ChrisW, my mom always did St. Nikolaus day with us now we do it with my girls. I am German also. I used to live there.

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awww that's so sweet of you. I am 35 (well I will be on the 18th of this month)
I did have her when I was young just not quite that young

The Great Pumpkin lives! Every year I treat the children in my family to Hallowe'en gifts. Here's this year's list:

1. Madeline, 14

• The Addams Family (DVD)
• Haunted Wisconsin (book)

2. James, 11

• Invaders From Mars (DVD)
• The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha (book)

3. Katherine, 11

• Deep and Dark and Dangerous: A Ghost Story (book)
• The Nightmare Before Christmas (DVD)

4. Maria, 8

• Ghost Cats: Human Encounters with Feline Spirits (book)
• Monster House (DVD)

5. Noel, 7

• It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (t-shirt)
• The House With a Clock In Its Walls (book)
• A Hallowe'en advent calendar

Then I throw in a number of Hallowe'en "stocking stuffers" that I find at Walgreens or Target, like black and orange stockings, a jack-o'-lantern carving kit, or glow bracelets. Finally, lots of candy: gummy worms, chocolate eyeballs, and the like.

They love it! And they ask when the Great Pumpkin plans to come this year.

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Ghost cats??? A book???? Two of my very favorite things EVER. *must find* I was just talking to OEJ about trying to make Halloween a big deal with gifts and stuff and duh, the Great Pumpkin never crossed my mind. Now to get a Halloween tree........there's lots of really cool Halloween ornaments. Brilliant ideas here!

Succub'Oz, although you can't preview GHOST CATS at Amazon, you can preview it at Google Books.

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I want it, I want it, I want it!!!!!!!!!!!!! heh, OEJ's gonna be like "you want, what?" He'll not be surprised though.

We were at Kroger's (a local grocery store) and my son saw a Mr Potato head (halloween edition I believe it was a vampire) and he said he wanted The Great Pumpkin to get it for him this year. I was so happy (he's 6 so it was exiciting for me that he remembered it, and made me feel all warm and happy inside) I guess I know what he's getting from the great pumpkin this year :P

I got both of my daughters the Halloween edition Mr. Potato Head as well! Along with around 15 Halloween books

That is awesome, Gothikren.

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That's a really great idea of a fun thing to do for kids for the holidays.

I have a friend who does a similar thing for Christmas...her family digs a hole in the ground on Christmas eve and let's them put a little peppermint/red and white candy in there. Then when the kids go to bed, they remove the peppermint and put a candy cane sticking up out of the ground in it's place.

wow what books did you get them? 15 is a LOT of books. (I love books and never even leave the house without one (pathetic huh :P )



OMG I love the candycane idea lol I'm so going to have to do that this year. Maybe I can have my kids plant those mini candy pumpkins and stick a real one there in it's place for halloween. :P