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OldBaldy1701E

(9,195 posts)
6. My favorite holiday.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 10:17 AM
7 hrs ago

However, I have nothing to do these days. I am too decrepit to go do haunted houses like I used to. We spent the last ten year living in a place that had zero use for the holiday, did not have a single trick or treater because the kids all knew not to go to that horrible group of townhouses, and in fact I got in trouble with the HOA because I used two colored lights in the outside fixtures for that evening (And just that evening, I put the old ones back the next morning!), so I have not done anything other than decorate the house for my own pleasure in that time. I miss the fun of this holiday, but with the current climate, there is not a person in the world who would let their kid go to the door of a house where they don't know the people inside. Which is funny to me, as we certainly did not care about that when we used to go out.

For someone who use to live for the holiday, I guess I am done. Being empty all the time is no fun.

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In Salem Massachusetts Coldwater 9 hrs ago #1
Thank you, Coldwater Niagara 9 hrs ago #2
When it comes to Halloween Coldwater 9 hrs ago #3
Love your Halloween threads!!! Nittersing 8 hrs ago #4
Woot! Thank you, Nittersing! Niagara 7 hrs ago #7
Good collection, Niagara True Dough 8 hrs ago #5
Thank you, True! Niagara 7 hrs ago #8
My favorite holiday. OldBaldy1701E 7 hrs ago #6
Samhain or Halloween isn't just a holiday for me Niagara 6 hrs ago #9
Great selection, Niagara debm55 6 hrs ago #10
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