tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post2183311475759781766..comments2023-10-28T03:38:02.333-04:00Comments on Down RIver Drivel: In The Spirit of the SeasonJenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16425701332785470116noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-85771617671087424072009-10-26T23:44:26.186-04:002009-10-26T23:44:26.186-04:00Lucy does that to me all the time. My new strateg...Lucy does that to me all the time. My new strategy has been to wait until she takes a nap or make sure she goes with a full belly! She likes to throw a fit at the craft store/fabric store so last time we went I told her if she was patient with me while I got fabric then we would find crafts we could do together next week. That went over well!<br /><br />I noticed here in Tennessee that people are decorating for Halloween. I never bothered because if I had all my stuff, then RIGHT now I would be starting to put up my Christmas stuff. It usually takes me about 3 months to decorate, but I have no Earthly idea on how to do Doc's house or even if I will because we will be traveling to his parents home for the holidays.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10319000223773398092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-55710867598510851152009-10-26T19:08:19.447-04:002009-10-26T19:08:19.447-04:00We tipped over outhouses but there are none left t...We tipped over outhouses but there are none left to tip.Let's hope pumpkin smashers also grow up to be good people.Dr.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02752941912945095736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-18868516034407624862009-10-26T13:07:06.253-04:002009-10-26T13:07:06.253-04:00As another said, it seems to be a symptom of great...As another said, it seems to be a symptom of greater societal ills. Nobody ever did such malevolent deeds when we were kids. Somehow, Halloween has become - to some - a day with license to forget all laws and manners. Shame, that.Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-65271693032603758292009-10-26T07:50:20.696-04:002009-10-26T07:50:20.696-04:00Thanks for that insight. Here in the UK Halloween ...Thanks for that insight. Here in the UK Halloween is becoming bigger and bigger. When I was little and watched films etc where Halloween, American style, was portrayed I always though wow, how wonderful. Now it's become so popular, I'm not so sure - or maybe that's just me getting older and becoming a grumpy old woman.Felicity Grace Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17852843882007267665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-85221256316702737192009-10-25T20:13:19.099-04:002009-10-25T20:13:19.099-04:00I save the majority of my decorating for Christmas...I save the majority of my decorating for Christmas! And as for the smashed pumpkins, I don't know what the night before Halloween is called but here it's called "Devils Night" and it gets pretty wild. I've always kept my kids in on that night and of course they were in by curfew on Halloween night but I remember watching the kids come down the street toilet papering the neighbors trees, egging their cars and houses, smashing pumpkins, throwing tomatoes, tipping over VW bugs.. They didn't touch our house, there were 7 of us and they knew my Dad but even with all of that it still isn't as bad as it is in Detroit where they set buildings on fire! This is our first Halloween in this town.. I'm curious to see what happens, if anything.. It's pretty quiet it here. I'm hoping it stays that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-46425195358346229712009-10-25T10:21:53.555-04:002009-10-25T10:21:53.555-04:00Like everything else, Halloween became much more c...Like everything else, Halloween became much more complicated and commercial driven. In my youth, we had that candle-lit pumpkin to tell us there were goodies within. When my kids were little, we'd decorate together.. making our own grave stones and setting the leaves to look like fresh mounds. Now that they're grown, I've gone back to a simple carved, lit pumkin. One home a few blocks away begins their designing of the next year's deco early in November. It's more elaborate than an amusement park haunted house. They clearly enjoy the creativity and that's fine with me. I just don't get the enormous expense for this one night. The candy is costly enough. As for pumpkin-smashing.. I remember that from my days as a kid. It seemed that the night before was the time you had to worry, so pumpkins were kept indoors until the 31st.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-38571223334679426022009-10-25T10:07:47.330-04:002009-10-25T10:07:47.330-04:00That is definitely not on, smashing up little kidd...That is definitely not on, smashing up little kiddies pumpkin lights.<br />As for floodlighting the place well that is plain ridiculous.<br />I personally will not be celebrating halloween, so if I have eggs thrown against my windows, so be it!<br /><br /><a href="http://granniemay.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Nuts in May</a>Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-88110686356316610212009-10-25T08:34:49.786-04:002009-10-25T08:34:49.786-04:00You are right, I had not put it into words until I...You are right, I had not put it into words until I read this post, but when I was young there were not any decorations for Halloween. And today as we drive through the neighborhood every third house is elaborately decorated, gaudy, extreme. Some yards are so full of decorations we can't see the yards. I don't think the persons who destroy pumpkins wake up on Halloween to find someone aching to get out and destroy pumpkins, I think those same persons are the ones rude to elder persons in lines at the store, cut in front of people as they are walking out the door, jeer and sneer at their own parents, and think that anything they can think of that makes it fun for them is okay to do. I have never been a big fan of Halloween, opting instead to think of this holiday as a tribute to an autumn harvest and a family holiday.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-79143650468190762062009-10-25T04:35:27.520-04:002009-10-25T04:35:27.520-04:00Well thought and well written, but I think this ph...Well thought and well written, but I think this phenomenon is just a symptom of something very complex and very wrong with the society that the human have created for themselves, and which only they can solve. But how?Rune Eidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008247272056395901noreply@blogger.com