Today our little community had its annual trick or treat event. I was visited by super heroes,bums,impossibly fat women who were only two or three feet tall and a princess and our share of cowboys. They crept up on our porch knocked tentivly on our door and as we answered we were greeted with a few "trick or treats" more than one "just put it in the bags" a occasional "thank you" and lastly a "no thanks I don't like potato chips"
It made me think back to my youth when we had our "Halloween Season" it lasted for four or five days and all the kiddos would dress and go door to door. We covered one or two streets each night and occasionally we would get tricked as well as treated. Some of our neighbors went way out of their way to hide behind the bushes and scare the bejeasus out of us when we came around and we would all scream and some even cried as we ran for the cover of the street lights. The secret was you would never know what was to come and I think that is what made it the most fun for us.
I wish just once more I could put on my costume and go door to door and get my litle treats and then under the cover of the street lights share and trade with my friends. It was a great experience then and believe it or not it looks like great fun still...............HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!!!
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When I was of thetrick or traet for candy age we lived in the country..it was a long way to town and I didn't do much of the trick or treating. But later in the military on Halloween we would go from door to door on base in the NCO housing with a shot glass and a bottle of water..knock on the door and hold out the shot glass...trick or treat..
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