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I have no candy left for Trick or Treaters, so I turned off the house lights and just relaxed in the dark playing Animal Crossing’s Halloween event... but then I ran out of virtual candy for the villagers, so now my Animal Crossing character is sitting in his virtual house in the dark playing Animal Crossing...
Must be a mourning tribute to Fred after his recent untimely death.They weren't the only ones wearing Flintstones outfits this year (Is this a thing again?)
The inflatable dinosaur thing has been popular at my daughter's school for a couple of years. She came home on Friday (Halloween costume day at school) telling stories of how this year, several of the dinosaur kids met up on the playground at recess and tried to "fight" with their tiny T-Rex arms.Oh my gosh, Halloween is back in full force and I'm pooped!
I'm just now sitting down with a glass of wine after several hours of craziness at my door. Dozens and dozens of kids were out in force this year, and I loved it!
As a way to prevent myself from being pranked by the local high school kids (Go Spartans!), I always give out full-size candy bars; either Hershey's With Almonds, or Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. The precious children of 2013 who got those big Hershey bars from me are now the crummy pumpkin smashing teens of 2021, but they leave my house alone because of years of goodwill that I literally bought when they were younger.
Cultural Trends of 2021: Star Wars is dead. A few years ago that's all I got at my door was Star Wars costumes, but it's not happening this year, America has moved on (don't tell Chapek or WDI). Marvel was huge, lots of Captain Americas and various superheros. That Squid Game thing of track suits and fencing masks which I really don't understand was well represented this year by the older kids. Also lots of Princesses, Pixies, Fairies, etc. for the girls. Oddly, I saw three different examples of Flintstone costumes this year. And video game robot things that are hard to explain, but I bet you got them at your door too.
I also give out gift baskets of See's Candy, one for Best Girl Costume, one for Best Boy Costume, and one for Best Family Costume. The 2021 winners were...
Best Girl - A young girl who showed up as, bizarrely, a Toddler's N' Tiaras beauty pageant contestant. Complete with those fake teeth they wear, and a giant Dolly Parton wig. And she did that creepy head bobble and huge smile. I know the family from one street over and know their daughter is otherwise completely normal, so I could tell she was making fun of it to great effect. Winner!
Best Boy - This young guy who had this giant inflatable dinosaur costume, about 7 feet tall. It was the oddest thing, it was literally an inflatable dinosaur somehow powered by a small onboard air compressor, a towering Tyranosaurus Rex. With a window he could look out of in its chest, like a Disneyland character. And after he said "Trick or treat!" he said "I may be extinct, but I still need candy!" The biggest thing that has ever been at my door on Halloween, that's for sure. Winner! (And his proud Dad seemed to be more thrilled at winning my See's Candy basket than the kid did.)
Best Family - The Flintstones. They weren't the only ones wearing Flintstones outfits this year (Is this a thing again?) but they were the cutest. Dad as Fred, Mom as Wilma, son as Bam Bam and daughter as Pebbles. All done in full Stone Age regalia. They were adorable. Winner!
Happy Halloween one and all! P.S. Star Wars is dead.
The inflatable dinosaur thing has been popular at my daughter's school for a couple of years. She came home on Friday (Halloween costume day at school) telling stories of how this year, several of the dinosaur kids met up on the playground at recess and tried to "fight" with their tiny T-Rex arms.
My daughter was an astronaut in a shuttle-era orange flight suit and plastic helmet with moving visor. (In support, I was Flight Director at Mission Control, and my husband was Mars. haha)
I understand that it's not wise to bet against James Cameron, but Avatar is deader than dead.Also, for the record, not that anyone thought this would happen, but I got absolutely zero kids showing up as an Avatar blue alien. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Again.
Oh my gosh, Halloween is back in full force and I'm pooped!
I'm just now sitting down with a glass of wine after several hours of craziness at my door. Dozens and dozens of kids were out this year, and I loved it!
As a way to prevent myself from being pranked by the local high school kids (Go Spartans!), I always give out full-size candy bars; either Hershey's With Almonds, or Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. The precious children of 2013 who got those big Hershey bars from me are now the crummy pumpkin smashing teens of 2021, but they leave my house alone because of years of goodwill that I literally bought when they were younger.
