Happy Halloween everyone! How are you celebrating?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238338)
Walnut Creek, California
October 31, 2016 12:10pm CST
It's Halloween in the US, and I have absolutely no plans related to Halloween today. In fact, I'm sort of a Halloween Grinch now. The kids in my apartment complex are mostly Indian, and they only visit other Indian families, if they trick or treat at all, my (Indian) neighbor tells me. My (Croatian) neighbor buddy, now eight, said he's not even sure if he's trick or treating this year either.
Tonight, I give an exam in my 7-10 PM Psychology class, meaning that I'll have a few parents of young children grumpy with me that they can't take their kids trick or treating. I have no candy here, only petrochemicals in various shades of clear and brown.
I hope your Halloween plans are more joyous than mine.
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21 responses
@LadyDuck (502653)
• Italy
31 Oct 16
I commented to Koalemos a few minutes ago to say that I have looked outside and nobody, absolutely nobody, is celebrating Halloween here. I have decorated our table and made a Halloween cake. I am going to post the photos tomorrow. It seems we are the only two in our village to know that today is Halloween.
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@TheHorse (238338)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Oct 16
Anything Charlie Brown makes me smile. I am, as you know, evil. I actually showed my 8-year-old buddy "how to make grown-ups mad" yesterday. Just say "Mwa mwa mwa" when they're trying to lecture him. I showed him a YouTube clip of Peppermint Patti falling asleep as the teacher droned on. I can't remember which Charlie Brown Special that's from. It's been too long!
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@STOUTjodee (3670)
• United States
31 Oct 16
Bah humbug!! Not that the kids are all grown, we don't do Halloween and we don't get any trick or treaters here in our village. So it's just another day!!
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@STOUTjodee (3670)
• United States
2 Nov 16
@TheHorse , in Nebraska!! Not big enough to be considered a town, so we're a village!! 
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@TheHorse (238338)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Nov 16
@STOUTjodee Nebraska! I used to live in Iowa. Very "all American." Why are there no trick or treaters there?
@TheHorse (238338)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Oct 16
So far I've turned in a bunch of progress notes and my time sheet, got my exam for tonight copied and ready (they didn't have orange so I went with yellow), and graded the last of the papers I have to grade. My afternoon client cancelled, so I can do a little extra prep for tonight's lecture.
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@RitzzView (3041)
• India
31 Oct 16
Are Indians there celebrating something else?
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@TheHorse (238338)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Oct 16
My next door neighbor (and his wife and many of his Hindu friends back home in India) is celebrating Diwali, which a Hindu celebration of good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, etc. It is a festival of lights, where everyone lights candles, etc. I think I'll light a candle in celebration, even if I'm not technically "Hindu."
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@TheHorse (238338)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Oct 16
@Ghostdmo Here in the US, some Halloween decorations celebrate pumpkins and the harvest, as well as more ghoulish themes, but I'd assume that the Harvest is still celebrated more explicitly in Europe. Do they do Harvest festivals at the appropriate time in Brazil? Can you see the Southern Cross constellation there? I've always wanted to see that.
@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
1 Nov 16
I taped some old horror movies to watch tonight. THe kids are going out T or T for a bit.
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@TheHorse (238338)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Nov 16
@celticeagle Sounds good. Makes it "scarier."
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
1 Nov 16
lol I hope the test went well and they could get home to their kids
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
2 Nov 16
@TheHorse that's a bit scary, a bike and rain!
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@TheHorse (238338)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Nov 16
@Jessicalynnt My thoughts exactly. But she was in class last night. So she survived.
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@rajeshrockstar (546)
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31 Oct 16
In india, We don't celebrate halloween, but we celebrate diwali. The Diwali nights is my lovely and joyfull nights in my life.
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@TheHorse (238338)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Oct 16
My neighbor friend was telling me about that. He has a BEAUTIFUL picture of his 6-month-old son (still in India with his wife) all decked out in what I think was Diwali clothing. I hope he'll let me share it here. His wife and son will be here soon.
@TheHorse (238338)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Oct 16
@Ghostdmo @rajeshrockstar My neighbor told me that Diwali celebrates a battle between different forces. Can you summarize it? I said, So it ultimately comes down to good defeating evil, and my neighbor friend laughed and said, Ultimately. But of course it's much more complicated than that.
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@TheHorse (238338)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Oct 16
@Ghostdmo Yes, my comment was directed toward @rajeshrockstar. But I wanted to keep you "in the loop," as we're all a part of this conversation.
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Oh, that's the grossest Halloween pumpkin I've ever seen... 
But whoever carved it was very creative! 
@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Nov 16
I love your photo! It's better than the one I took of my pumpkin puking! Yours had too much to drink...mine had too much candy to eat! haha
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Nov 16
@TheHorse it is quite funny! Reminds me a lot of my college days!
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@TheHorse (238338)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Nov 16
@moffittjc It's all in the eyes. I'll have to try one of my own next year.
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