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
We had quite a lot of kids this year, maybe ten groups or so. As the night went we tried to increase per-child candy distribution to time our depletion just right, but the last few groups got plastic bugs. I’d estimate 40% had no costume whatsoever.
We had a total of three trick-or-treaters, and they were our neighbors, and they only came by because they were our neighbors. Our neighborhood apparently doesn’t do Halloween.
We also had around 3 trick-or-treaters and the streets had a good amount of children out and about. Now I have to find somewhere to donate all this extra candy!!
I blame the malls, sororities, and Boo at the Zoo. This has made it easier for the parents to release their child in a one stop trick-or-treat location that they consider insulated from the dangers that trick-or-treating from house to house may present. It makes me a little sad. Also, they lady and her boyfriend did not come this year. That made me sad, too, since I made a goodie bag for her.
How about some more pics of Mrs. Hill’s costume. It looks fabulous.