Trick Or Treat

*coffee is ready, time for some Cards Over Coffee!*

It's not too hard to figure out if you have been reading my blogs for awhile, that I am a huge fan of holiday cards.

Whether that be Christmas cards, cards featuring Thanksgiving, cards that have fireworks for 4th of July or cards that even feature Halloween. I am all for it.

My latest pickups combine my love of my NY Giants and my passion for holiday cards.

*takes a sip before showing off the cards*

The last few years Panini has put out a product called Panini Score-A-Treat which combines Halloween and football cards in this case. They also make a basketball version.

The product is mainly aimed towards giving cards out on Halloween night instead of candy and I think the product itself is aimed for little kids. It has wonky, but fun brightly colored designs, is made on thin cardstock and includes a lot of players the kids would want.

It's also often very affordable as you get a lot of cards for a little price.

I usually try to open up some, but this year, I haven't yet. I may not at this point, it's just heading into my favorite holiday season and that's where my focus will fall more upon.

However, I found a couple of cheap bargain bin and tough pulls from the product that I had to have and wanted to show off to you guys!

Here they are,

"Bats" parallel of Micah McFadden. These are numbered to 399. Pretty cool looking card. I am sure it's tough odds to find one as I don't see many parallels being pulled from these.

I landed this one for under $4!

 

Next one, an even rarer find. a Candy Corn parallel of Micah McFadden /99. These look super cool if you are a fan of Halloween and of Candy Corn like I am. Yes, it's not that yucky.

This one was found for under $5, seems like a deal compared to other players!

I thought these would be fun cards to show off before the "big day" tomorrow.

In comments today, let's hear about your favorite Halloween candy. Also, your thoughts on these cards, the overall product and even candy corn.

Have a great Thursday.

*Candy Corn Loving Coffee Card Blogger Out*

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Trick Or Treat

*hello little boils and ghouls..are you ready for a little Cards Over Coffee...or can I see you sneaking that full size Snickers bar and ignoring this post...there's nothing wrong with eating and reading..as long as you are having some coffee with it to. Yes, coffee goes with everything and I have a freshly brewed cup right next to me*

It's Halloween and as an adult times have sure changed on this holiday.

Gone are the days of wearing a hard plastic mask that smelled like sweet candy but suffocated you at the same time. No more going door to door wearing that mask and asking strangers for candy. Now it's sit at home, wait for kids wearing these high tech costumes (some are inflatable) and be the stranger handing out the candy. It's not nearly as much fun.

*takes a sip before continuing on...also while staring down a snack size Mounds*

We haven't had any Trick Or Treaters in years, but my wife and I still buy candy. Maybe we haven't had any because a lot of today's Trick Or Treating is done out of peoples trunks-which is both weird and not the same-so we end up eating it all. Not in all one night of course, we are not young anymore. Instead its a treasured treat that is slowly enjoyed like one of those Werther's out of your grandma's purse.

*takes another sip, swig, sip*

Attempting to give out candy is the only way my wife and I really celebrate Halloween. We don't dress up or go out to parties or even decorate for it.

This is as close to celebrating we get with these two Scentsy holders. The rest of my house is just fall decor that will soon be turned into a Christmas Wonderland. Yes, I decorate early for my favorite holiday and yes I see you shaking your head at me. Maybe even a middle finger at the computer screen.

*takes another sip to wash down the Mounds*

Since this is a blog about cards and coffee, I thought I would finally get to the card portion of this post and no more rambling on.  Especially if I get into my Christmas talk.

There are quite a few Halloween cards I could have chosen from for today's post, but I thought these Halloween Treats from Upper Deck were the perfect choice.

Front

  

Back

In 1996, Upper Deck made up these bags for Halloween that contained packs of cards to give out. There are 20 packs of 2 cards inside. All of the cards are from Upper Deck's flagship base for the 1996 season.

I think this was a great idea to keep kids from overloading on candy and introducing them to the hobby. I wished some companies would do this today but as always, Upper Deck led the way with innovation.

I never went to a house that handed out cards when I was younger, however there was one house that used to throw big handful of change in your bag. Lots of nickels, dimes and quarters.

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

One of my favorite memories from my childhood Trick Or Treating was when my parents brought us yearly to a place called the Goldricks house. Every year was a surprise on how they dressed or jumped out at you. One year, the husband was the scarecrow on the porch and neither my sister or I expected it. We got to the door where his wife answered, gave us our candy and we headed back off the porch before he jumped and grabbed us. I thought it was great, my sister on the other hand never got out of the car again when it went to their house again in future Halloween stops. It will be a memory I will always treasure and probably a nightmare my sister always will have.

In comments today, I want to hear about your favorite memory or if you ever received or gave out cards for Halloween!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

*eats another candy bar*

*now Coffee Card Blogger Out*