I know that Halloween is a pagan Holyday, but still, it's a good night to have a little fun. My neighborhood is popular with the little devils, and we get hundreds of little kids coming by. They come from other cities to T'0'T in a safe neighborhood. I like to participate; last year I had the scariest house on the block. Not much to brag about since no one really goes out of their way to be scary.
I have a lot of fun scaring the children. It's so easy. Some spooky music, some candles, and a black light make my normal victorian house seem haunted. I like to wear a white sheet and act ghostly; with the black light it's really dramatic. Seeing the little kids get scared 5h1tless is just so much fun. Sometimes they cry, but the parents always thank me for putting on a spooky show. The older kids aren't scared, but I play with them anyway.
I'm not like the other neighbors who celebrate with their parent friends at home while the kids go out. They leave the lights on and hand out candy to the children passing by. But nothing scary.
I always have a bowl of coins for UNICEF, but I don't put the coins in the boxes. I hand them to the kids and make them insert the coins themselves. Can you imagine how long it takes to stuff a handfull of pennies into a cardboard coin slot? This year I might buy little boxes of raisins for the older kids just to be a jerk.
The major problem is the groups of kids who come by later on with shaving cream and eggs. Usually there are a good number of police cruisers to keep the revelry down.
I only have one good line, though, and usually just announce myself as, "Mr. Scary" with an eerie voice. I could use some new material. Something to put the fear of god into them.
Do you guys do anything fun for halloween? Or just stay inside with the lights off? Do you let your children go out for T'0'T?
I have a lot of fun scaring the children. It's so easy. Some spooky music, some candles, and a black light make my normal victorian house seem haunted. I like to wear a white sheet and act ghostly; with the black light it's really dramatic. Seeing the little kids get scared 5h1tless is just so much fun. Sometimes they cry, but the parents always thank me for putting on a spooky show. The older kids aren't scared, but I play with them anyway.
I'm not like the other neighbors who celebrate with their parent friends at home while the kids go out. They leave the lights on and hand out candy to the children passing by. But nothing scary.
I always have a bowl of coins for UNICEF, but I don't put the coins in the boxes. I hand them to the kids and make them insert the coins themselves. Can you imagine how long it takes to stuff a handfull of pennies into a cardboard coin slot? This year I might buy little boxes of raisins for the older kids just to be a jerk.
The major problem is the groups of kids who come by later on with shaving cream and eggs. Usually there are a good number of police cruisers to keep the revelry down.
I only have one good line, though, and usually just announce myself as, "Mr. Scary" with an eerie voice. I could use some new material. Something to put the fear of god into them.
Do you guys do anything fun for halloween? Or just stay inside with the lights off? Do you let your children go out for T'0'T?
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