Halloween Internet Fun!

ATTENTION HUMANS:

According to my human calendar, one of your major feast days is quickly approaching! I am of course, talking about Halloween, when humans don costumes and masks and demand sugary treats of their friends, neighbors, and total strangers. This will be my first Halloween, and I am very much looking forward to it! Holidays are very different on my planet. They are not on the same day every year, so part of the fun is figuring out which day it will happen. There's a rather complicated mathematical formula, and that changes every other year, so if you want to have a nice holiday you need to stay vigilante. Your Earth Holidays are much easier to observe!

Like everything else, the Internet can greatly increase your enjoyment of Halloween. Many people are becoming increasingly concerned about trick-or-treating-related dangers, such as finding razor blades in Snickers bars, or getting lost on an unfamiliar street. But using the Internet, you can go trick-or-treating without ever leaving your house!

Just like children go from house to house demanding treats, you can visit various retailers online to obtain coupons. Many retail stores and food brands have free printable coupons on their Internet websites. You can get great deals on products, then go to the store the next day to redeem them. That way it's like a two day holiday!

If you want a more adventurous Halloween, you can attempt to obtain treats from sources that do not advertise their availability. E-mail Internet website Amazon.com and ask for candy apples. E-mail Internet website Paypal.com and ask for candy corn. Paypal may not have any candy corn at their office, but you never know, especially at this time of year. And maybe they can offer you something even better. Like Reese's Pieces.

For an Internet appropriate costume, you have many options. You could purchase a costume from Internet websites like E-bay, or Iparty.com, or have one custom made on Internet website Etsy.com. You can then wear your costume while you sit at your computer e-trick-or-treating.

Or, if you want a costume that fellow Internet users can see without using a webcam you can use an alias. Find a picture on Google Images or Flickr of whatever you want to be for Halloween. Then join various forums and use that image as your avatar. You can also trick-or-treat from your fellow forums goers. You can also attach the image to your trick-or-treating e-mails with the caption "this is me!" This manner of costuming also does not limit you to costumes that can actually be created. You could use a photo of the Eiffel tower, or a helium particle. Halloween is no time to be limited by reality!