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diabeticman

(3,121 posts) Fri Oct 31, 2014, 09:26 PM Oct 2014

What were the Halloween customs this year?

My sister-in-law just texted my wife and told her what her daughters went as:

The younger girl went as a Zombie Baseball player... (Tomgirl/Tomboy who loves sports)

The oldest went as a nerd

and my wife text back: "Really? a nerd...she just had to make fun of me...

(sorry... zombie must have ate my brain tonight.)

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What were the Halloween customs this year? (Original Post) diabeticman Oct 2014 OP

I heard Frozen characters were hot this year rurallib Oct 2014 #1

yes. coats, hats, & gloves were very popular orleans Oct 2014 #2

Same here diabeticman Oct 2014 #3

The usual here in FL. Hawaiian shirts and flip flops. Lochloosa Oct 2014 #4

My 13 old went as a nerd too mackerel Oct 2014 #5

A few 2 yr old were precious as Ann and Andy MrMickeysMom Oct 2014 #6

My friend's neighborhood was once again totally inundated for three hours. Always fun to watch. DebJ Nov 2014 #7

rurallib

(62,426 posts)

1. I heard Frozen characters were hot this year

Reply to diabeticman (Original post)

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 09:41 PM

Oct 2014

but up here it was parkas and gloves.

orleans

(34,061 posts)

2. yes. coats, hats, & gloves were very popular

Reply to rurallib (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 09:46 PM

Oct 2014

it was really REALLY cold, wind gusts were around 50/60 mph & temps felt like the fucking 20s!!

diabeticman

(3,121 posts)

3. Same here

Reply to rurallib (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 09:50 PM

Oct 2014

Lochloosa

(16,066 posts)

4. The usual here in FL. Hawaiian shirts and flip flops.

Reply to diabeticman (Original post)

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 09:57 PM

Oct 2014

We are kind of laid back down here.

mackerel

(4,412 posts)

5. My 13 old went as a nerd too

Reply to diabeticman (Original post)

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 09:59 PM

Oct 2014

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)

6. A few 2 yr old were precious as Ann and Andy

Reply to diabeticman (Original post)

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 11:20 PM

Oct 2014

Raggedy, that is… Too cute…

Then a few more little tykes as star wars and power ranger (still!) character… those were good, cause it was slightly rainy and really cool!. Had some zombies, and then there were those kids who didn't seem to be anything, but liked the candy!

Good… more for them, less for me!

DebJ

(7,699 posts)

7. My friend's neighborhood was once again totally inundated for three hours. Always fun to watch.

Reply to diabeticman (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2014, 01:15 AM

Nov 2014

Especially since she's the one forking out all that money for candy, LOL. She went through 8 huge bags of candy, but only
gave each child two pieces. That's a lot of kids.

Seemed like every fifth girl was a Frozen character, mostly Ana's.
And every fourth child was a zombie. Teen zombies, pre-teen zombies, baby zombies, adult zombies.

About one in five had no costume, or just something minor like a strange hat or some face paint.

But I also saw more homemade costumes than I've ever seen, and those are the absolute best. Even if
they come out terrible looking and ineffective, they are the best!

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