Halloween Scares at Gumps
Oct/18/2010 22:58
Halloween! That creepy, pseudo-magical time of year in which symbolism, tradition, and widespread superstition run rampant, between the jack o’ lanterns, mass consumption of such essential Halloween paraphernalia as toilet paper and eggs, a remarkably sudden fear of black cats and ladders, and my personal annual screening of E.T.. (In my opinion, a MUCH better Halloween movie than Freddy vs. Jason.)
Yes, holidays are all about the tradition. Halloween is rife with them. The tradition of scooping out the pumpkin pulp and carving out the angry (albeit somewhat confused) pumpkin eyes. The tradition of treating (and yes, sometimes tricking). The tradition of decorating both yourself and your home.
I’ll admit it: I’m not of the ilk that discusses the origins of Halloween or gads about looking for history lessons. I like Halloween because it’s fun. And nostalgic. It’s a moment-capturing day.
That would be why I am a fan of the Big Trike Halloween globe. Actually, the “Big Trike” name says it all. I may be an adult, but I might still want to ride a tricycle. And yes, to go trick-or-treating. And dress up in costumes, and make myself quite ill due to copious consumption of candy. I want to go back to being led around by the hand to try and scare neighbors in my daunting, spectral three-year-oldness. (“Three-year-oldness”? Is that a word?)
The Big Trike Halloween globe portrays a mama cat and her itty-bitty little baby cat trying to frighten a jack o’ lantern. It’s adorable, and it completely encapsulates the entire Halloween in that one brief moment. The black cats; the jack o’lantern’; the swirl of bats flying in from above. All of it is, definitively, “Halloween”.
Yes, holidays are all about the tradition. Halloween is rife with them. The tradition of scooping out the pumpkin pulp and carving out the angry (albeit somewhat confused) pumpkin eyes. The tradition of treating (and yes, sometimes tricking). The tradition of decorating both yourself and your home.
I’ll admit it: I’m not of the ilk that discusses the origins of Halloween or gads about looking for history lessons. I like Halloween because it’s fun. And nostalgic. It’s a moment-capturing day.
That would be why I am a fan of the Big Trike Halloween globe. Actually, the “Big Trike” name says it all. I may be an adult, but I might still want to ride a tricycle. And yes, to go trick-or-treating. And dress up in costumes, and make myself quite ill due to copious consumption of candy. I want to go back to being led around by the hand to try and scare neighbors in my daunting, spectral three-year-oldness. (“Three-year-oldness”? Is that a word?)
The Big Trike Halloween globe portrays a mama cat and her itty-bitty little baby cat trying to frighten a jack o’ lantern. It’s adorable, and it completely encapsulates the entire Halloween in that one brief moment. The black cats; the jack o’lantern’; the swirl of bats flying in from above. All of it is, definitively, “Halloween”.