Trick or Treat!
I am not necessarily the biggest participant in Halloween. I don’t really enjoy candy–which is amazing, because I remember thinking when I was a kid, “why don’t grown-ups like candy?”–and I especially do not enjoy pretending to be anything other than myself. Ever since I was eight I refused to pretend.
But I do appreciate the concept of Halloween. Think about it – one day a year anyone can put on a silly outfit, knock on a total stranger’s door and demand candy. And this is something we all accept as part of American society; we know we need to have candy to give away on October 31. Any other day of the year and you would be considered deranged, but on Halloween, the crazier the better.
And that’s why I love my wife. She awoke before dawn and put on a lavish costume with elaborate makeup and a wig and diamond eyelashes, and she went to work like that. Mrs. Hill is what I would be like if I were fun.
Filed under: General, Special Occasions on October 31st, 2007 | 5 Comments »