Do you like Halloween?

[Robert]

I'm really not a big fan of Halloween. Maybe it's because I'm Swedish, because it's not nearly the hype and hysteria about Halloween in Sweden (or in Europe in general, I reckon).

Where I live, people "decorate" their house, lawns, you name it - with gory stuff and it turns out to be like a competition between neighbours of who has the most jaw-dropping displays. Actually, this competitive situation flares up again pretty soon, at Christmas time... :whatever:

The door bell rings constantly on Halloween night. Probably 70-100 kids show up at our house asking for trick or treat.

Just not my thing. The stores selling candy are sure doing good business for Halloween!

Your thoughts?

[Tone2TheBone]

Ok Ebenezer!

hahahaha Just for that we're going to ring your doorbell Wednesday night and hide!

We love Halloween. We spent an hour or 2 watching my youngest kid's Halloween cartoon videos...Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost and It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown (of course) while we carved up our Jack O Lanterns for this year. We did 2 of them and I'll post pics of them tomorrow.

[Justaguyin_nc]

Do I like it?

This pic should answer that question:

http://www.donponder.com/images/pix77b.jpg

[Tone2TheBone]

*evil laughter* That's awesome Justa!

[Spudman]

I used to like Halloween...until this weekend. We went to the same 'haunted forest' that we've taken our daughter to for the past 3 years. This time she gets 60 feet along the path and has 2 encounters and starts screaming and freaking out. We had to bail on the rest of the event. Now that I know that my daughter instead of getting bolder and more secure is becoming more scared it takes lot of the fun out of it.

[just strum]

Probably got into it more when the kids were little. We would attach the trailer to the lawn tractor and drive around with the kids (probably about 4 tractors - houses are far apart) and that was always fun. This Halloween my kids will be off doing their thing and my wife has to work, so it's just me left to pass out candy. So I guess the fun is gone.

Robert, beware of burning lunch bags.

[sunvalleylaw]

I really enjoyed it as a kid, and have fun with it with the kids now. I do think people around here can get over the top, but that's Sun Valley!

[duhvoodooman]

I'm really not a big fan of Halloween....

....Your thoughts?
Better watch out, Robert. Somebody's going to come by and soap your Player's Strat, throw an egg at your Reverend Hellhound (good Halloween name, BTW!), and hang toilet paper all over your pedal board!! :D

[Robert]

Eeek! I'd better lock away all my guitar gear then!

[Bloozcat]

Halloween was fun as a kid, but it just sort of comes and goes now without much notice around our house. If we had kids of our own, it would probably be different.

We live in a neighborhood that looks like prime Trick-or-Treating territory, yet we've had maybe a half dozen kids come by in the 12 years we've owned the house. Kind of strange, if you ask me. So, that kind of diminishes the whole Halloween experience as well.

Since my wife despises Halloween costume parties, we don't do any of those either.

Christmas is the big holiday around our house.

[Jampy]

The best part of Halloween for me are the movies, I love all the old chessy horro flicks of the 70's & 80's. We are kind of lucky where we live very few kids so the doorbell only goes off maybe 10 times tops..

http://themishmash.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/03/elvis.jpg

Mind you it's not all good...

[R_of_G]

What I like about Halloween is that several of the people I work with put buckets of candy on their desks a week or so beforehand, so I get a nice sugar-rush anytime I get a little sleepy at work. mmm...candy...:drool:

[Tone2TheBone]

What I like about Halloween is that several of the people I work with put buckets of candy on their desks a week or so beforehand, so I get a nice sugar-rush anytime I get a little sleepy at work. mmm...candy...:drool:


That happens here too!

[Guitar Gal]

The best part of Halloween for me are the movies, I love all the old chessy horro flicks of the 70's & 80's.


Same here.....I love the old horror and vampire flicks. :munch:
I also love watching the history channel and the specials they have on this time of year about vampires, warewovles, witches, etc.

I don't have many children in my neighborhood and only get about 5 or 6 trick-o-treaters every year. Fine by me actually.....I get my fill of the little goblins at school....:eek:

GG

[tjcurtin1]

Jampy - tell us that's not you! OR anyone you know!

That picture was truly horrifying.... for more than one reason!

[just strum]

makes Shiners "tractor guy" look dignified.

[marnold]

You mean that thing that other people do on Reformation Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation_Day)? (Allow me to add a big shout-out to my Lutheran homies.)

Having said that, I like me some candy.

[Jampy]

Jampy - tell us that's not you! OR anyone you know!

That picture was truly horrifying.... for more than one reason!

No way, just found it on the net ( Don't ask how )

But you gotta love that crazy Mosse Knuckle..:puke:

[sunvalleylaw]

You mean that thing that other people do on Reformation Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation_Day)? (Allow me to add a big shout-out to my Lutheran homies.)

Having said that, I like me some candy.
Do you like any particular Oktoberfest brews? Not specifically Halloween, but still the same season. :beer:

[marnold]

Do you like any particular Oktoberfest brews? Not specifically Halloween, but still the same season. :beer:
Oktoberfest isn't necessarily my favorite beer style. If I'm going for something sweet, I'm going to go for Paulaner Salvator--the archetypal Doppelbock. Otherwise, Hacker Pschorr Oktoberfest is a good one. I've had some Summit (Minnesota) Oktoberfest which is pretty good too.

