Well, I made it, just under the wire.
I managed to watch “It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” before
Halloween actually occurred.
I'm so proud of myself.
As you may recall I was mentioning last
week that I seem to have become a Halloween Scrooge, in that I don't
dress up, I don't give out candy, I don't decorate, and I don't go to
parties. In fact, the only Halloween tradition I do seem to have is
a yearly viewing of “Pumpkin” assuming, of course, I can find the
DVD. Well, I found it, I popped it in, and I watched it, continuing my
one Halloween tradition. Unless, of course, you count my saying the
lines along with the cartoon characters as a tradition while Loraine
laughs and/or rolls her eyes in the next room. Then I have two
traditions.
I say the lines along with the
characters because I've seen the cartoon what...50 times in my life?
And after you watch it that many times you tend to know what's coming
up next. In fact, it's so bad that I bought a soundtrack CD for the
show last year. All it has it the background music as it's presented
in the show. Listening to it the first time I was actually saying
the lines as the music cues came through the speakers.
And if you think Loraine rolls her eyes
when I do that while watching the cartoon, you should have seen her
when I was doing it while listening to the CD!
But now that's done, and that means
that my one Halloween tradition for the year is complete. Although,
if I'm being totally honest, I'm hoping to revive another one later
today. When they were young, my sister used to bring her daughters
over to show me their costumes. Because they're now in their 20s
it's been awhile since that occurred. But now, my brother has two
sons, aged 3 and 1. And guess who's coming to the station later
today to show Uncle Jimmy their matching Hobbit costumes?
So there you go. Maybe I'm not quite
as much of a Halloween Scrooge as I thought. On that note, have
yourself a great Halloween. If you dress up, I hope you win an
award. If you give out candy, I hope you get hundreds (or just a
few, if you enjoy eating all the left over chocolate you have). All
in all, I just want to say--
Happy Pumpkin Day!
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