Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Haunted Graveyard
Found this great yard haunt from 2011 featured on Pumpkinrot's blog. A little too dark for my taste, but I appreciate the effort and creativity. Check it out.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Halloween Commentary
I echo the sentiments found in this commentary from PennLive. Luckily, for us, trick-or-treat night was on Halloween last year and will be this year as well. I also wish trick-or-treat night was 4 hours long, not just 2 hours.
I spend a lot of time in municipal board meetings for the newspaper. School district meetings, too, if we’re going to start counting. I’m sure there are those who attend more, but I’m right up there near the top of the list.
This would be a little strange if it wasn’t a job. If it wasn’t a job, The Patriot-News would probably publish an article about the woman who has been seen at as many as 10 local government and school district meetings in a month. You probably wouldn’t read it.
But I digress.
Some of the meetings to which I go are exciting, really, and some are nothing short of mind-numbing. But, hey, every day isn’t Christmas.
I hear a lot of odd things at the meetings. Here is the oddest thing I hear, and I’ve heard it around this time of year — I know, it’s August — about a bazillion times every single year for going on six years: “When’s Halloween this year?”
Huh?
We’re not talking Memorial Day, which slides around the end of May with disconcerting mobility. I never know the date of Memorial Day. This is Halloween. Halloween is on Oct. 31 every single year, not the fourth Thursday-Wednesday-Sunday of the month, or any other day the keepers of the calendar in the Harrisburg area have selected.
I would’ve written that last sentence in capital letters, but the newspaper editors who slog through my dyslexic text every week would have changed it, so I’ll repeat for emphasis:
Halloween is on Oct. 31, every single year.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is time to take back our holiday from our local officials. Call your council members, email your supervisors, let’s work together and reunite trick-or-treat with Halloween.
No more Oct. 31s spent staring at the clock like a pretty girl without a date for prom while the rest of our country’s citizens wear witch hats and goblin masks and ring doorbells.
We have a window here.
According to Lemoyne Borough Council Member David Beasley, the Capital Region Council of Governments, which usually recommends a night for trick-or-treat — do not get me started on that — decided municipalities could work with their school districts to select their own dates for trick-or-treat this year.
School districts? Are these people really masters of timing? I’m not being hurtful when I point out, at least in my school district, these are the folks who, for my teenage son’s four years of high school, had me dropping him off at 7:20 a.m. to make his first class. Enough said.
No school districts. No municipalities. Us. Get on the phone with your local government officials before a date is set, please. This, gentle readers, is a call to freedom. You have their numbers.
Commentary: Setting Halloween should be a treat, not a trick
Published: Friday, August 10, 2012, 9:04 AM Updated: Friday, August 10, 2012, 9:05 AM
I spend a lot of time in municipal board meetings for the newspaper. School district meetings, too, if we’re going to start counting. I’m sure there are those who attend more, but I’m right up there near the top of the list.
This would be a little strange if it wasn’t a job. If it wasn’t a job, The Patriot-News would probably publish an article about the woman who has been seen at as many as 10 local government and school district meetings in a month. You probably wouldn’t read it.
But I digress.
Some of the meetings to which I go are exciting, really, and some are nothing short of mind-numbing. But, hey, every day isn’t Christmas.
I hear a lot of odd things at the meetings. Here is the oddest thing I hear, and I’ve heard it around this time of year — I know, it’s August — about a bazillion times every single year for going on six years: “When’s Halloween this year?”
Huh?
We’re not talking Memorial Day, which slides around the end of May with disconcerting mobility. I never know the date of Memorial Day. This is Halloween. Halloween is on Oct. 31 every single year, not the fourth Thursday-Wednesday-Sunday of the month, or any other day the keepers of the calendar in the Harrisburg area have selected.
I would’ve written that last sentence in capital letters, but the newspaper editors who slog through my dyslexic text every week would have changed it, so I’ll repeat for emphasis:
Halloween is on Oct. 31, every single year.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is time to take back our holiday from our local officials. Call your council members, email your supervisors, let’s work together and reunite trick-or-treat with Halloween.
No more Oct. 31s spent staring at the clock like a pretty girl without a date for prom while the rest of our country’s citizens wear witch hats and goblin masks and ring doorbells.
We have a window here.
According to Lemoyne Borough Council Member David Beasley, the Capital Region Council of Governments, which usually recommends a night for trick-or-treat — do not get me started on that — decided municipalities could work with their school districts to select their own dates for trick-or-treat this year.
School districts? Are these people really masters of timing? I’m not being hurtful when I point out, at least in my school district, these are the folks who, for my teenage son’s four years of high school, had me dropping him off at 7:20 a.m. to make his first class. Enough said.
No school districts. No municipalities. Us. Get on the phone with your local government officials before a date is set, please. This, gentle readers, is a call to freedom. You have their numbers.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Home Goods
While Mrs. Holidays got her hair cut yesterday, Baby Holidays and I visited a local Home Goods store. There were already a couple of Halloween aisles. Really looking forward to their full display in the coming weeks. This store always has a magical feel during the holidays. Here are some pics I took:
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Halloween Moon
Weather permitting, we should see a moon that is over 90% full for this year's All Hallow's Eve celebration. Check it out:
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Holidays and Observances: 8: Columbus Day (Most regions), 31: Halloween
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
More Halloween Tree Ornaments
Went to Tuesday Morning and got 5 more ornaments for only $6. This brings the ornament total to 17 which should be enough. Next on the tree list will be garland.
Monday, August 6, 2012
Michaels
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| Not sure why this pic posted on top, but yes, you read that price tag correctly: $69.99 |
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| Good ole' Spooky Town |
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| See the ghost in the bottom middle? That's what inspired Spirit Grove I last year |
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| Spooky Town was prominently displayed |
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| Was tempted to buy a couple of these ornaments |
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| The word on the street is Father Holidays and Stepmother Holidays are going to put Baby Holidays in something like this for trick-or-treat |
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| Garland |
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| Nicely priced wreath |
Friday, August 3, 2012
Heading to the Stores
This weekend, Mrs. Holidays, Baby Holidays, and I will be heading to Michaels and perhaps some other stores to take a look at Halloween stuff. Some of the things I'll be on the lookout for over the next few weeks include Halloween garland, Halloween tree ornaments, battery-operated tealights, black cloth, water-based paint/spray paint, etc.
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