For me the last great Halloween I celebrated was in 2003. I was dressed as Jason walking down Mill Ave in Tempe Az. It was fun.
in 04' I worked.
in 05' my brother and I returned to Mill Ave but we weren't dressed up.
in 06, I was blah at home.
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Nostalgiascape
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In what year did you enjoy your last great Halloween?
The dark night beckons. Bear us your soul, it whispers. Expose your wicked delights. Join the rest of us on the wind. The dark night beckons and we answer. Sailing into the shadows.
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Best Halloween Year
It is definitely 2005 since that is last party I had and it was great! I missed last year due to an accident so this year I am really hoping will win out 2005
Wild Winds thou shalt blow
carry away my saddened soul
tis the time of Judgement
carry away my saddened soul
tis the time of Judgement
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1979 - I was in Casper costume!
1983 - I was Darth Vader.
1984 - I was Luke Skywalker.
1985 - I was in Gremlin costume.
1987 to 1989 - I was in Jason Voorhees costume.
1990 thru 1999 - NOTHIN'! I WORK ALL THE TIME!
2000 to 2002 - I was a vampire!
2003 to 2005 - I was in Michael Myers costume.
2006 - I was Ghostface aka SCREAM!
Well, this year I am going to be a GRIM REAPER!!!
1983 - I was Darth Vader.
1984 - I was Luke Skywalker.
1985 - I was in Gremlin costume.
1987 to 1989 - I was in Jason Voorhees costume.
1990 thru 1999 - NOTHIN'! I WORK ALL THE TIME!
2000 to 2002 - I was a vampire!
2003 to 2005 - I was in Michael Myers costume.
2006 - I was Ghostface aka SCREAM!
Well, this year I am going to be a GRIM REAPER!!!
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Hmmm . . . since some of us have already strayed slightly from the topic:
I was Casper in '73. It's the earliest Halloween I can remember. My sisters and I were listening to Disney's "Chilling Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted Mansion" record and one of them stepped on the dust cover, cracking it. (Note to the kids, you may have to Wikipedia "record" and "dust cover.")
Also, a woman I used to date and I went trick-or-treating when I was 27 and she was 23. I made very realistic looking knife wounds for both of us and we went as "Domestic Violence Couple." Now that I work in family law, that's not so funny anymore. I was amazed that night. We must have hit about thirty houses and not one person griped that we were too old to be trick-or-treating.
Ever notice how teenagers today act like they're all too cool to TOT? I say we adults take Halloween back. If the kids can't appreciate a good time, screw them. They can hang out and watch bad, repetitive music videos and we'll have all the fun.
As the adage goes: Youth is wasted on the wrong people.
I now return you to your thread, already in progress.
I was Casper in '73. It's the earliest Halloween I can remember. My sisters and I were listening to Disney's "Chilling Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted Mansion" record and one of them stepped on the dust cover, cracking it. (Note to the kids, you may have to Wikipedia "record" and "dust cover.")
Also, a woman I used to date and I went trick-or-treating when I was 27 and she was 23. I made very realistic looking knife wounds for both of us and we went as "Domestic Violence Couple." Now that I work in family law, that's not so funny anymore. I was amazed that night. We must have hit about thirty houses and not one person griped that we were too old to be trick-or-treating.
Ever notice how teenagers today act like they're all too cool to TOT? I say we adults take Halloween back. If the kids can't appreciate a good time, screw them. They can hang out and watch bad, repetitive music videos and we'll have all the fun.
As the adage goes: Youth is wasted on the wrong people.
I now return you to your thread, already in progress.
Laurie stares at the station wagon as it moves past. She looks directly at The Shape inside. There is a quick glimpse of him, a strange pale face staring back.
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2004-Was our best Harry Potter Haunt. I was dressed as Dumbledor, fake wig & beard, and handed out a bag of Halloween toys and candy.
We "skinned" the garage with tarps that were painted with stone walls. Had flickering candle sconces, made a make-shift "Mrs. Weasly's kitchen, and Snape's Potions laboratory. A green chaulk board with all sorts of strange scribblings like you would see in McGonigal's classroom, and Hedwig in a large cage, hanging from the tree in the yard.
Then, the suspended candles were all over the place. Thank god our trees were big that year. They cover the whole area, and really made it look like it was in a forest. Over the driveway, I flipped over an inflatable spider, (that big one with the fan?) and suspended it upside down ftom the tree. So "Aragog" made it to the celebration as well. As well as a lot of other various sized spiders that were placed everywhere you look.
We used detergent and created footprints, like the Merauder's Map all over the lawn & driveway. Hung flicker cord lanterns from the branches, and I created a CD of a mix of the movie soundtrack of the most memerable songs from the mocies up to that time. I used a small FM broadcast unit, (usually used to broadcast from a personal CD player to the radio in a car,) and had several boom boxes set up around the yard so the music came form everywhere.
