I love Halloween! I love dressing up and going to parties and trick-or-treating. I will confess that I dressed up and went trick-or-treating to age 29 (always had a sibling young enough to take), after which I had my own child(ren) so I haven't had to suffer a break in the glorious trick-or-treating tradition. Last night all of us got dressed up and went trick-or-treating around the neighborhood. D and I did NOT have our own bags, but we do buy candy from the kids or have them pay us with their candy for misbehavior. Fun times! We stopped by a house that had an interesting sign, "No Costumes, No Candy!" (I should've taken a photo). I thought it was a good policy, but I wondered why they'd even have to post that sign...
And then a few streets down we saw a van full of kids from another part of town. Nobody was dressed up, there wasn't a kid under 14 in the group, they were all overweight, and they shamelessy went from house to house asking for more candy to add to their huge pillow cases. Oh, and the obese mom had a pillow case and was right there with them. Something's wrong with this picture!!
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I love this post and have been retelling it to everyone that will listen to me. I couldn't agree with you more. Glad to see that you are doing well!
When we lived in NM this was a big problem! i still remember a mom coming with her baby in a stroller and saying "Trick or Treat!" No costume, no cute ears or anything! And the baby couldn't even SIT UP! How is this trick or treating? I gave them a granola bar, though.
Good policy!
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