Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Missing Halloween

Well. No Halloween here. Guess it is just an American thing. This is the first year in my recollection that I haven't carved a pumpkin, roasted pumpkin seeds, and out-and-out decorated for All Hallows' Eve (though I did give it a tip o' the hat at my NY office, with little plastic jack o' lanterns that light up). But I'm in England at a conference and there is not one - not one - jack o' lantern in sight. Sigh.

Y'all celebrate for me, eh? Happy Halloween!

5 comments:

Elsie said...

Will do, Mary. There's no escaping Halloween at my place!!

jomoore said...

We have some Halloween here at the office. Just a bit.

According to my son, Halloween has been cancelled by the school and the council - all the more reason to go trick-or-treating, in my opinion...

He'll be out tonight in his Pirate Werewolf costume...!

MaryB said...

Thanks, Elsie - have a few Tootsie Pops for me!

Jo - I do love the werewolf pirate idea as Thomas described it Sunday. Please post a picture to your blog, or send one to me via email. I must see the end result! (And don't forget to show up at Pete's early enough to get the Toblerone!

Joy Des Jardins said...

We'll be thinking about you Mary. I swear the tradition of Halloween just keeps getting weirder every year. My daughter is a teacher; and all the schools within her district are celebrating Halloween differently. Her school celebrated it Friday. A couple did yesterday. A couple will today. And there's even a couple who aren't letting the kids dress-up at all. Can you believe that? That's just wrong. I NEVER get a lot of trick or treaters anymore...I guess that depends on the neighborhood; and ours has grown up considerably. Oh well, I still love the holiday. Happy Halloween Mary!

Chris said...

Halloween was well represented in Fort Myers, Florida. Unfortunately we weren't there for the 'trick-or-treating' as we were flying out on 31st but plenty of airport staff (and some passengers) entered into the spirit of the thing by dressing up.