Why Plastic Jack-O-Lanterns Suck
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Why Plastic Jack-O-Lanterns Suck |
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Posts: 729 (10/21/09 15:25:00) Full of Grace |
"I will start by
telling you that my entire existence could be summed up in one phrase. And that is: If my life wasn't funny it would just be true and that is
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--Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking |
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Posts: 1007 (10/21/09 16:33:51) Nocturnal Life |
Amber writing an anecdote about wistful nostalgia of Halloween past is every bit as engaging and thoughtful as her fiction prose.
As we get older, peeling back the layers of memory reveals universal and hard truths learnt at an early age. I don't recall Halloween ever coming to blows with either my sister or friends but I do remember all too well the sugar high and the learned importance of rationing one's candy so as not to throw it all up after gorging on mini Snickers and Krackel. 
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Posts: 7956 (10/22/09 06:56:08) Special Effects |
I cannot remember plastic Jack-O-Lanterns being on the store shelves until I was seven or eight. I'm not sure what year they first appeared? I can
remember having one, made of moulded cardboard, that lasted well into my adult life. I also, by the thrid grade, had the noted plastic one.
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Posts: 17672 (10/22/09 14:22:51) Miss Kitty Fantastico |
I used a plastic jack-o'-lantern as well to collect Halloween treats.
Have a safe and happy Halloween, everyone! |
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Posts: 2317 (11/20/09 21:52:17) Bridge to Tarabithia |
I had one of those plastic jack-o-lanterns. One year it was part of my costume as well as candy holder. I was the Headless Horseman.
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