Yep, that’s right kiddies, its Halloween time. Woot Woot! My most favorite holiday. Not that I do not love, love, love Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter, even Independence Day is awesome. But as far as random holidays where I get candy, go to parties and get to dress up as something that I am not (like a doctor, scarecrow, cat, gypsy, Grim Reaper, dog, Mother Earth, etc.) it’s the greatest holiday, ever.
I know all the history (real and supposed) behind Halloween, All Hallows Eve. The day before All Hallows Day (Day of the Saints) or the pagan day of Samhain. But here in the good ole’ U.S. of A. for most of us it is just a day with no spiritual/religious/significant meaning behind it and a day for us to gorge on candy, dress up as ghouls, ghosties, or princesses and an excuse to watch endless horror movies (Not that I have to have a reason to watch endless horror movies) and scare little kids and/or ourselves.
My Godson, at the ripe ole’ age of 11, went to his first haunted woods last weekend, and he chose me to be the one to go with him. (An honor I did not take lightly.) He ROCKED IT OUT! I am so proud. He walked tall through the woods in the dark with the strobe lights and the creepy noises. He only flinched a few times when someone jumped out for a scare and was polite to the monsters by saying “excuse me” when they were up in his face. He continuously assured me that he was “okay” as we made our way down the unlighted, twisting paths. How bad is this that I had to beg him to hold my hand a few times? HA! What a great kid. Love that lil’ dude. He has come into the fold with the rest of us insane people who like to be scared. Not scared with real things like illness, financial troubles, death of loved ones, etc. but being scared for no reason, senseless scaring. The kind of scare that you can laugh about later, those are the best scares.
As you can tell, I love Halloween. It’s the kick off to the holiday season. The second October 1st hits it’s a downhill slide straight to Christmas and New Years, and what a fun slide it is. Feasting, parties, time with family and friends. The fun, crazy, scary, hoopla holiday where nothing matters and everything goes (as far as costumes and eating of many (way too many) candies – mostly candy corn and M&Ms for me). The holiday before the real ones, the ones that have meaning behind them, like Thanksgiving, where we give thanks for all the blessings we have and Christmas where we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, or New Years where we celebrate another year of life and wish for a greater year the next. Halloween is just fun.
Speaking of fun, I saw a costume idea for a flip flop. Yes, that’s right, a flip flop. My question is how do they sit down?
Whatever you go as this year, or whether or not you dress up at all, enjoy this time when the trees are changing their clothes into their bright fall wardrobe. When the night is crisp and cool and you have to bundle up with a hoodie or snuggle up with a loved one. When the smells of bonfires fill the air and marshmallows are toasted and squished out on graham crackers leaving sticky fingers for all. Fill your weekends with hay rides, weenie roasts and midnight walks through the dry fallen leaves in the woods. Have a scare this Halloween and when you are bent over trying to catch your breath and clinching your knees together to hold in the pee, have a laugh. Just don’t laugh too hard, you are trying to hold your pee in after all.
Boo!
M.L.
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