Which watch do you mean, Richard?
It is of course true, though, that Hallowe'en was last week - it's really a sort of end of year (end of days?) 'office party' for Vlad. You have to be very careful indeed if Vlad comes to your door and asks "trick or treat?".
As for the curse - well, Vlad's displeasure at this post has been greater than that. Your favourite nun's neck now looks like a dartboard!
Cheers,
pplater.