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Mainly just North America, Britain, and Ireland, somewhat in Australia.Requiem62 wrote:I've been in love with the celebration of Halloween as far back as I can remember. It's certainly one of the most widely celebrated holidays in the World.
Don't look for much Halloween in Europe, South America, Africa or Asia.
Not sure what you mean by "religious stigma". A "stigma" is a mark of disgrace.Requiem62 wrote:It's one that a large amount of our population enjoys without and [any?] religious stigma attached, yet it is something we're afraid to acknowledge as an official holiday.
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When I first started "Haunting", I lived in Illinois, in a condo, with the parents. They really liked the idea back then, (this was AFTER I was discharged from the Navy.) We lived there a few years, then we moved to FL. The first year, I didn't do too much, mostly went out to bars in wolfman make-up & costume. Then, I had my foot amputated, and I wasn't that good at walking around yet. So minimal Halloween was done.
After that, I just did the garage. Blacked-out the interior, and made a false back wall, with a talking boris in a casket. I did the same thing, but perfected the wolfman costume and popped out after the kids got thrown off guard.
Then my mom came up with the Harry Potter theme, and we did that for a few years. I had to get my left foot amputated, and from there, I didn't have the stamina to stand, climb ladders, and run around placing props and setting it all up. Just to take it all down the day after. Box it up and put it in the attic durring the following week.
Then, we put the house on the market, so we couldn't do the haunt, because the house had to be "showroom Ready" at the drop of a hat. Now, I'm moved out on my own, and apartment living put the Ka-Bosh on the haunt. But that doesn't mean I couldn't throw a party. So, with a bit of doing indoor haunts, outdoor haunts and parties, I had to switch gears almost every year. But yeah. Every year it gets better & better.
Or "worse & worse", depending on how you choose to look at it.
After that, I just did the garage. Blacked-out the interior, and made a false back wall, with a talking boris in a casket. I did the same thing, but perfected the wolfman costume and popped out after the kids got thrown off guard.
Then my mom came up with the Harry Potter theme, and we did that for a few years. I had to get my left foot amputated, and from there, I didn't have the stamina to stand, climb ladders, and run around placing props and setting it all up. Just to take it all down the day after. Box it up and put it in the attic durring the following week.
Then, we put the house on the market, so we couldn't do the haunt, because the house had to be "showroom Ready" at the drop of a hat. Now, I'm moved out on my own, and apartment living put the Ka-Bosh on the haunt. But that doesn't mean I couldn't throw a party. So, with a bit of doing indoor haunts, outdoor haunts and parties, I had to switch gears almost every year. But yeah. Every year it gets better & better.
Or "worse & worse", depending on how you choose to look at it.
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Re: Does your obsession get worse every year?
Not for me. My obsession was way worse last year. But don't worry. I am still obsessed.
Halloween wraps fear in innocence,
As though it were a slightly sour sweet.
Let terror, then, be turned into a treat...
~Nicholas Gordon
As though it were a slightly sour sweet.
Let terror, then, be turned into a treat...
~Nicholas Gordon
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Re: Does your obsession get worse every year?
When I lived at my parents house, we allways had to wait until around mid October before putting up any decorations, and we couldn't even buy our pumpkins until about a week before, but I've changed all that since living on my own. I have the decorations up usualy no later then Sept 30th, and they stay up until November 3rd. I have a freshly carved Jack O"Lantern on display through out the whole month of October, too.
I also put out one of my artificial pumpkins on any Friday the 13th, unless it falls in December, or too close to Easter or Holy Week.
Mike
I also put out one of my artificial pumpkins on any Friday the 13th, unless it falls in December, or too close to Easter or Holy Week.
Mike
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Re: Does your obsession get worse every year?
here's another one from the great depths of the graveyard that was admired