halloween plans?

riseagainstrocks · 11-11-2005, 08:45 AM

You and right track need to have a cute kids contest.

Oriphiel · 09-15-2017, 11:23 AM

One night. A super spicy pizza. Some ginger beer. The first three Sleepaway Camp movies. I'M READY.

Paul Smeenus · 09-15-2017, 11:39 AM

Impressive necrobump, Ori, almost 12 years

Oriphiel · 09-15-2017, 11:41 AM

Well, I'VE BEEN READY FOR TWELVE YEARS!

Justthefacts · 09-15-2017, 11:52 AM

I'll be shaking my ass at the LCD SS show whilst dressed up as Yoda.

Trollheart · 09-15-2017, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

Impressive necrobump, Ori, almost 12 years

Well it is Halloween, time for the dead to walk again!

~~MicShazam~~ · 09-15-2017, 02:25 PM

I don't care about Halloween at all.

Just maybe 10 years ago, it wasn't even really a thing here. Stores have successfully pushed the idea to the point where some - especially younger - people have taken the tradition to heart. They already have pumpkins in store and I know that some people do the whole thing with watching horror movies and carving their own jack-o-lanterns (or whatever you call them). No trick or treating though, since it's not an actual tradition that everyone is in on.

Valentine's day is the same thing. It's been during the last 10 years that I've really started noticing Valentine's day items in stores, people posting about it on Facebook, etc.

I'm old fashioned and don't consider either a legit thing here in Denmark.

The Batlord · 09-15-2017, 02:29 PM

Bro, trick or treating is one of the great pleasures of childhood. Halloween, Christmas, and your birthday are the three days every kid in America waits for every year.

**Frownland** · 09-15-2017, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

I don't care about Halloween at all.

Just maybe 10 years ago, it wasn't even really a thing here. Stores have successfully pushed the idea to the point where some - especially younger - people have taken the tradition to heart. They already have pumpkins in store and I know that some people do the whole thing with watching horror movies and carving their own jack-o-lanterns (or whatever you call them). No trick or treating though, since it's not an actual tradition that everyone is in on.

Valentine's day is the same thing. It's been during the last 10 years that I've really started noticing Valentine's day items in stores, people posting about it on Facebook, etc.

I'm old fashioned and don't consider either a legit thing here in Denmark.

I don't care about pumpkins or ghosts or anything and I watch horror movies year round (you should watch more of them too). Halloween is about dressing up, getting candy, and justifying getting wasted.

~~MicShazam~~ · 09-15-2017, 02:35 PM

The thing is, we already have a similar thing held between February or March every year, where kids basically go trick or treating. Exactly the same concept, costumes and all, but with a different tradition behind it. This makes halloween sort of redundant.

The holiday is called "Fastelavn" and it also involves kids hitting a wooden barrel full of candy with small bats. The first kid who knocks out the bottom is the "cat king" of the day and usually gets a paper crown. The candy is usually distributed among the kids as otherwise they'd all be crying and it would be a mess.

Like a pinata, pretty much:

The term cat king has something to do with how in very old days, the barrel supposedly contained a live black cat instead. Something to do with driving out evil forces or something, I think. Pretty barbaric, so now it's candy.

Tl;dr: We already sort of have halloween.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I don't care about pumpkins or ghosts or anything and I watch horror movies year round (you should watch more of them too). Halloween is about dressing up, getting candy, and justifying getting wasted.

Another excuse to get wasted is no bad thing, but I really hate horror movies.

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~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	I don't care about Halloween at all. Just maybe 10 years ago, it wasn't even really a thing here. Stores have successfully pushed the idea to the point where some - especially younger - people have taken the tradition to heart. They already have pumpkins in store and I know that some people do the whole thing with watching horror movies and carving their own jack-o-lanterns (or whatever you call them). No trick or treating though, since it's not an actual tradition that everyone is in on. Valentine's day is the same thing. It's been during the last 10 years that I've really started noticing Valentine's day items in stores, people posting about it on Facebook, etc. I'm old fashioned and don't consider either a legit thing here in Denmark.