Halloween is coming!

[Itchy]

Thanks, some of them are patterns, and some are ones we made. There\'s even a pumpkin my Pops did of me while i was at college, but didn\'t post that one \'cause i\'m sure everyone\'s had enough of my ugly mug. You can normally go to a wall mart, or drug store and find a kit that come with a little orange handled exacto-saw, a little orange plastic twist drill, a little orange pattern poker and it\'ll all come with a book of patterns. Pick out the ones you want and head down to the library to make copies. Nothing to it really.
Here\'s an online place with some good patterns;
http://www.pumpkinglow.com/Patterns.htm

Almost forgot... isn\'t the reason for Halloween so that girls can wear their underwear and a pair of animal ears around in the freezing cold all night?:innocent:

 

[Modderrhu]

Originally posted by Itchy
Almost forgot... isn\'t the reason for Halloween so that girls can wear their underwear and a pair of animal ears around in the freezing cold all night?:innocent:

Absolutely! These pumpkins and other Halloween oddities are just a distraction from Halloween\'s true purpose - Hallowed Eve.

 

[vincegamer]

Originally posted by Itchy
You can normally go to a wall mart, or drug store and find a kit that come with a little orange handled exacto-saw, a little orange plastic twist drill, a little orange pattern poker and it\'ll all come with a book of patterns.

I did some digs with the Oklahoma Archaeological Society a few years back. Every October they have a pumpkin carving competition...using only stone tools!

 

[Itchy]

yeah, yeah, yeah

Well, i came from a wood worker background (Grandpa, Pops and myself all do some kind of widdleing or releive carving) so the pumpkins are a fun way to show our craft and artistic bend. Plus the kiddies and their parents really seem to like them, so that keeps us coming back each year.

 

[Helga]

Orginal gepostet von vincegamer

Originally posted by G-nome
Im not sure however if they know about it in the understanding-why-its-done-what-its-all-about-and -its historical-context way or know about it in the Its-on-friday-its-scary-and-everyone-gets -lots-of-candy way.

To be quite honest I doubt most Americans know the origins of Halloween. Most probably don\'t even know that it\'s the evening before a Christain holliday (hence all hallow\'s eve or halloween)

I doubt most anybody know the origins of halloween. So there:
Its originally the feast day of the celtic god Samhain, god of the dead, and its also the end of summer, the end of the celtic year. In the last night of the year the dead are allowed to walk on earth again and the people feast to celebrate the good dead and simultaneously try to scare away the evil dead by fire and horrible masks. Christianisation not being able to snuff that custom adopted it into all-hallowes-eve, the day (Nov 1st) of remembering for dead saints (german: Allerheiligen), and as an afterthought into an remembering day for beloved but just ordinary dead - ones dead mother for example - as well (Nov 2cnd, german: Allerseelen). ---- Personal remark: I use to light a red candle at 31st Oktober on the grave of my parents to tell them I love them ----

There are in short 4 essential dates in the celtic year of old. Counterpoint to halloween is 30th April (german Walpurgisnacht), the day when summer begins. Other dates are the solstice days 21st of June and 21st december when the sun turns cycle.

 

[Ebonbuddha]

Thanks for backing me on that G-Nome. I was awaiting the backlash of the PC police. They seem to be everywhere these days. I keep saying that I am going to make it up there to meet you. I am still trying to get through my busy schedule.

Originally posted by G-nome
If I can just qualify Ebons comment there....
No one knows about Halloween in Korea unless they go to or work in an english hagwon (small private language school)
For example we will all be dressing up and turning all the rooms into I dont know what yet, but you can rest assured there will be witches ghosties pumkins and spiders galore.
There may well even be face paint shudders* We have the day \"off\" tommorrow to go in and prepare it all. It will take all day and lots of glue and black paper. However it seems I have scored the Lego room and thats got to be good

Im not sure however if they know about it in the understanding-why-its-done-what-its-all-about-and -its historical-context way or know about it in the Its-on-friday-its-scary-and-everyone-gets -lots-of-candy way.

 

[Zora]

Originally posted by Modderrhu

Originally posted by Dragonsreach
Nah! Becca\'s better looking.

Zora? ZORA?!? lol

Why does my name keep being brought up? Just because I compliment somebody I get no end to the grief!lol

I get no respect...

And I didn\'t respond, since Dragonsreach is right...:bouncy:

 

[supervike]

Originally posted by dauber22

Originally posted by supervike

Halloween is my favorite holiday, it also happens to be my mothers birthday.

:wow::wow::wow:
Oh good lord!!!!! It\'s happening again!!!!!!
MY mother was born on the day after Halloween!!!! This just gets spookier and spookier!

bizarre! I think we find a coincedence about once every 3 months or so. Its starting to scare me a bit.

 

[Ebonbuddha]

Quick!!! What did you two have for lunch today? Was it the same?

 

[tagron]

Well im going to be over at a friends house running my own haunt for the night of. But here is a pic of my pumkin this year its Napoleon Dynamite!

 

[wiccanpony]

love Halloween/Samhain!!!.......costumes, candy, those who have passed stopping by for good eats and drink lol what more can I ask for :flip:

 

[Itchy]

http://pumpkinglow.greatnow.com/images/PDFpatterns/NapoleonDynamite.pdf

It took them, like, 3 hours to shade his upper lip.lol

 

[Swordwind]

At college we have the day off for \"Teacher Training\". However I reckon the only reason we have the day off is so the teachers can perform satanic rituals without us getting in the way

 

[freakinacage]

i was gonna go out. bought a costume and everything. and then remembered that i was working. utter crap (actually thats not what i said but i\'m sure you can guess what i said!)

 

[finn17]

Wonderful!

But it\'s got f*ck all to do with pumpkins, monsters and demanding goods with menaces. Anyone who knocks on my door uninvited gets extremely short shrift.

 

[Swordwind]

Actually the pumpkins were meant to scare away evil spirits, where the giving 15 year olds who arnt even wearing a costume sweets comes from I have no idea

 

[Ebonbuddha]

It probably comes from the fear of getting your yard toilet papered or car egged.lol

Originally posted by Swordwind
where the giving 15 year olds who arnt even wearing a costume sweets comes from I have no idea

 

[No Such Agency]

 

[ipaintminis]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

this year
papa was a \"necromancer/ wizard\" who got called everything in the book, including \"sheep hearder\"
I was a fairy \"you can kinda see the wings\"
and stef was a \"stalker\"
you can almost see mom going out the garage door.

twas fun had by all, and plenty of candy to go round!

 

[Evil Dave]

Originally posted by ipaintminis

I was a fairy \"you can kinda see the wings\"

What wings?
I\'ve really only seen a lot of facial shots of you Becca, I didn\'t realize that you were uh...so, um...developed. Yeah, that\'s the word I\'m looking for.

Thanks once again for making me feel like a dirty old man.