To get into the Halloween spirit, I found this fuchsia witch’s hat that went perfectly with a rust-colored cape, as well as this orange coat, and a scarf that encompassed all the aforementioned colors. I donned it while prancing around Missy and Joe’s Connecticut backyard in-between working on our latest holiday endeavor.
The Halloween song for 2021, ‘Home for Halloween’ has already been posted with the behind-the-scenes making-of stories here, but it’s more than worth another listen on this special day, so give it a whirl.
Halloween, perhaps now more than ever, is a gateway holiday – the one that opens the floodgates toward Thanksgiving and Christmas. While they are a bit of a way off, this year I’m indulging earlier than normal and getting into the spirit of things starting in November. We need it. There is too much awful sadness in the world, and circumstances are entirely too serious for us to put off the happy holiday season and relegate it to one or two weeks at the end of the year. Let’s have it early, let’s make it last, and let’s become a little kinder from this point forward.
As for Halloween, this has usually been my day off. I’ve been putting on a costume parade for the past forty years, even when going to the supermarket, so I’ve earned this reprieve. Halloween is amateur hour. Come see me on a typical Tuesday night if you want real flash and astonishment.
