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HalloweenAnother Halloween has come and gone. It has been my pleasure to to give treats to little ghosts and gobblins for 50 years now. I started when I was 12, it was the way then to go trick-or-treating one night and help hand out treats when you got home. That wasn't the only difference. We were all poor people so the treats were like homemade fudge, popcornballs, apples, tangerines if you were lucky, hot cocoa, homemade candies of all kinds, it was very seldom that you got store bought candy. It kind of meant more to know they made it themselves. I know as rotten as some people have became that it would be too dangerous to let kids eat homemade candy now, just another innocent pleasure of past youth ruined by lowlifes. I always give the best candy I can afford and usually several pieces because I want the rugrats to come back each year. The weather was so horrible Friday Night that I hoped they would just stay home so I didn't even turn my porchlight on but they remembered the fat old Indian and his Bride who give them lots of good candy and they came inspite of the rain. I gave up and turned the lights on. I didn't have as many as the first night last year but it was still a crowd :-). I hope none get sick. Saturday was even a bigger crowd. Some say a person's acts live on long after they have gone. If this is true, I just hope a few remember I was kind to them and will, in turn, show kindness to the children of the future. It's only once a year and I would short myself before I would short the memories of the children.
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Halloween
Larry, your post jogged some great memories. In the late 80's, I lived in a small town in SE Kansas. I was not ready for Halloween that first time... they came in waves! It was awesome! At any one time there were 10 to 20 kids crossing our yard. I ran out of candy in 20 minutes flat - and made an emergency run to the grocery. I repeated that run 2 more times. By time it was over, I had passed out about $100 worth of candy to a lot of children. I was much better prepared the next year.
Now, I live in a rural area. I have not had a trick or treater in the time I have lived here, now 11 Halloweens, despite the light being on, and candy ready in the dish. I ate some today watching the 2nd half of the Colts game - and I don't need it!