[Justaguyin_nc]

Oktoberfest's are a must!!
Gives reason to spend money foolishly on Halloween items..
Drink and be merry... or anyone ya want to be..
What happens at an Oktoberfest..
should stay at an Oktoberfest..
Who would have thunk it...
in the mountains of Georgia
A little bit of Germany..
We just got back from a week of drinking there..
and enjoying the sites..
Unfortunately..I stuck to Miller Lite..

http://home.carolina.rr.com/genstuff/Justaguyin_nc/EnteringHelen_2.jpg

http://home.carolina.rr.com/genstuff/Justaguyin_nc/helencentertown_2.jpg

http://home.carolina.rr.com/genstuff/Justaguyin_nc/helencenter_3.jpg

http://home.carolina.rr.com/genstuff/Justaguyin_nc/beerband_2.jpg


Now to try and get those songs out of my mind...
Chicken Dance... Roll out the barrel..Edsels wife..umm..

[Spudman]

Oktoberfest's are a must!!
Unfortunately..I stuck to Miller Lite..
..

What's the point of that? :confused:

[Justaguyin_nc]

What's the point of that? :confused:

Read back..and please keep up with the thread...:rotflmao: they change always around here..
Umm Marnold mentioned some German beer.. it was there..I didn't drink it..

:beer:

[Tone2TheBone]

What's the point of that? :confused:

Oh sure you skinny guys rub it in.

:beer:

[duhvoodooman]

You mean that thing that other people do on Reformation Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation_Day)? (Allow me to add a big shout-out to my Lutheran homies.)
I never let my kids go out trick-or-treating until they recite all 95 of Luther's theses....in order! Tough love, ya know.... :D

[SuperSwede]

+1 OKTOBERFEST!!

...Unt wir tanzen....

[Spudman]

+1 OKTOBERFEST!!

...Unt wir tanzen....

Tanzen trinken und essen mit kine erbrechen. :puke:

[marnold]

I never let my kids go out trick-or-treating until they recite all 95 of Luther's theses....in order! Tough love, ya know.... :D
My parents made us do the same thing . . . but in the original Latin!

AND WE LIKED IT!

[duhvoodooman]

My parents made us do the same thing . . . but in the original Latin!

AND WE LIKED IT!
LOL!! I bow in humble reverence before your unfathomable Lutheranicity!! http://duhvoodooman.com/miscimages/105.gif

[sunvalleylaw]

Oktoberfest isn't necessarily my favorite beer style. If I'm going for something sweet, I'm going to go for Paulaner Salvator--the archetypal Doppelbock. Otherwise, Hacker Pschorr Oktoberfest is a good one. I've had some Summit (Minnesota) Oktoberfest which is pretty good too.

I agree that Oktoberfest beer is not my favorite style overall, but when it's the season . . .

I love Oktoberfests. Never have been to Munich, but I used to love the one in Poulsbo, WA at the old Thomas Kemper brewery, basically in an old cow pasture. Lots of folks dancing around and doin the chicken dance, lederhosen mixed with Viking helmets, etc. Like Justa says, what went on there should stay there. Thomas Kemper used to put out a nice Oktoberfest. Uncle Otto makes a decent one. :beer: EIN, ZWEI . . . . ZUFFA!

Oh yeah, I also like Halloween because it comes at the end of Oktoberfest season! :AOK:

[Bloozcat]

Oktoberfest's are a must!!
Gives reason to spend money foolishly on Halloween items..
Drink and be merry... or anyone ya want to be..
What happens at an Oktoberfest..
should stay at an Oktoberfest..
Who would have thunk it...
in the mountains of Georgia
A little bit of Germany..
We just got back from a week of drinking there..
and enjoying the sites..
Unfortunately..I stuck to Miller Lite..

http://home.carolina.rr.com/genstuff/Justaguyin_nc/EnteringHelen_2.jpg

http://home.carolina.rr.com/genstuff/Justaguyin_nc/helencentertown_2.jpg

http://home.carolina.rr.com/genstuff/Justaguyin_nc/helencenter_3.jpg

http://home.carolina.rr.com/genstuff/Justaguyin_nc/beerband_2.jpg


Now to try and get those songs out of my mind...
Chicken Dance... Roll out the barrel..Edsels wife..umm..

Helen Georgia....

We had a second home just over Blood Mountain from Helen, in Hiawassee Georgia. Helen is really interesting when you stumble upon it for the first time. It is a tourist trap though, and after the initial curiosity was over, we hardly ever went back there. The one reason to go though, was that in an area of Georgia where there are a lot of dry counties, Helen was not. I don't think that a Bavarian village could have survived up there if there wasn't any brew for Oktoberfest. :beer:

[Justaguyin_nc]

Helen Georgia....

We had a second home just over Blood Mountain from Helen, in Hiawassee Georgia. Helen is really interesting when you stumble upon it for the first time. It is a tourist trap though, and after the initial curiosity was over, we hardly ever went back there. The one reason to go though, was that in an area of Georgia where there are a lot of dry counties, Helen was not. I don't think that a Bavarian village could have survived up there if there wasn't any brew for Oktoberfest. :beer:

beautiful area, Lake Chatuge.. From NC 64 down into Georgia to Hiawassee!
Yup need the beer if your gonna do a Oktoberfest.. Helen's worth a visit for at least one October if near enough...tubing for summertime..

Hmm..wonder if they doll the town for lutherans today.. seems like they should!
:beer:

[pes_laul]

Hmm you get to dress up all funny and get free candy-what's not to love?:D

[pes_laul]

just got back from trick or treating this was the first year i went Only with my friends as always it's a blast this year I was Jon belluccii (i think thats how you spell it) from the blues brother

[Spudman]

just got back from trick or treating this was the first year i went Only with my friends as always it's a blast this year I was Jon belluccii (i think thats how you spell it) from the blues brother
Did ya get plenty of candy booty?

[sunvalleylaw]

Good pick for a costume! Glad you had fun.

[pes_laul]

Did ya get plenty of candy booty?
actually no i got very little candy in fact cuz i live in a small neighbor hood-but it still was a lot of fun