Kidnap the Sandy Claws, lock him up real tight
Throw away the key and then
Turn off all the lights
Kidnap the Sandy Claws, beat him with a stick
Lock him for ninety years, see what makes him tick.
And so it begins…the holiday season. Actually, in your average retail store, Christmas began about a month ago. I’m not a complete Grinch (more like 45% proof), but I’ve lost my childlike wonder with the Christmas holiday. Well, let’s face it, about 90% of that childlike wonder was actually avarice. Kids are greedy little pirates, looking forward to a mighty haul of swag.
But Christmas is fun, after you subtract the shopping, gift wrapping and other work. I still love putting up a tree; sparkly lights and here in New Mexico, luminarias. This year we’ll get to have X-Mas Eve dinner in our new dining room, instead of stuffed like sardines around our tiny kitchen table.
But…there are days, when I wish Oogie Boogie’s henchmen would kidnap the Sandy Claws.
I like Halloween, with its ghosts and ghoulies. It’s a pity I don’t actually have the time to celebrate it properly. The closest I get is by playing my Halloween playlist over and over. (Because I’m twelve.)
Some of the Songs on my Halloween Playlist
“All the Myths are True,” Abney Park; “Before I’m Dead,” Kidney Thieves; “Cry Little Sister,” Gerald McMann; “Dead Man’s Party,” Oingo Boingo; “Ghost Love Score,” Nightwish; “A Gorey Demise,” Creature Feature; “Dragula,” Rob Zombie; “Moon Over Bourbon Street,” Sting; “My Beloved Monster,” Eels; “Paint it Black,” Inkubus Sukkubus; “Rawhead and Bloodybones,” Siouxsie and the Banshees; “Re: Your Brains,” Jonathan Coulter; and “The Undertaker,” Puscifer.
What’s on your Halloween playlist?
