun than going out on the streets begging for sweets.
Font Lady Premium Member over 7 years ago
The last two years we have had over 300 trick-or-treaters come by our house. Of course, we not only decorate, my oldest girl tells “fortunes” (You will take candy from strangers and if you eat too much at once you will get a tummy ache.) Younger kids get a dum-dum pop on the front porch and older kids who are “brave enough” can go around to the back yard and visit the mad scientist in his lab. His job is to scare the living daylights out of them without using any jump scares. He’s good at it too. Some of the kids leave so fast they forget to get candy.
We also show videos in the backyard and have a place for the adults to sit down and have soft drinks or water. All in all, it’s just a place to have fun.
klesmiley_ Premium Member over 7 years ago
Still laughing! Still laughing!
unca jim over 7 years ago
My Dad used to tell the Hallowe’en tale of when he was a teen and they’d tell the local village idiot about all the strange things that were going to happen to him if he was out walking about that night. Turns out that the VI (nowadays known as ‘a mentally deficient’ or a bunch of other PC definitions) also took ‘em serious and when they jumped out of the ditch to holler “BOO!” at him, he discharged a 20-gauge in their general direction and there was a LOT of s’plainin to do to various and sundry parents around November first as to why the use of a lot of Iodine and Mercurochrome??Small town wrecking-crews back in the day, just making sure that nobody was in the outhouse when they tipped it over. Sometimes, they “missed..” Fun Days…
im4iam Premium Member over 7 years ago
Did this comic go from a daily to a Sunday only. Not showing up in my list.