Halloween

It's officially the Halloween season and yes it's a season, at least to me it is. One of my favorite things about this time of year and Halloween is all the scare pranks. I've been spending some quality time on YouTube watching videos of some of the best and funniest scare pranks. Not only are they incredibly entertaining to watch, it's also good research to get some great ideals for future pranks.

We finally have a sneak peek of the new Red Dead Redemption 2 Halloween Pass for 2020. The BIG ANNOUNCEMENT came today (10-20-20) from Rockstar Games. Starting today through Monday, November 16th 2020 (11-16-20) you can purchase the Halloween Pass and unlock all kinds of new and creepy items, masks, themes and even special content locations including a spooky Halloween picture booth.

The great candy debate has started up once again. We go through this each and every year as we get closer to Halloween and Trick or Treating. The question that's on everyone's mind "What's the best and worst Halloween candy?" Opinions vary of course because we're talking about personal taste and likes vs cold hard facts. Everyone's got a favorite and everyone's got a dislike.

Hard to believe in a few short weeks it'll be Halloween! Fall is officially here and the temperatures are getting cooler, soon we'll be celebrating "All Hallows' Eve." For me Halloween ranks right up there with Christmas. The decorations, candy, costumes, parties and of course horror films!

The Queen of Halloween, the Mistress of the Dark herself, the one the only Elvira is back with an all new music video for "Don't Cancel Halloween." I'm a HUGE FAN of Elvira and always will be. I grew up watching Elvira's Movie Macabre every Saturday night and will spend a large portion of the Halloween season this year re-watching all my favorites.

This has to be the ultimate guide to Halloween candy trading. If you've been stuck with bad trades in year's past, or unsure of current values and proper trade etiquette you're in luck! Just hit play on this short video and you'll be up to speed and prepared for this year's candy haul and you'll be trading like a pro in no time!

This year the kids will get twice the candy for Halloween! Get ready for the 1st Annual Park-O-Treat brought to you by Ellipsis. The event will take place at Elmer Thomas Park on Halloween night Saturday, October 31st 2020 (10-31-20) from 4:00pm until 6:00pm. Park-O-Treat at Elmer Thomas Park is FREE family event.

There is an easier way to decorate your house, or even place of business for Halloween. Sure you could go all out and spend hundreds of dollars on lights, holiday decorations, pumpkins and all the usual stuff. While there's certainly nothing wrong with traditional decorating, the new trend is projections.

So why do we celebrate Halloween? Well other than the obvious, it's fun and everyone likes parties and candy. This video tells the story of "All Hallow's Eve" from it's very beginning to today. Hit play and learn something new about the holiday and where it came from.

Netflix just released the full list of all the new movies, shows and original content they'll make available for October 2020. Of course there will be plenty of horror as we get ready to celebrate Halloween. Plus we'll finally get to see the follow up to of one of the best horror series on Netflix "The Haunting of Hill House."

Now for the news most, if not all of us were wanting to hear. The City of Lawton has approved trick-or-treating this Halloween so the kids WILL BE out collecting up candy and celebrating Halloween properly. This is some really good news. With everything that's been going on with COZID-19 we were all worried about Halloween this year. Think of the kids, it's been a rough year for them and I'm glad they'll be able to costume up and enjoy trick-or-treating. It's even better that this year Halloween is on a Saturday!

Every year without fail, I feel a deep sadness following Halloween. I put away my fake spiderwebs and life-size plastic skeleton while a single tear rolls down my cheek. Looking for cheap decor for the next year is the only thing that soothes my pain. Maybe you're not as melodramatic as I am, but that's no reason you can't also get in on these great post-Halloween deals on decor, candy and costumes!