I am pretty proud of myself. I made through Halloween night without even tasting one candy bar from our candy basket. We even had kinds I like. Usually I buy candy that isn't my favorite so it won't call me all day. This year, though, since I was under the weather after a medical procedure my husband got the candy. And of course, he bought chocolate.
I was hoping we'd give it all away, but the crowd was light this year. We never get a large crowd of trick or treaters because we live in a mostly older neighborhood. This year, though, it was lighter than usual. Which was odd since it on a Saturday night and beatiful wether for it. We had a few little ones coming to door, but mostly they were older kids. (I think when we are taller than person opening to door then you stop trick or treating, but that's just me. Since I'm short, in my case that might rule out everyone, so I better rethink that.)
I didn't think much about the lack of visitors Halloween night until my husband mentioned that people all over town said that they saw the same trend. It made me wonder if all coverage of missing kids lately made parents think twice about taking their kids door to door. Not that I blame them. I have to admit that this year I felt a little uneasy opening the door to people I didn't know.
How did you feel about Halloween this year? Did you see less trick or treaters? If you had little kids, did you think twice about taking the door to door?
I added my picture of Halloween parade when I was a kid. I'm the cat and my mom made all our costumes. This was actually taken at school. We use to come back after lunch in our costumes.
So what do you remember from Halloween past? Do do things differently now than you did as a kid? How do you feel about that?
2 comments:
Cathy,
You did so much better than I did. I snacked like crazy.
I always go door to door with my granddaughter and her family in their wonderful, festive neighborhood in Wichita. It has always been curb to curb kids in the past, but this year we were sometimes the only party on the block. I think the churches and their fall celebrations have really had an impact on the numbers of kids out trick-or-treating.
Pat
Halloweens past when our children
were young were great, everyone
really enjoyed the occasion. Over
the years, our children grew up and now have young ones of their
own. The numbers decreased until
there were only a handful coming
by. Last year, the numbers were up
and I was so pleased. Sadly this
year there was only one party of
six. Then two of my grandsons
came by and that was it for this
year. Most of the T or Ts now go
to church, school, or private
gatherings. It's so sad!!
Pat Cochran
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