Ah Halloween, I love it.

It’s the official beginning of the holiday season – it turns a little cooler (finally), you get pepped up on candy, then there’s my birthday (holla!), Thanksgiving, Black Friday (I’m a big fan, Alice doesn’t want to go shopping with me, but still, it’s a ton of fun) and finally Christmas.

All the while, you’re eating lots of good stuff, meeting with friends, reconnecting with people you haven’t spoken with all year. Yup, all in all it’s a great time.

To start the whole ball rolling, there’s Halloween…and what says Halloween more than Peanuts and Garfield?

If you can think of something, let me know; but I’ll be impressed if you come up with something more.

Which means, as per tradition, I got out the Great Pumpkin and Garfield Halloween DVDs so that Alice and I could watch them.

As it turned out, Alice had never seen the Great Pumpkin before! On the one hand, I was shocked and appalled that anyone could grow up here and never have seen it, but on the other, I was excited to get to watch it with her for the first time (not just our first time together).

We watched it. We laughed. We cried. It was amazing.

Then we watched Garfield’s Halloween, another tear jerker — another amazing show.

Side note: for those of you who don’t know, I love Garfield and I love pirates. The fact that Garfield went as a pirate (Orange Beard, none other!) in his Halloween special has nothing to do with the fact that I love both (I swear! I mean, I was four when the special first aired [almost five!]).

Long story short, we watched some fine cartoons and heralded in the beginning of the holiday season in style with Charlie Brown and Garfield!

Now, bring on the candy candy candy!