Halloween Reflections…
Unto you, good readers, I show my inner self. Halloween’s here, a time that I relish more than Xmas. Let us rejoice and be glad in it with a few things that may help you get into the spirit of the season, one that is all too brief but precious in its brevity…
From Michael Jackson’s Halloween Special of several years ago (2017) we bring you Jim Parsons (best known as Sheldon Cooper) voicing Hay Man, and channeling the dance moves of Michael Jackson, complete with a back-up cast of animals that include foxes! What could be more appropriate than some foxes bustin’ some serious moves, because we’re feral, ‘ya see…because we’re bad…because we’re dangerous!
Yes, I’m an unabashed Halloween freak! I adore it, and resist all pressures to “outgrow” the holiday. One does not “outgrow” Halloween…it grows on you, and within you.- -Xmas spirit?- -I nurture the spirit of Halloween! I think that my enjoyment of horror gives me my dosage of Halloween year-round. It’s like a nutritional requirement for me, really…
We animal-spirits are a natural for Halloween, too. We can all draw inspiration from cats. Mine are daily trying to become more human, while I’m trying to become more like them. Perhaps we could meet in the middle…
Yes, Halloween has some dark elements, but it’s also a celebration, a kind of restorative reaching within yourself to validate and liberate what might be there. We need to kick back a bit against the bonds of civilization. This can be a cathartic experience, which ties in nicely with the furry fandom, which is communal but also intensely individual. We are never more free than when we embrace our inner animal…
So enjoy your Halloween, and carry a bit of it in your heart all-year round. I know that I do… 🦊
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FOXSYLVANIA 
October 31, 2023 at 7:45 pm
Enjoyed the flashback to the MJ special. Thanks, Vulpie. And…HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🙂
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November 1, 2023 at 1:25 am
P.S.—We dished out candy to over a HUNDRED KIDS, tonight! One of whom was dressed like a fox…in a ballerina tutu.
Makes me wonder if she was after some of the waterfowl on Swan Lake. 😉
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November 1, 2023 at 10:19 am
I tuned on my “classic oldies” station on my car on Halloween, and found that they were playing “Frosty the Snowman”…on Halloween! This was a clear violation of my Halloween rights! 🎃
Now it’s werewolves menacing the Nativity set, for sure…
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November 1, 2023 at 12:50 pm
Strange you should say that. There are some regions of Western Europe where Xmas is considered so sacred, it was even considered a blasphemy for any other baby to be born on or about Dec. 25! The result being that the baby was doomed to be a werewolf when he/she grew up. The only horror film to mention that, though, was CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF starring the late, great Oliver Reed.
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November 8, 2023 at 3:09 pm
In case, you were wondering, COTW was Hammer Films only foray into lycanthropic horror. In hindsight, a definite case of pro-vampire bias!
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