So, recently, it was brought to my attention that I have watched the movie, Hocus Pocus 26 times in the past two years. It is my Halloween movie. I remember a former colleague told me that she watched it often and I just started doing it a couple years ago. I watched it 11 times last year and so far, I have watched it 15 times this October.
I was never really into Halloween until I had Sean. Given that his birthday is two days after Halloween, he has had many Halloween themed birthday parties growing up. I asked my Mom to bring up my Halloween bins from the basement the other day. She brought one up but it was only filled with Sean’s costumes growing up that my friend Ami had made him. We smiled at the box and reminisced about the good times trick-or-treating when he was young.
She closed it back up and brought my second Halloween bin upstairs. In that bin is all of my Halloween PartyLite candle holders. I had almost forgotten all of my Halloween accessories and candleholders until she opened the box and I smelled the smell of the Halloween candles. I have a warmer that I’ve had for over a decade. Just today, we lit the candle and I asked Sean if it smelled like Halloween when he left to cut the grass. Later, I asked him again before he left to go watch football with his friends and he told me that it did.
It smelled like Halloween but my Mom blew out the candle when she left so the candle was not on when I am by myself. It went from smelling like Halloween to smelling like a birthday party but at least my house will burn down!
Sean has always liked pumpkins and I think that is one thing that encouraged me to get Halloween candleholders and decorations. My Mom recently brought upstairs an old photo album of mine and this was the first time Sean went to a cider mill:
It has probably been seven or eight years since I’ve put out all of my Halloween decorations but the smell of these candles completely took me back immediately! I didn’t watch Hocus Pocusyesterday because I wasn’t feeling well. Hearing that Michigan wom didn’t really make me feel much better. Given that the Lions don’t play until Monday night, I’m still feeling a little wonky. My Mom left to pick up some Chinese food for me so I think when I eat my food, I will have to watch Hocus Pocusfor the 27th time.