I adore Halloween. Love getting to dress up in costumes. And people give you candy! What’s not to like? Although if I’m honest, which I am, I must admit that I’d far prefer salty treats to sweet ones. But a girl can’t have everything.
This year, I’m off with friends to see the Chicago Symphony, who’ve got an excellent program planned: they’re playing the soundtrack to the 1935 film BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN followed by a screening of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. Haven’t decided yet what to wear, but I’m thinking that as I’ve just got word that my editor has accepted the revisions I did for my next book, TEARS OF PEARL, which is set in Constantinople, it would only be fitting to dress as one of the sultan’s concubines. Could be fun–and I even brought back from my trip to Istanbul a hat (with veils) that would complete the ensemble. Now if I can just figure out the rest of the outfit. Because this is one occasion on which the trusty jeans just aren’t going to cut it.
How about you?
1. Are you dressing up, and if so, what will you wear?
2. What’s your favorite Halloween candy?
3. Do you think there’s an age beyond which trick-or-treating is inappropriate?
Bonus points to the first man smart enough to go for a Roman general costume. Photographic proof will, of course, be required.
xo
Tasha
P.S. Be sure to vote on Tuesday!!!!!
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I love Halloween. My home is a haunted one for one night of the year.
I dressed as Indiana Jones for a Mystery (Halloween) Panel earlier this month. I even grew the 3 day facial growth for authenticity.
Tasha as a concubine? Hell with the Roman General, I’m dressing as the Sultan. There’s a picture I need to have.
Candy? Reese’s Peanut butter cups. No age too old.
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1. I wanted to dress up. But I’ll be taking one kid trick or treating and ducking back in and out to take care of the second one who is sick with what appears to be the flu (so much for the flu shot). Had I dressed up I’d have been a wench.
2. For Halloween, I’m with Will on this.
3. I think all ages are fine. I mean, why not?
by laura
on October 31st, 2008 at 7:59 am
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Hello from Germany again! 
Halloween ist not a traditional German holiday, but over the course of the last few years, it became very popular here. Some Germans don’t like it (they say, it has no German roots, which is true), some love it.
Well, I love it and I loved it before most Germans knew about it. I am just glad that you can buy a lot of “halloweeny” things nowadays.
1. I don’t dress up, because in Germany we celebrate “Fasching” days in February. That’s when I dress up. I like to go as a strawberry, it’s a very cute costume.
2. We have no special Halloween candy here in Germany. I know that in the USA there are Halloween M+Ms, just brown and orange ones. I would love to have them today!! And I would love to try candy corn. I only read about it, I had never the chance to try it. There is no candy corn in Germany (well, we have GREAT chocolate here, so there’s nothing to complain about!).
3. You are never too old to do what you like, and I would love to go trick or treating. But, as I said before, Halloween is no German tradition. Only some of the kids go trick or treating here. Of course, they don’t say “trick or treat”. I tried that today with my little pupils when I told them about Halloween. It was very hard to pronounce for them! German children say “Suesses oder Saures”.
Have a happy Halloween!
by Sabine
on October 31st, 2008 at 8:40 am
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1. I’ll be a “Wild Hog”
2. Candy corn, or boozy chocolates
3. I would think that once a person is dead that this sort of frivolity should cease.
Sabine, I remember Fasching - but it seems to me that that was a much more boozy and decadent holiday than our Halloween. I still have a couple of paper hats from Kappeabend (although they are getting a little old; I left Germany in 1966) but I do remember Fasching. I just don’t remember some of the adventures that I had during the last week….
“Sweets or Sours” - I guess tricks could create a sour face. Interesting translation.
Strawberry sounds like a nifty costume. I think I was probably an Ami GI (since that is what I was in those days) but I don’t recall any more.
Wie’s in Gries’m g’sagt wird, “I’ wunsch’ dir ‘was!”
by Bob
on October 31st, 2008 at 9:00 am
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Will, wish I could see you as Indy! But sultan isn’t a bad costume either!
Laura, sorry to hear you’ve got a sick one! Hope she’s better soon.
Sabine, I researched Fasching while writing A Fatal Waltz and am a huge fan of it……
Bob, we might need a picture of the Wild Hog costume! And hard to go wrong with boozy chocolates. I was just thinking of making some bourbon truffles the other day.
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I can’t go out - have the worst luck imaginable. Just found out why - I’m doing all this research for the new books on witchcraft and wicca, right?
Turns out I was born on Beltane, and Samhain is it’s opposite on the feast wheel. They say those apt to hear the faeries shouldn’t go out after dark on Samhain. Which would explain the car wreck, the cactus, the lesbian vampire debacle and surprise transvestite boyfriend (damn, he could do makeup.) Long story.
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JT, I have no doubt that I speak for everyone when I say: WE’RE GONNA NEED MORE INFORMATION!!!!
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