PICTURES OF THE WEEK
This Post-It was on the sidewalk. I don’t know about you, but it inspires all sorts of ideas in me!
Your thoughts: A Month of Halloween?
Or, a proposal to push back Santa’s creep.
A terrible idea I’m looking for your feedback on:
You’ll see it: the crazy glint in the eyes of Santa that is emblazoned on cardboard everywhere. The raw chant of the marketer behind it saying: BUY. BUY. BUY. BUY. And Santa advances relentlessly. While most holidays have a build up of a week or so, Santa's festivities (which have little to no connection to Christmas anymore) push forward earlier and earlier into the year.
Thanksgiving is no longer safe. It has been overrun by his "jolly" forces. Not even a speedbump.
The new beachhead: Halloween. But, we can no longer be passive. We need to push Santa back. The only option then is to move Halloween closer to Christmas. But, Halloween has to be October 31. How can we do that?
The only logical choice: 30 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE:
Week 1 - Oct 28: Halloween! You know how to do it! Woo hoo!!!
Week 2 - Nov 4: Halloween again! But this time, trade your costume with someone and go to parties dressed as them! (DON’T FORGET TO VOTE!)
Week 3 - Nov 11: Give the Candy Back! You kept track of who gave out candy. Now, it is time to return the candy with interest! Take an uneaten candy (which you probably don't like), go to the store and buy reduced priced candy, and get some cold cheap beer. Now, go out into the street, give candy and beer back to the people who gave you stuff in the first place, and maybe even give stuff out to others in the street. Think of it as a reverse mischief night.
Week 4 - Nov 18: (I don’t have a great idea for this week. What do you think?!?!)
BONUS #1 - do something Halloween-esque for Thanksgiving: Bake a pumpkin pie. Hand out candy. Churn butter by hand.
BONUS #2 - Black Friday - bring out your inner Victorian, and picnic in a cemetery in suits and with parasols - a bit more on that: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/picnic-in-cemeteries-america
http://midnightsocietytales.com/2014/03/29/victorian-valhallas-cemetery-picnics/
BONUS #3: Find a local SantaCon. Get people to go in Halloween costumes. Compliment people dressed as Santa on their Halloween costumes, hand out candy, and tell them about 30 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN.
So, what do you think? Should I drop it? Should I push it? How should I do it? You in to it? Want to help me run with this? Drop me a line and let me know!
Squeezable Sauerkraut. It comes in several flavors.
I have such mixed feelings.
From Woke Giant - more about this on the other side.
