All Hallow’s Eve is coming

A night of scares and monsters. And children getting diabetes. All in good fun of course.

I’ve always loved Hallowe’en. I think the main reason for it was that the earliest memories I have are of when I was living in the Middle East, and we lived near a compound full of Americans. They took Hallowe’en super seriously, and set up amazing rides through their gardens, played tricks on the groups going around the compound. Plus, they gave the best sweets. I remember one time when the house was made up to look like a murder scene, but the kids were too young to recognise that. The adults were actually the ones who got freaked out when a really, really big guy jumped out dressed as Jason from Friday the Thirteenth. All the kids just stood there going “Uh…what?”

As time goes on, and I moved around, Hallowe’en came to mean less and less for me. Where I live currently, the kids don’t even come knocking on our door. I’d like to think it’s because we live in an area with very few children, but I can’t help shake the feeling that over-protective parents are to blame. What do you think?

So this year I have no overly fancy plans. No Hallowe’en party to go to (no money anyway) and I’m not going into town. Just having a few friends round to watch scary movies and give ourselves nightmares. Should be fun. Any recommendations on movies we should watch, leave them in the comment section below, I’d really like to hear some suggestions as I don’t have the greatest selection in my house but I can rent some if needs be. Gonna get some popcorn, set up the big television and sit down for a night of fun and fear. Or, as usually happens when people come round, being chased around my own house while people try to tickle me.

What are each of you doing to mark this occassion? Feel free to let me know in a comment. I do read them people! I swear.

2 Responses to “All Hallow’s Eve is coming”

1. bingkee says:

   October 29, 2009 at 2:40 am

   As I’ve written in my recent post, we do not celebrate Halloween because of its pagan roots and it originated as worship and promotion of evil. I’m a Christian. Read my post to know more about my thoughts on this.
2. Diff.thinkr says:

   October 30, 2009 at 11:06 am

   Halloween is all in the west. We don’t even have a hint of celebration of Halloween as you come east!!!
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