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Halloween Past: My Cowboy Dress Up

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Here’s me at the tender age of 4 in 1960, getting ready for Halloween. Sure, it may only be May, but it’s never too early to try on your costume to make sure it fits just right. That big rifle I’m holding (well, relatively speaking, of course) was a sick-kid present (chickenpox). I loved it. I hated it. Every time I pulled the lever down and back up it pinched my finger badly. But I kept playing with it and shooting bad guys, monsters, and creepy shadows until my finger hurt too much. I like to remember it as a teachable life-moment. And after all those candy cigarettes I never did take up smoking. I do eat a lot of candy, though.

john cozzoli halloween cowboy

Halloween Eureka Glittering Ghouls Witch

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This is a neat series of Halloween tissue decorations from Eureka, though I'm not sure of the date. The reverse side is also printed, but you can see the witch's eyes instead of the glittering plastic one's she's showing on this side. Note the large creepy hands. The Mummy in the series is more cutesy, making its glittering eyes less effective than you see here.

eureka glittering ghoul witch
eureka glittering ghoul witch

Halloween Eureka Haunted Castle

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This 23 inch 3D Halloween Haunted Castle decoration from Eureka has entertaining accents like the alligator in the moat, the sinister eyes staring at you, and if you look closely at the left tower window you'll see a pair of green hands holding onto the bars. 

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Halloween Beistle Jointed Dracula

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Here's a puzzle: this striking Beistle 36 inch jointed Dracula from 1998 with the wild eyes and toothy bite is not the one depicted on the packaging label below. Funny, but I just noticed that while scanning this sucker. I wonder why the design change? That dapper vampire on the label is definitely less in-biting, don't you think? He's more cartoony, while this Dracula is more mes…mer…izing… good lord!, don't stare into his eyesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss………………………………………..

beistle jointed dracula halloween

beistle jointed dracula halloween