(Enter, if you dare!)
"Litany for Halloween"
"From ghoulies and ghosties,
Long-leggety beasties,
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us."
-Anonymous
Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays. While we usually think that Halloween is for children, a large percentage of adults enjoy celebrating the holiday, as well. In fact, Holloween is about as popular as Chritmas now. Many stores are stocked with a great selection of costumes for every age group. Halloween candy overflows the shelves. Also, it's almost like Halloween every day on TV with the abundance of paranormal programs.
Halloween candy, anyone?
While Greg and I really haven't, in recent years, taken time out to observe Halloween, we're planning to do something fun this time next year, like visiting a "haunted" house or forest or going on a real ghost tour. Doing things like this makes life so much more interesting.
When I was growing up, we always went all out for Halloween.
Halloween Memories:
We often had Halloween parties which included bobbing for apples, eating tasty refreshments like popcorn balls, and going through a "haunted' house in our den which Mama and Daddy had so painstakingly created for my brother and me and our friends.
One of our neighbors usually had "ghosts" floating (on a wire) through the air, complete with spooky music.
Another neighbor, as an adult, loved dressing up each year in a very professional-looking costume that she'd concocted. On Halloween night, she'd just visit a couple of nearby houses, usually dressed as either an old hag or a menacing-looking old man. She looked very convincing. When she'd come to the door, we often didn't recognize her. Once, as I was opening the door to give out candy, the neighbor, dressed in costume, lunged forward. I screamed and ran, looking for Mama to save me! The woman still laughs about that one until this day.
To get into the spirit of things, we all enjoyed wearing costumes as we gave out candy.
Retro-picture of Mama, Giving out Candy
Yikes! A Black Cat!
Halloween Favorites:
Horror Movies:
Greg's-"Legacy"
Becky's-"The Mummy" (1959)
"Rosemary's Baby"
"Tarantula"
Paranormal TV Shows:
"Ghost Hunters"
"Ghost Adventures"
Etc.
Ghostly Story:
" The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Halloween Blog:
http://www.wickedwaysproductions.blogspot.com/
A Halloween Dessert for Some "Lucky" Diner
Featured Photo:
Another Black Cat!
(This is, as far as I know, a genuine paranormal photo that I took when I was growing up. There are a lot more where this came from!, as my husband, brother, and I all seem to have the uncanny ability of having ectoplasm, orbs, or other paranormal images show up in many of our photos! Sounds like a great topic for a future blog post!)
Positive thought: Be a kid again! Keep your sense of fun alive.
Thanks for visiting! Until next time (Sunday, November 6), Becky
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