It's here! There is a lot of controversy about Halloween. I know families who do not do anything and others who go all out. My family has done a variety of things. When we were little, Halloween was kind of a big production. We were either Bible characters or (as we ran out of females) Christian people (I was Pocahontas one year). I was an angel for years, wearing my flower girl dress from my aunt and uncle's wedding. One year, my brothers were a soldier (armor of God) and a fisherman (fisher of men). We'd type up a piece of paper to give to the people at each house explaining who we were. There was probably a Bible reference that they could go to for more about it who we were. We also printed out Bible verses and cut them apart in strips. Each and every piece of candy that we handed out had a verse taped to it. Our church would make tracts available and we'd put one in each kids' bag. We participated but we tried to make it an outreach. I can only imagine how much work this was for my parents, particularly my mom. We helped as much as we could, but we were young. A couple times we carved pumpkins, but again, lots of work for the parents, this time more my dad. On Halloween, we went to a couple houses nearby that we knew and then we went to my grandparents' house and did their street. They live on a dead-end street and know most of the people on it. I think we went more for them than for us. [Here's a funny story: one year, we were trick-or-treating on my grandparents' street and we were almost back to their house. Their neighbor across the street had their bowl and my brothers were picking candy. I remember there was some kind of ball candy that the wrapping looked like an eyeball. For some reason, I was convinced that there was something "bad" or "wrong" or "dangerous" about the candy. It's a hazy memory, but I just remember feeling very uncomfortable because of that candy! All the adults were trying to reassure me. I don't remember if I got any candy from that house or not.] When we got home, the sorting started. We'd go through all our candy and trade what we didn't like for what the other two didn't like and anything we all didn't want went into a plastic bowl for our parents. My dad often took most of it to work :) Then one year, our parents presented us with a different plan. What if we each got three kinds of candy and went to a hotel for the night? We'd get to swim in the pool (something we never got to do a hotels because there was never time) and watch movies while we ate candy. At least once, one of my best friends came too and we had the movie projected on the wall. I don't remember how long we did that, but it wasn't long. One year, Halloween interfered with co-op and we didn't go to the hotel. It never revived.
Present day, we still get three kinds of candy (or junk food of our choice) and we watch movies, but now we just do it at home. This year, I got Kit Kats (to share with one brother), Reese's (to share with Dad), and cookie dough (all for me!). What are your Halloween traditions? Does your town do something big and special? Maybe your church does a trunk or treat? Tell me about it in the comments!!
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