Ever since I moved to a rural area, my Halloween festivities have become much more sedate. However, when I lived in town where there was a bar on almost every corner, I used to dress up as Bacchus complete with two filled wineskins and sometimes take "Mr. Bonehead" (Below) from bar to bar. The wineskins were both compatible with the costume and were alway convenient when the lines to get a drink were too long. I could tell that the bar was about to close after the friendlier of the young women had nibbled the last of the grapes off of my "toga" / sheet. (I stuck grapes to the costume with safety pins) When the bars would close, "Mr. Bonehead" and I were off to the nearest party and so the night went. Decades later, the wineskins hang in my office and I spend quieter evenings with Mr.Bonehead and friends, Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I made a very crude "Mr. Bonehead" about 35 years ago when I was just starting to try blacksmithing as a full time job. My first blacksmith shop was next to an abandoned junkyard which supplied the steel and it took about 4 - 6 hours to make and paint Mr. Bonehead.
No special plans other than I will make a half--hearted effort to decorate and then hand out candy for about 90 minutes until it is all gone or the caravans start showing up in the hood, whichever is sooner. I am old school traditional when it comes to trick or treating--real ghosts and goblins do it on foot.
We don't have anyone in a costume drop by for candy because we live in the country. In 1980, I bought an old house in an all Black neighborhood. I had an excellent rapport with the immediate neighbors. There were many delightful children in costumes and escorted by their parents but, then, of course, there were teenagers in street clothes who just wanted a quick snack. I didn't refuse anyone but made sure that kids in costumes got extra. I didn't feel like denying "rule breakers" was worth the potential hostility especially over a handful of candy. Why sweat the small stuff especially when you don't know the kid's background and maybe do something very small to ease racial tension? Thanks,
We'll probably be passing out allergy friendly treats for the kids and Jello shots for the parents with them. But we normally don't have many visitors in our neighborhood, so after we run out or after unaccompanied teenagers start showing up, we'll take what's left to our friend's party. I'm dressing up as Mr Sinister from the X-Men comics, and my best bud is dressing up as Magneto. My wife is going for Black Widow.
I'm not picky about who gets it really so much as about an hour in and am looking for a reason to put a lid on it and get back to my doings I guess. I live in a diverse neighborhood. The hispanics and young couples with tender aged ones are the ones that usually go all out on the costumes. I have also learned to have some food allergy kids treats on the standby.
Halloween use to be my most scared American Holiday Then came the destroyers Parents Who bring "trick or treat" kids because their gated HOA doesn't allow it. After some years of children not of my neighborhood, yet so White, I Lock My Gates! I Miss My Halloween A uniquely American Holiday