How does everyone here enjoy Halloween?

August · 10-24-12, 10:51 PM

I spend Halloween returning the Karma (and cavities) I got trick or treating as a kid. Might be swamped out by a nor-easter this time though if Sandy keeps on a westerly track.

Task Force · 10-24-12, 11:02 PM

I usually watch a movie or something.

Garion · 10-25-12, 06:42 AM

I celebrate Samhain in the company of a group of friends, with a small ritual for the dead.

I then cast left over fruit from our trees into the hedgerows.

After that we invite the dead to supper with lanterns to guide the way and get totally hammered

All around a fire to keep as warm where we play 'hunt the baked tattie' which ends with burnt fingers all round.

Cheers

Gary

Skybird · 10-25-12, 06:49 AM

Having been in town yesterday, I think it is celebrated by buying buying buying.

It even has no traditional cultural basis in germany. Just twenty years ago, Halloween had the odor and exotic flair from America on it.

The more Halloween has netered Germany, and elementary schools, another tradition that is more typical for Germany, has been lost: Laternenumzüge (lantern procession) done by the very young ones (elementary school). Has become very rare.

Garion · 10-25-12, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Having been in town yesterday, I think it is celebrated by buying buying buying.

It even has no traditional cultural basis in germany. Just twenty years ago, Halloween had the odor and exotic flair from America on it.

The more Halloween has netered Germany, and elementary schools, another tradition that is more typical for Germany, has been lost: Laternenumzüge (lantern procession) done by the very young ones (elementary school). Has become very rare.

Wotcha Skybird

I just found this... How Accurate is it in regards to Germany?

http://www.germanculture.com.ua/libr.../aa102600a.htm

Cheers

Gary

Aces · 10-25-12, 07:51 AM

Well, I don't so much celebrate as prepare for Haloween by getting the boulders and boiling oil ready on the battlements of "Aces Towers" to repel any trick or treeters foolish enough to approach our front door

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Skybird · 10-25-12, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Garion

Wotcha Skybird

I just found this... How Accurate is it in regards to Germany?

http://www.germanculture.com.ua/libr.../aa102600a.htm

Cheers

Gary

We always had some of that, but mostly in regional traditions and usually not on such a big display practiced like santa claus, easterbunnies, or now the commercial Halloween with children dressing up and doing trick-or-treat and all that. This format is relatively new to Germany, and it has become a big boom indeed. Especially commercially.

Gerald · 10-25-12, 09:06 AM

In Sweden celebrated it especially hard rock, mostly young people that drive around with rubber legs,

Takeda Shingen · 10-25-12, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by August

I spend Halloween returning the Karma (and cavities) I got trick or treating as a kid. Might be swamped out by a nor-easter this time though if Sandy keeps on a westerly track.

I'm just hoping it's not snow like it was last year. We shivered in the dark for three days afterward.

BossMark · 10-25-12, 10:36 AM

Never really celebrated Halloween, but if there is a good horror movie on then I will watch that.

Sailor Steve · 10-26-12, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by BossMark

Never really celebrated Halloween, but if there is a good horror movie on then I will watch that.

I just found a link to one of my favorites. A simple made-for-TV movie which turned out to be one of the best vampire films ever. This is what I'll be watching this October 31st.

HunterICX · 10-26-12, 03:37 AM

Never celebrated it and probably never will.

HunterICX

BossMark · 10-26-12, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I just found a link to one of my favorites. A simple made-for-TV movie which turned out to be one of the best vampire films ever. This is what I'll be watching this October 31st.

Thanks for that, that is what I will watching looks pretty good

fithah4 · 10-26-12, 09:47 AM

Going to P.C. Fla and having a costume bar crawl with 85 friends and folks , staying up all night maybe a crappy C based movie to watch together , and awful waffle in the morning.........
Mmmmmmm.......Hashbrowns !

Platapus · 10-26-12, 09:23 PM

We don't get a lot of kids T/Ting on Halloween in my neighbourhood. About 6-7 and it is done. I think the kids are mostly going to Halloween parties. Probably safer in these crappy days.

Here is a pretty cute story about how Halloween "used" to be

http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2012/10/25/...at/?hpt=li_mid

10-24-12, 10:51 PM	#1
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,216 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I spend Halloween returning the Karma (and cavities) I got trick or treating as a kid. Might be swamped out by a nor-easter this time though if Sandy keeps on a westerly track. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I usually watch a movie or something. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

10-25-12, 06:49 AM	#4
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,665 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Having been in town yesterday, I think it is celebrated by buying buying buying. It even has no traditional cultural basis in germany. Just twenty years ago, Halloween had the odor and exotic flair from America on it. The more Halloween has netered Germany, and elementary schools, another tradition that is more typical for Germany, has been lost: Laternenumzüge (lantern procession) done by the very young ones (elementary school). Has become very rare. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

10-25-12, 07:51 AM	#6
Aces Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 211 Uploads: 0	Well, I don't so much celebrate as prepare for Haloween by getting the boulders and boiling oil ready on the battlements of "Aces Towers" to repel any trick or treeters foolish enough to approach our front door . __________________ Gamefront: http://tinyurl.com/bpbaeyl Mediafire: http://tinyurl.com/bn2aoqt YouTube: http://tinyurl.com/clvy94f RSS Feed: http://tinyurl.com/cpbbqv9 Blog: http://tinyurl.com/cv44x82

10-25-12, 09:06 AM	#8
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	In Sweden celebrated it especially hard rock, mostly young people that drive around with rubber legs, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

10-25-12, 06:42 AM	#3
Garion Commander Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 452 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	I celebrate Samhain in the company of a group of friends, with a small ritual for the dead. I then cast left over fruit from our trees into the hedgerows. After that we invite the dead to supper with lanterns to guide the way and get totally hammered All around a fire to keep as warm where we play 'hunt the baked tattie' which ends with burnt fingers all round. Cheers Gary

10-25-12, 10:36 AM	#10
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Never really celebrated Halloween, but if there is a good horror movie on then I will watch that. __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

10-26-12, 03:37 AM	#12
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Never celebrated it and probably never will. HunterICX __________________

10-26-12, 09:47 AM	#14
fithah4 Torpedoman Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 116 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Going to P.C. Fla and having a costume bar crawl with 85 friends and folks , staying up all night maybe a crappy C based movie to watch together , and awful waffle in the morning......... Mmmmmmm.......Hashbrowns !

10-26-12, 09:23 PM	#15
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,380 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	We don't get a lot of kids T/Ting on Halloween in my neighbourhood. About 6-7 and it is done. I think the kids are mostly going to Halloween parties. Probably safer in these crappy days. Here is a pretty cute story about how Halloween "used" to be http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2012/10/25/...at/?hpt=li_mid __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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