{"id":1244,"date":"2024-10-31T15:49:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T15:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2024-10-31T15:49:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T15:49:34","slug":"meerkat-prompts-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?p=1244","title":{"rendered":"Meerkat Prompts: Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As today is the 31st of October, it feels fitting to offer up some Halloween hi-jinks! My daughter loves Halloween, and has done since she was little. I have some great pictures of her in a little witch’s outfit, holding a small broom!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Down the years I’ve gone out trick-or-treating with her, and we’ve usually had a lot of fun. The challenge has been in coming up with creative and entertaining costumes. The standard fare doesn’t interest me, so over the past few years I have been a dinosaur, a meerkat, and Bowser. This year, I am donning my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles onesie, and will be wandering up and down the streets in that. It has the added benefit of being warm!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The occasion is, generally speaking, quite a colourful one, and it does tend to bring out a certain level of imagination (well, it does in parts of my patch, not in others). Of course, it is important to consider a few rules. My daughter and I will only knock on doors where there are Halloween decorations displayed. It’s clear that these people are participating, and they have advertised this to the world. Houses without decorations are a no-go, and it’s important to respect that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I sometimes wonder what it would be like to experience Halloween in the USA, where it tends to be on a grander scale than here. Mind you, it’s a more firmly-established tradition in that neck of the woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s one final thought to ponder. What will the weather do? Trick-or-treating is alright if it’s dry, but if it starts to pour down with rain, I for one am less inclined to be outside! As far as this year goes, it appears dry at the moment, but will it stay that way?! I guess I better offer a sacrifice to Count Dracula, perform a witch’s spell, and pray to the nearest werewolf for good luck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll leave you with some pictures of past Halloween exploits, for which I am truly, truly sorry.<\/p>\n\n\n

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