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Celebrating Halloween
Jeff Wrangler:
On October 1 I got out my two ceramic jack-o-lanterns.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on October 02, 2021, 09:33:48 pm ---On October 1 I got out my two ceramic jack-o-lanterns.
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Since we're now past the midpoint of October, I've now begun lighting my jack-o-lanterns for a few hours each evening.
I just realized I need to get myself some Reese's peanut butter cups. I remember once hearing that they were the favorite Halloween treat.
CellarDweller:
I've been driving around and seeing the different decorations that are out. I have to say, I'm a bit of a tradtionalist.
:laugh:
When I think of Halloween, I think of ghosts, Jack O' Lanterns, witches, haunted houses, and other scary stuff.
I get that it's a big kids holiday, so I understand friendly looking decor, but even as a kid, I enjoyed the scary stuff more.
I've also started to see things that I wouldn't consider "Halloweeny" but they're appearing. I've passed a few houses that have inflatable dragons on the lawns. When did dragons become Halloween related? Same thing with some houses putting out "aliens". ETs are not part of Halloween to me.
Technically, zombies aren't Halloween related either. The movies are scary, but they're not centered around Halloween.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on October 19, 2021, 01:45:14 pm ---I get that it's a big kids holiday.
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It has, indeed, become a "big kids holiday," and "big kids" now spend lots of money on it.
At least, they did before the pandemic. A Halloween store has opened near me, and I've wanted to go in just to see what it's like, but I haven't done it yet.
Jeff Wrangler:
You could say I'm in the market for a new drugstore, as the Rite-Aid where I had prescriptions filled and bought all sorts of OTC stuff for 35 years closed about the end of last month. There are two CVS stores and two Walgreens stores in walking distance of my place. Yesterday I went into the larger of the two Walgreens and was kind of shocked that they had no shelves with bags of Halloween treats.
(I don't like the one CVS because mostly they never have anyone at the check-outs. You are more-or-less forced to use the self-check-outs. I do use them, but I'd rather deal with a person. Also, everything from laundry detergent to antiperspirant is under lock and key; you have to get a staff person to help you buy a tube of Right Guard. How stupid is that? You never had to do that at the old Rite-Aid. I mean, you can't cook meth from antiperspirant, can you? ??? )
(I don't like that Walgreens either--too difficult to find stuff. Who's gonna look for toothpaste next the make-up and skin care products?)
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