Fred first joined us Christmas 2007. At the time, he represented the most significant single investment in Halloween we had ever even thought of.
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| From Halloween buildup '08 |
However, he was BORN July 4th, 2008. At the time, I was dragging him over to my dad to help with impaling him. Some of the neighborhood kids screamed and cried at the sight of him…my niece however danced around holding his hand singing happy birthday. Thus, he was ‘born’, and was soon at work in 2008.
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| From Halloween 2008 |
And reprized his role in 2009.
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| From Halloween 2009 |
In 2010, we lost nearly everything we had built up for Halloween in August, and was left with a last minute scrambling to put together SOME idea for the yard, didn’t realize I was putting together what would become a basis for our theme ever since. Fred, however escaped destruction and took one for the team.
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| From The Harvest |
2013, Fred was promoted to full time employee by my daughter, who insisted he needed to watch over the corn “so the birds will nibble on HIM and not the corn.”
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| From 2013 buildup |
Last month, Fred was his normal cheerful self for our little Walpurgisnacht display.
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| From Buildup 14 |
He’s presently resting up for another tour as the designated nibble target.
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| From Buildup 14 |
HOWEVER…
Talia has apparently declared him dead.
“That’s Fred. We put him in his coffin, so now he’s happy because he’s dead, and can be a happy ghost.”
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| From Buildup 14 |
RIP Fred.
7/14/2008 – 5/14/2014
We hope you’ll stick around and be a happy ghost for us this year.
That is the most adorable thing ever!!