How does everyone here enjoy Halloween?

the_tyrant · 10-24-12, 09:19 PM

For those who do celebrate it, how does everyone here enjoy Halloween?
Well, this is me in my costume.

My friends think I cannot cosplay, well this should show them. I'm going to the school dance as Mr 47 this year, to celebrate the release of the new Hitman game early this November.

Takeda Shingen · 10-24-12, 09:24 PM

Halloween's fun. My eldest is going trick-or-treating for the first time. We made her a ladybug costume. Cute as a button.

geetrue · 10-24-12, 10:11 PM

I have a zero degree sleeping bag ... I am under the covers by 7pm

I hate demons, devils, spooks, ghost, zombies, shaking bones or even big bird coming to my door.

Turn out the lights the parties over ... all good things must come to an end

Sailor Steve · 10-24-12, 10:35 PM

These days I just make some popcorn and put in a movie.

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,

Rhodes · 10-25-12, 09:27 AM

Heathen holliday!

Oberon · 10-25-12, 09:57 AM

Just in case someone with some eggs arrive....

Jimbuna · 10-25-12, 10:01 AM

Doors locked blinds drawn and on occasion, batteries taken out of bell receiver.

10-24-12, 09:19 PM	#1
the_tyrant Admiral Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 2,272 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	How does everyone here enjoy Halloween? For those who do celebrate it, how does everyone here enjoy Halloween? Well, this is me in my costume. My friends think I cannot cosplay, well this should show them. I'm going to the school dance as Mr 47 this year, to celebrate the release of the new Hitman game early this November. __________________ My own open source project on Sourceforge OTP.net KGB grade encryption for the rest of us

10-24-12, 10:11 PM	#3
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I have a zero degree sleeping bag ... I am under the covers by 7pm I hate demons, devils, spooks, ghost, zombies, shaking bones or even big bird coming to my door. Turn out the lights the parties over ... all good things must come to an end __________________

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	These days I just make some popcorn and put in a movie. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,244 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"

10-24-12, 09:24 PM	#2
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Halloween's fun. My eldest is going trick-or-treating for the first time. We made her a ladybug costume. Cute as a button.

10-25-12, 06:42 AM	#7
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, 06:49 AM	#8
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,762 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	#10
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	#12
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

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Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,522 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Heathen holliday! __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Just in case someone with some eggs arrive....

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,265 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Doors locked blinds drawn and on occasion, batteries taken out of bell receiver. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!