Can confirm Abuelita is beloved but too insipid and sweet for my taste. Fortunately there is a local Mexican food shop near me that does their own.
All Beistle Halloween! (sorted by price high to low, so it gets less depressing as you go)
Just found out tonight it’s pronounced BYE-stul:
…and I’d wager @FGD135 will have something to type about that!
ETA:
Every year I look for Halloween and Christmas stuff from 100 years ago, so I can post it to my tumblr. Here are my most recent-est finds:
In 1920, Pennsylvania-based company Beistle Company introduced a hair-raising line of party goods that helped popularize Halloween decorating in America.
People’s Home Journal, November 1924
What Halloween Was Like the Year You Were Born
A Bevy Of 1924 Beauties Celebrate A Benicia Halloween
Postmarked October 30, 1924
Antique 1924 Hallowe’en Ghost with a Black Cat
Yeah, I was counting on Halloween to stave this of for a couple of weeks, but looks like they (METRO) went straight from the Oktoberfest decorations to the X-Mas decorations.
Yes, he local home depot was doing good at holding off on the Christmasfication of the halloween season, but there was Christmas stuff out last week (which I did not get a picture of)…
Just stumbling into this thread. It’s spooky season and i’m psyched!
Also side question, would there be interest in a gift exchange for the holidays? Could keep it at cards/art/handmade gifts if cost was an issue. I think it’d be fun, but not sure if folks would be comfortable giving their address out to others. Much apologies if this has been discussed in the past and i missed it
Unless that’s Oberammergau, that’s too soon!
https://www.bronners.com/
Open 361 Days a Year!
[The cheesy emPHASis on the ‘Christ’ in Christmas - or is it the DE-emPHASis on the ‘mas’ ??? - in their logo is rather new. ]
Not nearly as classy as Christmas, MI (in da U.P., naturally) with Angry Fingerguns Santa:
That’s fucking terrifying.
I don’t know how many times I’ve driven by and I’ve never felt comfortable stopping. Someday I’ll work up the courage.