Jack-O-Lantern Lantern
February 28th, 2009 by John Wolfe
The title for this entry is a tad redundant. Here, around Albuquerque, New Mexico, we call a lantern like this a luminaria – either way, it’s a metallic sack with a grinning jack-o-lantern face on it. I’m always joking around on Twitter about doing “inappropriate” Halloween things in February to freak people out, for example: digging a really deep hole in the yard at midnight or rattling chains in the attic at 2 AM. It’s my way of fulfilling a lifelong dream of becoming Gomez Addams. The mustache is coming in nicely, by the way. 
If I had just a few more of these lanterns, I would seriously decorate the yard, right now, eight months out from Halloween.
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March 1st, 2009 at 4:44 am
Something else I didn’t know.
Got a little something for you, John: http://paranormalstories.blogspot.com/2009/03/superior-scribbler-award.html
March 1st, 2009 at 5:06 am
I have a a big terra cotta Jack-O-Lantern on my porch right now. :0 )
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Speaking of Jack-o-Lanterns, here is a little something I thought you would enjoy very much. If you get around to it, it can be a really great addition to your yard haunt!
http://www.halloweenonlinemagazine.com/decor/halloween_beacon1-1.html
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Andrea,
Thank you so much for the Superior Scribbler Award. I really appreciate the fact you included me in your five!
I signed the official list and I’ll be posting my own five soon.
oldhalloween,
Very cool! I stopped by your site to check out your shop. I love all the vintage Halloween items you have for sale. Thanks for your comment.
HalloweenLvrNo1,
That reminds me of something we did in Halloween ’98: on top of our haunt maze, leading up to the front door, we attached a 12 ft tall ghost with a strobe light in its head! It looked wild, but it helped to attract the trick-or-treaters! Thanks for sharing.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:16 pm
And since when has looking wild ever been a bad thing?
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:11 am
Very true, but this thing was wild, as in funky!
It was a very quickly put together prop. I don’t have a scanner, but I’ll see if I can find the image and take a photo of it.
March 3rd, 2009 at 3:58 pm
I need to prepare all of my Halloween food dishes in order to photograph them and create how-tos. But that’ll leave me w/ a ton of food! The solution…a Halloween party in July! (or March or April…)
March 3rd, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Absolutely, Victor. I understand that totally. It’s similar to the Christmas specials they air on television. They film those things in June or July and everyone has to act like it’s cold!