Marguerite
Active Member
G'day people.
Halloween is not such a big deal here, but increasingly we are getting neighbourhood kids wandering around. Compared to your US standards, I suspect our efforts would be considered pitiful. And kids increasingly are taught to only go to houses that have some sort of sign out or decoration, or a pre-arrangement with the parents.
We also get some gangs of kids using Halloween as an excuse to vandalise some people's homes, especially the homes of the more weird people. Such as the local environmentalist. Or our place (because some of our kids are/have been weird).
We were left alone today, because we had no decorations out. But no eggs either, for a change.
But I was ready. I had the retractible vampire fangs set up (they attach with dental putty) and I was just heading down to mother in law's when I saw some victi... I mean, kids in costume. I had dressed down (wearing black jeans, red t-shirt and long flowing black cardigan, very cape-like but still sort-of 'normal'). I flashed the fangs to the parent while I was still in our yard but as I headed for my gate. "Oh look," she said in mock terror to her kids, "There's a vampire in that yard!" OK, my long black cardigan could have been enough on its own...
So of course the kids looked in my direction. No fangs. I smiled. No fangs. Then when only one kid was looking, I slid the fangs out again, then slid them back. I got the reaction I wanted - "Oooh, that's really, really creepy!" But no other kid saw it, and so he would have been struggling to convince them.
I love messing with people's heads...
Otherwise today was a fairly quiet day at home. I did go out to church (got there late, just needed to talk to a few people) then later on I stopped in to help a friend move a shrub. I was on the way there at 3.30 pm when I saw the first trick-or-treaters. Most of them had finished by dark. It's sunset here at the moment at about 7 pm, and by then all the kids were out of costume and/or home.
As I said - pathetic, by US standards.
Tomorrow I have an easier day than I had anticipated - a doctor's appointment got cancelled, the doctor himself rang us tonight to let us know he would not be there, he's been called away.
Enjoy your Halloween/ Or just plain ordinary Sunday, depending on where you are.
Marg
Halloween is not such a big deal here, but increasingly we are getting neighbourhood kids wandering around. Compared to your US standards, I suspect our efforts would be considered pitiful. And kids increasingly are taught to only go to houses that have some sort of sign out or decoration, or a pre-arrangement with the parents.
We also get some gangs of kids using Halloween as an excuse to vandalise some people's homes, especially the homes of the more weird people. Such as the local environmentalist. Or our place (because some of our kids are/have been weird).
We were left alone today, because we had no decorations out. But no eggs either, for a change.
But I was ready. I had the retractible vampire fangs set up (they attach with dental putty) and I was just heading down to mother in law's when I saw some victi... I mean, kids in costume. I had dressed down (wearing black jeans, red t-shirt and long flowing black cardigan, very cape-like but still sort-of 'normal'). I flashed the fangs to the parent while I was still in our yard but as I headed for my gate. "Oh look," she said in mock terror to her kids, "There's a vampire in that yard!" OK, my long black cardigan could have been enough on its own...
So of course the kids looked in my direction. No fangs. I smiled. No fangs. Then when only one kid was looking, I slid the fangs out again, then slid them back. I got the reaction I wanted - "Oooh, that's really, really creepy!" But no other kid saw it, and so he would have been struggling to convince them.
I love messing with people's heads...
Otherwise today was a fairly quiet day at home. I did go out to church (got there late, just needed to talk to a few people) then later on I stopped in to help a friend move a shrub. I was on the way there at 3.30 pm when I saw the first trick-or-treaters. Most of them had finished by dark. It's sunset here at the moment at about 7 pm, and by then all the kids were out of costume and/or home.
As I said - pathetic, by US standards.
Tomorrow I have an easier day than I had anticipated - a doctor's appointment got cancelled, the doctor himself rang us tonight to let us know he would not be there, he's been called away.
Enjoy your Halloween/ Or just plain ordinary Sunday, depending on where you are.
Marg
Happy Halloween!!!
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