Cultural Trends of 2021: Star Wars is dead. A few years ago that's all I got at my door was Star Wars costumes, but it's not happening this year, America has moved on (don't tell Chapek or WDI). Marvel was huge, lots of Captain Americas and various superheros. That Squid Game thing of track suits and fencing masks which I really don't understand was well represented this year by the older kids. Also lots of Princesses, Pixies, Fairies, etc. for the girls. Oddly, I saw three different examples of Flintstone costumes this year. And video game robot things that are hard to explain, but I bet you got them at your door too.
I also give out gift baskets of See's Candy, one for Best Girl Costume, one for Best Boy Costume, and one for Best Family Costume. The 2021 winners were...
Best Girl - A young girl who showed up as, bizarrely, a Toddler's N' Tiaras beauty pageant contestant. Complete with those fake teeth they wear, and a giant Dolly Parton wig. And she did that creepy head bobble and huge smile. I know the family from one street over and know their daughter is otherwise completely normal, so I could tell she was making fun of it to great effect. Winner!
Best Boy - This young guy who had this giant inflatable dinosaur costume, about 7 feet tall. It was the oddest thing, it was literally an inflatable dinosaur somehow powered by a small onboard air compressor, a towering Tyranosaurus Rex. With a window he could look out of in its chest, like a Disneyland character. And after he said "Trick or treat!" he said "I may be extinct, but I still need candy!" The biggest thing that has ever been at my door on Halloween, that's for sure. Winner! (And his proud Dad seemed to be more thrilled at winning my See's Candy basket than the kid did.)
Best Family - The Flintstones. They weren't the only ones wearing Flintstones outfits this year (Is this a thing again?) but they were the cutest. Dad as Fred, Mom as Wilma, son as Bam Bam and daughter as Pebbles. All done in full Stone Age regalia. They were adorable. Winner!
Happy Halloween one and all! P.S. Star Wars is dead.
I understand that it's not wise to bet against James Cameron, but Avatar is deader than dead.
It's very difficult to see how Avatar 2 is supposed to be successful when the IP has essentially been inactive for 13 years. The only thing we've gotten since the original film is Pandora at Animal Kingdom. At the very least, they could have put out a TV show or spin off movie of some kind to keep up interest in the property. But no, they just let it slowly fade from memory.
Rant over now.
So how do you know if they re the best if you don’t know who else might pop up by the end of the night?
Have you ever given a gift basket only to see a better costume after? Do people have a worse shot of getting the gift basket earlier in the evening since you re waiting to see who else might show up?
Have you been doing this so long that you just trust your instinct?
Have you been doing this so long that people in the neighborhood not only dress with your gift basket in mind but also possibly develop tactics such as showing up maybe in the middle of the evening where you have seen enough costumes to proclaim a winner?
I need to know.
Awesome! I’m watching that weird 1966 Alice Through the Looking Glass with the Smothers Bros., Jimmy Durante, Agnes Moorehead and Ricardo Montalban. And Jack Palance as the (singing)Jabberwock. The one where they threw the book out the window and just made crap up. And Alice says “Golly!” a lot.Fabulous!
I turned off all the outside lights at 9pm and saved myself one big Hershey's With Almonds chocolate bar, and with a glass of red wine I am watching the Paul Lynde Halloween Special from 1976 on YouTube. It's horrible, but it's good!
That was purely speculation on my part. But it would make plenty of sense.So do we think that Pan is getting an extended queue in the old Castle Heraldry shop? I believe @Magic Feather was hinting at that earlier this month. I remember many of us being surprised when the Q wasn’t expanded back when they originally closed the shop before it become the holiday store
I understand that it's not wise to bet against James Cameron, but Avatar is deader than dead.
It's very difficult to see how Avatar 2 is supposed to be successful when the IP has essentially been inactive for 13 years. The only thing we've gotten since the original film is Pandora at Animal Kingdom. At the very least, they could have put out a TV show or spin off movie of some kind to keep up interest in the property. But no, they just let it slowly fade from memory.
Rant over now.
I tried to google See's gift baskets and didn't get anything meaningful. May we have a picture, please?
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