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Squaredeal

(540 posts)
13. When I was a kid, I often had to wear an overcoat over my costume.
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 09:02 AM
Oct 31

It was a bummer not bring able to show it. Today’s weather is almost 80 and we haven’t had any precipitation for almost a month now.

Nope but it is 64 today in central Texas. efhmc Oct 31 #1
That's pretty good for PA. Would you have to wear a sweatshirt in Texas? debm55 Oct 31 #5
Yes. Most years it was either rain or snow or cold. Srkdqltr Oct 31 #2
Where was that? efhmc Oct 31 #3
Michigan. Of course some Halloweens were mild. We get all weather. Sometimes all in one day. Srkdqltr Oct 31 #6
Pretty much the same here in Wisconsin. Archae Oct 31 #19
Never a dull moment. Supposed to rain here today. Srkdqltr Oct 31 #25
Rain for sure sorcrow Oct 31 #4
Thank you. We had snow here in PA My son slipped down the steps. debm55 Oct 31 #7
Absolutely. Rain, sleet, snow, were not uncommon for Halloween in NE Ohio. Diamond_Dog Oct 31 #8
That's good trick or treat weather. debm55 Oct 31 #9
Almost so long ago I can barely remember rurallib Oct 31 #10
thank you ruralib. It;s a bummer carrying umbrellas debm55 Oct 31 #16
Snowed... as a very little girl long ago in Missouri... We were already so bundled up no one could see our costumes... hlthe2b Oct 31 #11
Had that too. It is a bummer. debm55 Oct 31 #17
Oh yes, in SE Wisconsin I remember needing the winter coat under my costume several Ziggysmom Oct 31 #12
Ours is tonight. I also remember the coat under the costume. Bummer. debm55 Oct 31 #18
When I was a kid, I often had to wear an overcoat over my costume. Squaredeal Oct 31 #13
Thank you Squareleal that sounds wonderful. debm55 Oct 31 #23
Yes, I remember a very cold and snowy Halloween back in the 1950s in Ohio. sinkingfeeling Oct 31 #14
We had them too in western PA. I t was bummer to wear winter stuff over your costume. debm55 Oct 31 #21
Bedraggled mermaid, Dear_Prudence Oct 31 #15
Thank you Dear_Prudence. That is sad. debm55 Oct 31 #20
my mom made us crepe paper costumes too!!! samnsara Oct 31 #29
Snowed justaprogressive Oct 31 #22
Thank you justaprogressive. debm55 Oct 31 #24
Of course. It's Minnesota at the end of October. Ocelot II Oct 31 #26
Thank you Ocelot II That's a bummer. debm55 Oct 31 #27
i live in the PNW so every year we went trick or treating with coats over our costumes samnsara Oct 31 #28
Thank you samnsara. That's sad. debm55 Oct 31 #30
Upstate NY in the 1950's where I grew up, it was a lot colder than it is now. patphil Oct 31 #31
Thank you very much patphil. debm55 Oct 31 #33
Grew up at Tahoe so at the very least it was cold. chicoescuela Oct 31 #32
Thank you chicoescuela. I hated it when it was cold like that. debm55 Oct 31 #34
Back in the late 1970s, I took my kids trick or treating in 3 inches of snow. In Omaha. OLDMDDEM Oct 31 #35
Thank you OLDMDDEM . Did you stop or continue? debm55 Oct 31 #36
We continued. We were used to the snow in Nebraska. OLDMDDEM Oct 31 #37
Thank you . debm55 Oct 31 #40
I once went as a clown. I wore polkadot pajamas of my mom. applegrove Oct 31 #38
Thank you applegrove for your post. debm55 Oct 31 #41
Every year! stopdiggin Oct 31 #39
Thank you stopdiiggin. I' m glad you continued debm55 Oct 31 #42
I don't remember that so much as taking my kids out murielm99 Oct 31 #43
So sorry murielm99. thank you for your post. debm55 Oct 31 #44
Can't say when we trick or treated in our apt building but when we went to the NJ burb it was usually dry.. electric_blue68 Oct 31 #45
Thank you electric_blue68 debm55 Oct 31 #46
Rain? Yes, :( I had to wear a raincoat once or twice as a kid. discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 31 #47
Thank you discntnt-irny-srcsm. debm55 Oct 31 #48
Probably ProfessorGAC Oct 31 #49
That was very nice of you and your neighbors for doing that. debm55 Oct 31 #50
Hell yes orangecrush Oct 31 #51
Thank you orangecrush. debm55 Oct 31 #52
Yes 2011 in the Lower Hudson Valley, NY... FalloutShelter Oct 31 #53
Great to hear debm55 Oct 31 #55
Grew up in AZ Bristlecone Oct 31 #54
Thank you, it was close to 80 here in western PA debm55 Oct 31 #56
In the south, we never had to worry about snow in October. OldBaldy1701E Nov 1 #57
Not that I can remember. Elessar Zappa Nov 1 #58
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