As noted yesterday, Halloween is approaching.
I recall some years ago when I was working for a radio station in Prescott, I went up to Mt. Vernon a day or so before the big day and interviewed a number of people who lived in some of those grand houses.
I wanted to know what their Halloween night was like when police blocked off the street and turned it into a pedestrian wonderland of people in costumes with their hands or buckets out screaming "Trick or Treat", demanding candy.
I was invited into one house and shown literally barrels . . BARRELS . . of candy that the homeowner had stocked up for the onslaught.
I remember thinking "How does someone afford all that?" but then I remembered these marvelous old homes are not inexpensive living places themselves and anyone who could afford to buy one could afford the candy AND the decorations for Halloween.
As for Yorkshire Pudding's query yesterday about the Taylor Homestead, we haven't decorated our homes for many years and this year we have no candy to hand out and will keep the lights off except in our rooms.
Trick or Treating has just gotten to be too much for us this year.
We're not Grinches but with Judy's soon to be surgically repaired knee hampering her it's a hassle, not a fun event.
But just to get you in a bit of a mood for the witching night, sing along with me now.
We haven't had trick-or-treaters in years. In our town the kids put on their Halloween costumes the Friday afternoon before Halloween and collect candy from all the merchants. It works because the town is so small.
ReplyDeleteWe used to give out candy every year and loved seeing all the young kids in their costumes. But we're not going to give any out this year. Just too much going on, so we're going to turn off the lights and hide in the one lit room with the door closed.
ReplyDeleteWe stopped doing Halloween a few years after moving here. Country folk would drop their kids off on the street of townhouses to maximize their take. I didn't appreciate doling out to hundreds of kids from other places. Almost all new neighbourhood, and there are many in this town, are mostly townhouses, so I really don't know if the crowd on our street has lessened, but I am not eager to find out.
ReplyDelete"Ding Dong The Witch is Dead" was a song that was sung in several of Yorkshire's former coal mining communities when Margaret Thatcher died.
ReplyDeleteI mostly enjoy giving out candy wearing my Star Trek uniform shirt--which very few of the kids notice or recognize. Oh, well!
ReplyDelete"Literally barrels of candy" yikes! that's a lot. Rememebr the old days when kids were happy to be handed one or two pieces? Now they carry large bags or pillowcases for all the loot.
ReplyDeleteI hope Judy feels perfect very soon! Happy Halloween whatever you wish to make of it my friend. Aloha
ReplyDeleteWe haven't participated in trick-or-treating in years. Fortunately no one ever knocks on our door! (We keep the lights off too.)
ReplyDeleteNow I want a ding dong!
ReplyDeleteWe don't hand out any candies anymore. Never got many kids on our street anyway.
ReplyDeleteDing Dong for sure! So different from here. We don't get anyone because they all now go to the biggest parking lot in town and scramble for the candy in the trunks of cars. Trunk or treating they call it. So sad the kids don't get to experience the real thing.
ReplyDeleteContinuing from the Pudding's comment, we don't give out treats anymore as there are so few kids coming around. I'm just not going to hang around all evening and miss things I like to do.
ReplyDeleteGroan!
ReplyDeleteI'll not get home until late on Halloween anyway.