The Halloween thread

[Mrs. Krabappel]

Tears this year when we realized this is the end of trick-or-treating. My son was a little sad too.


ETA I enjoyed this bit about Samhain
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/teo-b...6513.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

 

[fossil]

Why is it the end of trick-or-treating? Enquiring neopagans want to know...

 

[ironpony]

Never too old for Halloween, we celebrate every year, and yes we own a Hearse.

 

[BrotherBart]

You are a good mom. Six foot tall "kids" showing up with two black smears on their face and holding out a sack pisses me off.

 

[ironpony]

 

[begreen]

I reflect back wistfully on those days.

The Samhain article was interesting, similar to the Buddhist pov.

 

[BrotherBart]

Why is it the end of trick-or-treating? Enquiring neopagans want to know...

I will hazard a guess. Da boy becomes a teenager this year.

 

[Mrs. Krabappel]

You are a good mom. Six foot tall "kids" showing up with two black smears on their face and holding out a sack pisses me off.

That's pretty much it! He's a few inches taller than me already and has been old enough to smell bad for awhile now.