From the lesser known Halloween vegetables (cabbage) to swinging apple kissing games to creepy Campbell's Soup Kids...
Forget The Pumpkin... Here is the Halloween Cabbage
Mr. Cabbage wearing a classy bow tie and talking about true love. He's a lover, not a fighter. |
The Swinging Apple Game Has Disturbing Sexual Overtones
Bondage, children almost kissing, adults kissing, adding lit candles to the game...
Her hands are tied |
Kids almost kissing |
Forget the apple... |
Let's add a burning candle to the game... |
There are a lot of things going on in this picture: swinging apple game, hand mirror, witch, black cat, laughing moon... |
Creepy Campbell's Soup Kids...
Here are a couple of images of the Campbell's Soup Kids to use as comparison:
Here are the creepy (in my opinion) versions:
All of these images all came from this book: "Halloween: Romantic Art and Customs of Yesteryear" by Diane Arkins.
A different time, that's for dang sure! What the hell is up with the candle? Masochistic!
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