It’s cider and donuts
It’s ghosts and it’s ghouls
It’s one day of the year
To be who you choose
It’s giving out candy
But snacking on more
It’s wondering who
You will find at your door
Be safe my dear friends
While you’re out trick or treating
One never knows just who
You’ll be meeting!
Happy Halloween!
It seems as if Halloween has become very
popular, much more so than when I was a kid.
It could just be that when I was younger and when I had young children I
didn’t think about how popular it was, it was just something everyone did
October 31st—wear a costume, carve a pumpkin, stuff old clothes with
leaves and sit it in a chair on your porch or hang it from a tree limb. We used to put up paper decorations of
witches and black cats and spooky ghosts.
My brothers and I went house to house in our neighborhood saying “trick
or treat” and collecting candy from the neighbors. It was fun, it was exciting and of course the
candy was the best part! When my girls
were young there were school parades and parties, and the stress of knowing
that while we were out walking the neighborhood there was nobody to give out
the candy at home. Somehow it all worked
out, and we’d have cider and donuts after.
When I worked at the elementary school kitchen it was fun to stay after
my work hours to see the kids parading in their costumes, and the costumes the
teachers wore. I have a collection of tacky Halloween earrings from that
time. It’s not so easy to be in costume
while you’re preparing and serving a hundred plus meals. Our high school doesn’t allow the students to
dress up for Halloween during school hours.
It seems sad somehow because in my high school yearbook there are
pictures of the seniors wearing costumes to school and some of them were really
great! We don’t get many trick or
treaters anymore. I guess our neighborhood doesn’t have that many young
families anymore, and the town has started having a Halloween party in the
evening for the kids. I guess it keeps them
safer and out of trouble but it seems odd without lots of kids knocking on the
door seeking candy. Perhaps it has something to do with our area—steep hills,
narrow roads and no sidewalks. Halloween is a strange holiday and the most
frightening thing about it is that before we finish that candy we’ll be
planning Thanksgiving dinner and thinking about Christmas!
1 comment:
Lots of trick or treaters in my neighborhood! Too many actually. I don't know where they all come from! Hope you have a good one Sue. I'd love to share some cider and donuts with you!
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