A streetlamp like in the movie, that dimmed on & off, and a huge trunk filled with the raffle prizes we bought durring the course of the year. I hung up home made dementors with spraypainted charcoal gray masks, hoods and painted graduation robes and ripped them to shreads. These were hung up on a giant mobile, so the breeze would cause them to float around.
A graveyard had an assortment of tombstones, and they were sprayed Flourecent Green to glow under UV. Mom and I set up the cabin tent, and we converted it into a fourtune teller's tent. She played Prof. Trelauney. Inside was a black plastic ceiling, and we hung an assortment of glowing stars & planets from fishing line.
The crystal ball was one of those Plasma Balls. When you touched it, the "energy" was attracted to your hand. A three candle candelabrum with the skull, all in flicker bulbs, and a cat with glowing eyes hacked via LEDs. Mom had candy too, so ToT's got a double-dose of candy.
Back in the garage, a friend played Prof. McGonigal, and placed the placement hat on the children's heads. I went behind the tarp walls and I played the placement hat voice. Then I came out as Dumbeldor and with an old man voice, I congratulated the kids on their placement in one of the four houses of Hogwarts.
In Snape's Potions laboratory, we had cauldrons so that people can fill out slips of paper with name & phone number. We drew out names and called the number for the winners. We had like 30 prizes, so a lot of kids got some cool Harry Potter stuff.
We had six different beach towels, a complete set of HP Themed Birthday Party accessories, six figurines and some wall hangings that my mother made from felt and other things. A number of other things that I just cant remember at the moment. We even had the Nimbus 2000 broom toy.
It was the greatest halloween. We had a huge crowd as people just would not leave! All of them were completely amazed. It wasn't dimly lit at all, it was bright and happy. The spooky stuff was put off to the sides, in the shadows, where only those who were really looking around could see them. Anyone just glancing around might not pick up on the spooky stuff. But they were there.
That was the best Halloween ever.
We "skinned" the garage with tarps that were painted with stone walls. Had flickering candle sconces, made a make-shift "Mrs. Weasly's kitchen, and Snape's Potions laboratory. A green chaulk board with all sorts of strange scribblings like you would see in McGonigal's classroom, and Hedwig in a large cage, hanging from the tree in the yard.
Then, the suspended candles were all over the place. Thank god our trees were big that year. They cover the whole area, and really made it look like it was in a forest. Over the driveway, I flipped over an inflatable spider, (that big one with the fan?) and suspended it upside down ftom the tree. So "Aragog" made it to the celebration as well. As well as a lot of other various sized spiders that were placed everywhere you look.
We used detergent and created footprints, like the Merauder's Map all over the lawn & driveway. Hung flicker cord lanterns from the branches, and I created a CD of a mix of the movie soundtrack of the most memerable songs from the mocies up to that time. I used a small FM broadcast unit, (usually used to broadcast from a personal CD player to the radio in a car,) and had several boom boxes set up around the yard so the music came form everywhere.
A streetlamp like in the movie, that dimmed on & off, and a huge trunk filled with the raffle prizes we bought durring the course of the year. I hung up home made dementors with spraypainted charcoal gray masks, hoods and painted graduation robes and ripped them to shreads. These were hung up on a giant mobile, so the breeze would cause them to float around.
A graveyard had an assortment of tombstones, and they were sprayed Flourecent Green to glow under UV. Mom and I set up the cabin tent, and we converted it into a fourtune teller's tent. She played Prof. Trelauney. Inside was a black plastic ceiling, and we hung an assortment of glowing stars & planets from fishing line.
The crystal ball was one of those Plasma Balls. When you touched it, the "energy" was attracted to your hand. A three candle candelabrum with the skull, all in flicker bulbs, and a cat with glowing eyes hacked via LEDs. Mom had candy too, so ToT's got a double-dose of candy.
Back in the garage, a friend played Prof. McGonigal, and placed the placement hat on the children's heads. I went behind the tarp walls and I played the placement hat voice. Then I came out as Dumbeldor and with an old man voice, I congratulated the kids on their placement in one of the four houses of Hogwarts.
In Snape's Potions laboratory, we had cauldrons so that people can fill out slips of paper with name & phone number. We drew out names and called the number for the winners. We had like 30 prizes, so a lot of kids got some cool Harry Potter stuff.
We had six different beach towels, a complete set of HP Themed Birthday Party accessories, six figurines and some wall hangings that my mother made from felt and other things. A number of other things that I just cant remember at the moment. We even had the Nimbus 2000 broom toy.
It was the greatest halloween. We had a huge crowd as people just would not leave! All of them were completely amazed. It wasn't dimly lit at all, it was bright and happy. The spooky stuff was put off to the sides, in the shadows, where only those who were really looking around could see them. Anyone just glancing around might not pick up on the spooky stuff. But they were there.
That was the best Halloween ever.