Halloween checklist

Halloween is here. And even though it's not Purim the same rule applies - not every day is Halloween. I looked this holiday up in wikipedia and among other things I found that:

"Halloween (or Hallowe'en) is a holiday celebrated on October 31. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting haunted attractions, carving jack-o'-lanterns, reading scary stories, and watching horror movies."

This was every tourist's wet dream - a Halloween checklist! Seeing as we've been preparing for Halloween for a while now, I decided to see which of these items I have managed to complete:
1. Trick-or-treating - DONE! OK, so I didn't go trick-or-treating myself but some kids came over to our place last night asking for some candy. I didn't hear them at first, even though they were screaming at the top of their lungs, because I had my earphones on. When Tessa finally made me aware of their presence I went over and let them pick out their own candy. Rookie mistake (or so I'm told). For those of you who don't know what a rookie mistake is I found this definition: "An egregious error (or altogether unwitting, on the other end of the spectrum of awareness) resulting in a response ranging from a harmless prank to serious vandalism". In this case the egregious error resulted in the greedy little bastards digging in and taking as much as they could in their greedy little paws.

2. Ghost tours - NOT DONE - I've been on several ghost tours around the world (e.g. London) but none in the states yet. So I guess this item is still "to do".

3. Bonfires - OVERDONE - what with all the bonfires we've had over the years (and probably will have over years to come) I think I can cross this one off my list. We could probably teach these pagans a thing or two about bonfires ;)

4. Costume parties - DONE! - we went to a crazy Halloween party last night - check it out here.

5. Visiting haunted attractions - DONE! - we went to a corn field which is not only haunted - it's also a maze! Check it out here.

6. Carving jack-o'-lanterns - DONE! - see my full guide on pumpkin carving here.

7. Reading scary stories - DONE! - I read ynet every day.

8. Watching horror movies - DONE! - a couple of weeks ago we saw "The Duchess". Even though the makers of the movie never really intended it to be a horror movie it really is one of the scariest movies I've ever seen. Pregnant women and people with heart disease should not go to this movie. Normal people shouldn't either.

Well, that's it for Halloween this year. Let's see what Purim brings our way ;)