Annually at the end of October we stock up on candy for the tricker treaters. We live just outside Berrien Springs village limits in a small subdivision. Hoping for lots of kids, we filled a bowl with different candies, turned the lights on and waited for the little ankle biters to haul it all away. As the first pair of siblings timidly knocked on the door Katy and I quickly retrieved the bowl of candy. They each took a piece, as we admired their costumes. (Side Note: Don’t take your parents tricker treating. Parents have a way of limiting the amount of candy you get.) The next was a group of four kids who retrieved their candy from Katy. Last, a boy dressed in a bathrobe with a belt and sword. I’m not sure what he was trying to be, but the effort was there.
A grand total of seven little goblins and creatures visited our house. We could have given each of them a bag of candy and still come away with extra. (Ok not really) It was an improvement on last year when we had two scary creatures, and their grandmothers. (It was raining/snowing)
What’s this world coming to? Where are the kids dressing up in bed sheets passing them off as ghost costumes with the sole intents of making a killing in the candy market? Has this really become a satanic holiday and people are not interested? Or has candy become so cheap even a child can afford to buy it instead of beg for it? Is Christmas pushing its way back to Halloween?
Let me know what you think.
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Christmas keeps coming earlier and earlier. There is all kinds of christmas pages here at the hospital and it is not even Thanksgiving yet. Just you wait you will see christmas tree being sold in about 2 weeks. Can you believe it christmas trees six weeks before christmas. People will have to buy a second on before christmas because all the needles will fall off.
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