Half Way to Halloween!

It’s that time of year again – when we make a six-month mental note that THE coolest holiday on the calendar is right around the corner. May 1, 2011 marks “Half Way to Halloween”, the unofficial midway celebration of All Hallowe’s Eve.

Halloween has picked up a lot of steam over the past several years, and fans of pumpkin carving, costumes and candy corn can hardly wait for the change of seasons that heralds trick or treating. In order to ease the suffering that holding out for October 31 brings, “Half Way to Halloween” has swooped in like the Great Pumpkin to save the day (and night)!

Haunters around the country will commemorate the occasion with parties, balls, film festivals, concerts and more. If you’re hankering for a hunk of Halloween hijinx, dig around a bit and find out what your area has to offer. Better yet, throw your own impromptu “Half Way to Halloween” event and take a moment to remind everyone you know that it won’t be long before the ghosts and goblins are ringing doorbells and daring you to smell their feet (personally, I’ll will be donning my official Netherworld Haunted House worker shirt for the weekend in order to share the love). If nothing else, use the occasion as a jumpstart to begin prep work on your official Halloween celebration. The Family Crafts forums have some ideas to help get the ball rolling:
http://familycrafts.about.com/b/2010/05/04/half-way-to-halloween.htm

What else you gonna do this weekend – watch live coverage of the Royal Couple signing thank-you cards? Now THAT’s scary…