Halloween for Seniors and Elders

Whether you're going out to party or playing with the grandkids or just chillin' with a movie, here's some ideas for the spooky holiday.

In unrelated news, the Statue of Liberty is 120 years old this week.

One of the most popular Halloween masks at costume shops is the old person face. Male and female. Yeah? What's so scary about that? I look at one in the mirror every morning and across the table at dinner every night. Now old people's tummies...that's offputting.

In Pasadena the local paper writes that more old people are turning to Halloween parties, costumes and decorations for fun. But, they're saying, the new group of partiers are in their 30s. Hmm...just like California to see 30 as old.

Halloween has become a $5 billion industry. That's just nuts.

Here's a really funny article about why Norway has no Halloween. For one hting, there ar eno large pumpkins there, and carving a big fish for the porch, well...

Vintage orange pottery, old jack o'lanterns and witches made of all sorts of things and Halloween greeting cards from the past are the second hottest gorup of holiday collectibles right now. I's guess Christmas memorabilia is the most collectible. Go up in the attic and see what you have left from back in the day. Might be great auction fodder.

Most popular adult costumes -- pirates (thank you, Mr. Depp), witches and vampires as always, and a lot of TV characters including Jack Bower from 24. But how in the heck do you dress up as Keifer Southerland if you're 57 years old?

Top Scary Movie List - for those of us staying home -- Alien (1979), Psycho (1960), Trilogy of Terror with Karen Black (!)(1975 TV movie), Exorcist (1973), Amityville Horror (remake 2005), Poltergeist (1982), Salems Lot (1979), The Birds (1963), The Thing (both the original and the remake, 1950-something and 1982), The Others (Nicole Kidman, 2001), Boo (2005)