I’m a sucker for a holiday. It’s probably because my mom always did such a great job of making them fun for us when I was growing up. I especially remember this one time that she dressed up with us on Halloween. She was “a bum” complete with overalls, a faux beer belly fashioned out of old clothes stuffed into her overalls, a straw hat and a blacked out tooth. Trick-or-treating that year was extra fun because Mom was in the spirit and was having as much fun as we were.

The folks at Blizzard do their part to make holidays fun for WoW players. From special holiday-themed quests to decorations to special season loot and every Halloween… a pumpkin carving contest. Most of the submissions are true works of art. Seriously, the skill and attention to detail that brought about these wow-themed jack-o-lanterns is astonishing.  It’s funny to see that many of the winners have won in previous years. I guess the cool prizes are worth the effort and once you know you have the skills you may as well get your name in the hat.

It seems like I am always wishing I had more time to do things like this… it’s ironic that raiding in WoW monopolizes the majority of my “free” time and prevents me from entering a WoW-themed contest. When I start making resolutions for 2008, maybe “Raid less” should be one of them.