Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Good-Bye Halloween 2013

It was a painful process to pack Halloween away for the season. Halloween storage now dominates our upstairs bonus room and part of the attic, but it is all finally cleaned and neatly put away along with some mental notes about needed repairs or changes for next year. Except for some after-season haunt contest submissions I doubt there will be many thoughts of Halloween activity between now and the New Year.

Single Creek Manor - Hooded Sorrow 2013

I will of course be trying to keep up with our fellow bloggers who routinely inspire us and of course Face Book "Halloween people" who challenge us to be better than the previous year.

After the eating of the Turkey and giving thanks for our many blessings, we are "Skipping Christmas" here at Shingle Creek Manor. This is not due to any disdain for the holiday, we enjoy the Christmas season very much... when it remains in it's appropriate place, AFTER the Thanksgiving holiday.

Actually we're not skipping it, ( I just enjoy saying that, mimicking one of my favorite Christmas movies), we're actually hoping to find and celebrate an "old world" Christmas void of the massive commercialism that seems to dominate it here. I hope our plans succeed but I'll save the specifics for a blog entry at a future date.

Celebrate your Winter holidays in whatever way you see fit and above all, be safe!



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5 comments:

  1. Little Gothic HorrorsNovember 27, 2013 at 11:10 PM

    Packing everything away is definitely far less fun than the decorating. I think Hooded Sorrow pretty much sums up the cleanup mood after festivities are over! ;) An old world Christmas sounds nice. Trust me, the crass Christmas commercialism is found everywhere!

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    1. Mark FaucettDecember 1, 2013 at 6:25 AM

      Just trying to escape it for a year, your probably right though it's everywhere!

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  2. Insomniac's AtticDecember 1, 2013 at 2:31 AM

    You can rely on mental notes, Mark? I am impressed. Haven't been able to rely on mine in years... :P

    I would like a Hooded Sorrow in my yard year round - maybe you could bring her out at again Christmas and just add some tinsel around her neck?

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    1. Mark FaucettDecember 1, 2013 at 6:28 AM

      I said I made mental notes, remembering them is another matter entirely... ;)

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  3. beanDecember 9, 2013 at 4:16 AM

    Looking forward to that blog post about having an old world Christmas - very intrigued.

    I've always wanted to challenge myself to make every gift I give one year. Crocheting a few afghans this year as presents...it's a start.

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