Halloween 2021
Cruft Manor has Halloween traditions every year:
1. We give out full size candies
2. Make a listing of all costumes
3. Make a timelapse movie
I let the kids choose their favorite candy themselves. This can sometimes lead to a prolonged choosing process and debate. The moments of “OMG” and “wow” are wonderful as they realize the candies are full size.
Hearing the kids get excited about full size candies makes it all worth it. The Airheads were the first pick of most, so we’ll get a lot more next year.
When people come to the door, I ask every person what they were dressed as and wrote down their answers. I am careful to ask what they are, accepting their answers rather than interpreting what I see.
The time-lapse takes place over a little more than three hours that is reduced to just over two minutes for your viewing pleasure.
This Halloween makes it 16 years of data to compare, though 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. We did not give out candy in 2020 due to the pandemic.
No big surprises this year. Squid Game related costumes were new. ‘Frat Boy’ is what a group of teenagers called themselves since they were wearing no costume. No politics related costumes at all.
Our total number of visitors was down a bit to 131, no doubt due to coronavirus concerns. Also, several homes on our street had their lights off and probably lead to lower traffic to our house.
This year’s complete costume list of 131 people:
1 “I forget”
1 50s Girl
1 Ariel
1 Arrow
1 Astronaut
1 Baseball Player
2 Bat
1 Batgirl
1 Batman
1 Beach Boy
1 Black Witch
1 Bunny
1 Captain America
1 Cat
1 Chocolate Cat
1 Cinderella
1 Clown
1 Cow
1 Cowboy
1 Cowgirl
1 Da Babby
1 Dead Skateboarder
1 Death Mask
2 Dinosaur
1 Dog
2 Dogwalker
1 Elmo
2 Elsa
1 Evie
1 Face Makeup
1 Farmer
1 Firday Night Funkin
1 Firefighter
4 Frat Boy
1 Freddy Krueger
1 Frog
1 Gask Mask Person
1 Ghostface
1 Good Ship Everstuck
1 Grim Reaper
1 Guy being kidnapped by an alien
1 Harley Quinn
3 Harry Potter
1 Hermoine Granger
1 Homeless Person
1 Hush
2 Jabberwocky Dancer
3 Jack Skellington
1 Jennifer from Jennifer’s Body
1 Joel from Love & Monsters
1 Katniss Everdeen
1 Killer Clown
1 Lava Reaper
1 Little Boy
1 Malificent
1 Man in Black
1 Mandalorian
1 Mermaid
1 Military
1 Minecraft Hammer
1 Naruto
5 Ninja
1 Phantom
1 Pikachu
2 Pirate
1 Plague Doctor
1 Poison Ivy
1 Police Officer
1 Predator
1 Princess
1 Princess
1 Queen Bee from Lady Bug
1 Sally
1 Scarecrow
1 Scream without mask
4 Serial Killer
1 Siracha Bottle
5 Skeleton
1 Skeleton carrying man
1 Sora from Kingdom Hearts
1 Spidergirl
3 Spiderman
3 Squid Game
1 Squid Game Boss
1 Stormtrooper
1 Strawberry Cow
1 Sumo
1 Susie from Deltarune
1 Tech Worker from BTS
1 The Hulk
1 Triangle from Squid Game
1 Undertaker
3 Unicorn
1 Venom
3 Witch
1 Witch w/ broom
1 Wonder Woman
1 Zenitsu Agatsuma
1 Zombie Ballerina
131 Costumed Visitors
