Halloween 2010

Random thoughts on Halloween 2010:

 



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Well, at least he wore a
costume.

• 344 trick-or-treaters, including 5 adults. 
• Really, adults?  Get a job and buy your own candy.  On November 1st, the candy is marked down at all the stores. You can get that bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups for half-price.  Though I do appreciate that you at least put on a mask in an attempt to be festive.
• One friend has pondered saving candy wrappers and putting a note inside saying, "Grow up," and putting those in the candy bags of the adults who come to her door.
• Poor little guy who came to the door, looking woebegone.  Face all scabby like he'd had an encounter with Freddy Krueger days before, wearing a vacant expression, and not quite making eye-contact, with a worn-out mom in the background encouraging him to "Say trick or treat, honey."  This little guy doesn't need Halloween once a year - he needs it more often because it looks like every day is hell for him.
• Pre-teens in hot pants and fishnet stockings: I know it's a Halloween costume, but something tells me you really don't mind wandering the neighborhood - or anywhere else - on a going basis,with your ass half-exposed.  HEAVY SIGH  I'm so glad that the kids I escorted had their body parts decently covered.



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Actually, the young girl I saw
was showing a little more
cheek.

• Our town has no "set" trick or treat hours, but typically kids start around 5:30 p.m., or whenever it starts getting dark, whichever comes first.  One gleesome threesome started making the rounds at around 3:45 p.m.  What the heck?  That's a little bit early, in my estimation. After a few rounds of door pounding, doorbell ringing, and hollering "trick-or-treat," the kids packed into the family car and drove off - bags empty.  With 344 kids on the average, if we start handing out candy at 3:45 p.m., it'll never last.



Not exactly the costume
I saw, but close enough.
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• Which leads me to this:  If you're trick or treating that early in this neighborhood, it's obvious you don't live in this neighborhood.  Yes, I know. There are kids who live out in the country where there are not homes close enough together to easily partake of free treats; apartment dwelling kids; kids in unsafe neighborhoods, etc.  But I know darned well that there are not 344 children in residence in this neighborhood in which I live.  Halloween is easily becoming an expensive holiday for this household, running second only to Christmas (and that's another story).
 



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Don't sit on his lap!

• Cutest costume award goes to the toddler dressed as a turkey - a brown body suit with tail feathers stuck on the back side, which bounced delightfully at every step. 
• Coolest costume award goes to the 6-foot tall Darth Vader who came to the door with a little Princess Leia in tow.
• Most interesting and creative costume award goes to the kid dressed as a Whoopee Cushion.
• Many, many children said "thank you" upon receipt of their treat. Good job, moms and dads!

It's the Great Pumpkin,
Charlie Brown

1. Do you think every town should have a set time for trick-or-treats?
2. Do you think kids/adults of a certain age should be banned from public trick-or-treating?
3. Would you give an adult candy at trick-or-treat time, costumed or not?
4. Do you give parents candy when you know darn well the baby/toddler isn't going to eat it?
5. Do you have a candy hierarchy based on creativity of costume, age of trick-or-treater, or do you prefer "candy equally to all" on Halloween?

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Happy Halloween, everyone!