Halloween 2022
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. Airheads were popular last year and we bought 4 boxes this year. Every single one was taken.
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 under two minutes for your viewing pleasure.
You can see the clipboard I use to write down what the kids tell me they are dressed as.
This Halloween makes it 17 years of data to compare, though 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2021. We did not give out candy in 2020 due to the pandemic.
A big bump in visitors this year. Quite a busy night.
No surprises with the top costumes many of the generic favorites toward the top, with stronger showing by the girl costumes for Elsa and Spidergirl. Several complicated Anime costumes were on display, but a bit esoteric for me to recognize easily.
This year’s complete costume list of 182 people:
1 Air Force Pilot
1 Among Us
2 Anime Person
1 Anna
1 Aoi from Demon Slayer
1 Ariel
1 Army Man
1 Astronaut
1 Baby
1 Baby Shark
2 Banana
1 Basketball Player
2 Beekeeper
1 Bendy
2 Black Panther
1 Captain Jack Sparrow
2 Cat
2 Cheerleader
1 Cher from Clueless
1 Cholo
3 Chucky
3 Clown
1 Cookie Monster
1 Corpse Bride
1 Cowgirl
1 Darth Maul
1 Dead Lumberjack
1 Deadly Doll
1 Deer
1 Demigorgon
1 Dino Ranch
1 Dinosaur
1 Doctor
1 Dosamma Dosa
1 Dracula
1 Dragon
2 Edward Scissorhands
1 Elastagirl
2 Eleven from Stranger Things
4 Elsa
1 Famous Skeleton
3 Fireman
1 Forky
1 Fortnite Character
1 Ghost
1 Ghostbuster
1 Ghostface
1 Gir from Invader Zim
1 God of Death
1 Green Guy
3 Grim Reaper
1 Grim Reaper from Fortnite
1 Gudetama
1 Guy who got picked up by an alien
1 Hacker
1 Harry Potter
1 Hermoine
1 Hot Dog
1 Huggy Wuggy
1 Iris Wilson
2 Jack Skellington
1 Jesse Pinkman
1 Jester
1 Justin
1 Kim Possible
1 Ladybug
1 Lava Girl
1 Lebron James
1 Leonardo TMNT
1 Lion
1 Little Red Riding Hood
1 Luigi
1 Lumberjack
1 Mandalorian
1 Marty McFly
1 Mexican
1 Mexican Witch
1 Michael Jackson
1 Michael Meyers
1 Mickey Mouse
1 Monster High Doll
1 Mormon
1 Mummy
1 Murderer
2 Naruto
1 Neighbor from Home Improvement
1 Nerd who works for Meta
2 Ninja
1 Pain
1 Penguin
1 Pennywise
2 Plague Doctor
1 Playboy
1 Policeman
1 Pom Pom Purin
1 Princess
1 Princess Peach
2 Prisoner
1 Quiet Girl
1 Rabbit
1 Radioactive Person
1 Rainbow Fairy
1 Random Costume
1 Rapunzel
1 Robot
1 Robot from Evanglion
1 Sally
1 Sam from Trick or Treat
3 Scarecrow
1 Scary
1 Shark
1 Sith Trooper
4 Skeleton
1 Skunk
1 Slim Shady
3 Snow White
1 Sondra from Demon Slayer
1 Sonic the Hedgehog
1 South Pas High School Cross Country
3 Spidergirl
3 Spiderman
1 Spongebob Squarepants
1 Squid Games
1 Stitch
1 Strawberry Shortcake
1 Superman
2 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
1 The Joker
3 The Purge
1 The Weeknd
1 Thor
1 Tiger
1 Trea Turner of the Dodgers
1 Turtle
4 Unicorn
1 Wendy from Wendy’s
3 Witch
1 Zombie
1 Zombie Girl
182 Costumed Visitors
