Halloween Night

Palomar · 2004-10-31 19:16:54

*...is off to a fine start (sort of). Missed the 1st batch of kids, husband handed out those treats. We've got small orange and purple lights hung up over the door, our "Boo To You" metal ghost (each word is painted on a glossy bubble which lights up alternately...like a stoplight, sort of), have a rotating projection lamp going (gravestones, ghosts, pumpkins, witch)...our Jack o' Lantern is lit and glowing on the back of hubby's pickup truck.

I accidentally thrust my pinkie finger into a candle flame and stabbed myself with a small knife...oh well.

Bring on the night!

13 pounds of candy to hand out; we're as ready as we'll ever be.

--Cindy

::edit:: Over an hour later, things have been slow. Predictable; school tomorrow. Most interesting trick-or-treater so far was a boy, maybe 9 or 10 years old, wearing military fatigues; it really did look like a junior-sized "uniform in the field." He didn't have a bag, simply asked that treats be placed in his shirt pocket. ??? We offered him a bag, but he's a stoic fellow; thank you, but treats in the pocket are a-okay with him.

Other trick-or-treaters have included a girl dressed as a Monarch Butterfly (really nice), a couple of vampires, a wizard, maybe a princess or Cinderella in the mix. A small group of teenagers, maybe 15 or 16, came around. Handed out treats to them too; would rather they be out for candy than getting into mischief. Half our candy is gone and we haven't heard the dogs barking their heads off around the immediate or extended neighborhood for a while; a sure indication it's a slow night. Too bad, but maybe we'll get more "beggars" at the door yet. Our cat will be glad when it's over, he's alternately edgy and sulky, does not like strangers and he's especially wound up with all the activity and strange voices calling out "trick or treat." :-\ So much for the cat-Halloween connection.

Palomar · 2004-10-31 21:19:26

*...also had a 2- or 3-year-old Rainbow Care Bear (she apparently can't wait to tie into her treats back home; is already gnawing on a lollipop), a couple of Spider-Men, two faeries with gauzy wings strapped to their backs, a vampirella and a bear.

The kids sure notice what you've got in the treat bowl and how much you give...their eyes go from the bowl to their bags. :laugh: Yeah, I remember doing that.

Someone is handing out homemade treats; fluffy white popcorn stuffed into clear food-service gloves; looks like a stuffed hand. Am surprised some folks are still handing out homemade treats. I remember homemade cookies, popcorn balls, Rice Krispie Treats and etc. as a kid, but then there was the scare starting in the mid-70s about razor blades, poison and needles in homemade stuff and most folks quit making and passing them out (a pity).

Remember the scent of a filled trick-or-treat pail? What an aroma...chocolate mingling with caramel, nougat, candy corn, etc. There's not another scent like it.

Has been a fun night. No one's tried to smash our pumpkin yet at least. Will bring it in later.

More "beggars" at the door--! Yay!

--Cindy

::edit:: Well that was a bit of a rowdy bunch. One kid telling another to "quit pushing, you'll get some candy!" A jester, a witch in black and green with long green hair, a Holstein cow costume, others. Seems they're on one of the last stops for the night.

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