Yesterday I received another batch of Christmas catalogs in the mail which means (Ta-DA!) it’s almost Halloween! Today when I stepped into Wally World, I was confronted with a large display featuring reindeer and a sleigh full of colorfully wrapped boxes. Must be time for the Great Pumpkin. Actually, since the end of September, my neighborhood has been gearing up. The house around the corner has a yard full of fake tombstones (which actually complement the dirt and weeds). Across the street they’ve hung white gauze “ghosts” from the tree and the people next door put orange lights in every window and a motion-activated skeleton that jumps and shrieks when someone walks past. The house on the other side has a display of carved pumpkins and a large rubber rat that makes horrible choking and gagging sounds. Jolly good fun! When did Halloween develop into this elaborate holiday? And how much does all… Read More »
Santa Bunny
Yesterday I went to the mall and what did I see but some kind of Easter bunny aberration I can only classify as “Santa Bunny.” There in the place where Santa sits each year, was a large bunny-like creature with a child perched on its lap and a photographer madly snapping pictures.The kid did not seem thrilled with this, but the mother was beaming and the lady with the camera was working fast to get a picture of the kid looking at least semi-happy before it actually dissolved into tears. As the child evinced its displeasure, another woman — the Easter Bunny’s helper? — swooped in and plucked the child off of the rodent’s lap just as the kid started to actually cry. Who wants a picture of a crying kid being clutched by an oversize rodent? (Okay, rabbits are NOT actually rodents, but this was not actually a rabbit,… Read More »
