Friday Chat w/ Vlad

Hey it’s Vlad. There are only a couple more days until Halloween 🎃. In Russia Halloween is not celebrated by many people probably due to its religious origins. Personally, I love it and not just because of the candy. You see the holiday was originally called all Saints eve or All Hallows’ eve. It occurred on the night before all Saints Day. This day was established in the year 837 to commemorate the saints of the world. Now, I am sure all my fans will instantly recognize why I would feel a connection to a day about Saints.

The tradition of dressing up for Halloween started in the early Middle Ages when people would put on short plays dressed in costumes. I will be dressing as Dracula 🧛‍♂️. This seems like a particularly appropriate costume for a few reasons. First, The story of Dracula is believed to be inspired by the 15 century ruler Vlad the Impaler. This chap had the exceptionally nasty habit of impaling his enemies on wooden pikes. Now, Vlad the fox 🦊, would never do such a thing...it would not be considered very domesticated. I have been known, however, to impale my foes on verbal pikes. Second, Dracula had the ability to shapeshift into a bat 🦇. Certain bats are often called flying foxes. See the connection??

I was originally going to dress like a smurf. I had gotten a bunch of blueberries and was going to roll around in them to achieve the proper skin tone. When I looked in the refrigerator they were all gone. It turned out that Maksa had taken them all. Many of you might know that Maksa’s favorite food is sparkling water with blueberries in it....she is a bit bougie.

Soon after Halloween we will have Thanksgiving and than Christmas. I would like everyone to know there are only 57 shopping days left to find Vlad that perfect Christmas gift.

Vlad out.