We used to all go trick-or-treating when I was a kid, and I loved that. We'd go out for hours! Usually come in and unload and then go back out again! Our costumes were always the same thing, but that meant it was different every time, 'cause all we would do was put on the craziest outfit we could make up! I don't know what we thought we were, but we were awful funny-looking. I never knew what to answer when someone opened their door and said ,"Oh my, and what are you dressed as??" LOL
These days, I often go over to my parents' house and help them hand out candy. They still get quite a few trick-or-treaters in their neighborhood.
My mom always cooks a big pot of chili on Hallowe'en night.
She also has a unique tradition which she started years ago, which all the neighborhood kids and their parents love. She keeps a Polaroid camera handy at the door, and takes as many pictures as she can of every trick-or-treater that comes knocking. Then she gives the picture to the kids to take home, so they can have a memento of how they were dressed that year. It costs her a little bit, of course, but it's worth it to her, when kids come to the door, and remember that she's the lady who takes their pictures every year.
I remember one year when they were out of town, and she asked me to hand out candy at their house while they were gone, and she left the Polaroid there, adn told me to be sure and take pictures of them all, since they'd be expecting it. Well, I forgot to go get any film for the camera before the kids started coming! They were so disappointed! SO before the night was over, I sent someone to the store for some film, and managed not to disappoint them all anyway!
Thanks for the contest!
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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:05 am
