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Carving Out Memories//October 12th, 2021

 I was inspired yet again today, by one of my 31 Shots of Halloween pictures on  Instagram , to share a fun Halloween memory from my childhood. Surely we all remember the Halloween Happy Meal pails that McDonald’s released in the late 80s/early-to-mid 90s, right?  Monster Creations  recently designed the bag on the right, and I had to get a picture of it with my authentic McDonald’s McBoo pail. It’s almost as if the little pails that were so iconic throughout so many of our childhoods, grew up with us. McDonald’s pails were among the first items in my little childhood Halloween collection. I believe my parents may have even had a few around from before I was born, or at the very least, before I was old enough to truly appreciate them. As I got a little older, they became some of my favorite “toys”, particularly McBoo here, and a witch that I named “Katta”. I played with them like any doll or stuffed animal, especially as Halloween neared.  One year, though, I ca...