Wed Nov 02, 2011 8:11 am
#58290
Where I live, Mother Nature decided to go to battle with The Great Pumpkin this year. A pretty bad snow storm hit us right before Halloween, which really made things different.
When a heavy, wet snowfall lands on trees that still have their leaves, you're going to get branches breaking. And with falling limbs come broken power lines. Much of the state was hit with power outages. Seems like everyone I know had some issues. No heat, no power, no cable, no internet, or no phone.
I heard talk on TV that "Halloween was cancelled this year." Phooey on that! Not for this Patch Master. You don't cancel Christmas when it snows in December, do you? The show must go on. I lit my pumpkins, slithered into my costume, and in my best Beetlejuice voice I exclaimed, "It's showtime!"
Unfortunately, there wasn't much of an audience for my show. Typically I expect to see hundreds of trick-or-treaters. But this year the doorbell rang only sporadically, with about 30 kids spread throughout the night. I thanked these kids for being brave enough to venture down the darkened streets, sloshing through snow and stepping over any downed power lines they might encounter.
Those who showed up did offer the usual "oooohs" and "aaaahs" for my pumpkin display, which is enough to make it all worth the effort. And I struck fear into the eyes of some of the kids, so that means the costume was a success too.
Most of the kids were polite, although there was that one older girl who put out her hand for candy, and when I placed a pack of Raisinets in her open palm, just just gave me a look as if to say... are you serious?
She said, "Raisins!?" I replied, "Hey, they're healthy for you." She said, "Uh... don't you have any candy?" I responded with, "Raisinettes are candy. Get outta here and go suck the chocolate off them."
This Halloween was a little different, but it's still another one for the record books. I'm still hearing rumors that kids will actually be trick-or-treating next weekend, for a "Halloween observed." But I'm exhausted, so I'm blowing out the candles and calling this season complete.
Plus, now that all these Raisinets are gone, I'm keeping the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups for myself!
When a heavy, wet snowfall lands on trees that still have their leaves, you're going to get branches breaking. And with falling limbs come broken power lines. Much of the state was hit with power outages. Seems like everyone I know had some issues. No heat, no power, no cable, no internet, or no phone.
I heard talk on TV that "Halloween was cancelled this year." Phooey on that! Not for this Patch Master. You don't cancel Christmas when it snows in December, do you? The show must go on. I lit my pumpkins, slithered into my costume, and in my best Beetlejuice voice I exclaimed, "It's showtime!"
Unfortunately, there wasn't much of an audience for my show. Typically I expect to see hundreds of trick-or-treaters. But this year the doorbell rang only sporadically, with about 30 kids spread throughout the night. I thanked these kids for being brave enough to venture down the darkened streets, sloshing through snow and stepping over any downed power lines they might encounter.
Those who showed up did offer the usual "oooohs" and "aaaahs" for my pumpkin display, which is enough to make it all worth the effort. And I struck fear into the eyes of some of the kids, so that means the costume was a success too.
Most of the kids were polite, although there was that one older girl who put out her hand for candy, and when I placed a pack of Raisinets in her open palm, just just gave me a look as if to say... are you serious?
She said, "Raisins!?" I replied, "Hey, they're healthy for you." She said, "Uh... don't you have any candy?" I responded with, "Raisinettes are candy. Get outta here and go suck the chocolate off them."
This Halloween was a little different, but it's still another one for the record books. I'm still hearing rumors that kids will actually be trick-or-treating next weekend, for a "Halloween observed." But I'm exhausted, so I'm blowing out the candles and calling this season complete.
Plus, now that all these Raisinets are gone, I'm keeping the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups for myself!