It’s not what it used to be. Packs of kids scouring the neighborhood for hours until late at night. Every house on the street with their porch light on letting kids know where the good stuff was. Now it’s parents following their kids around with flashlights making sure their kids go only to the places that are safe. Or taking the little darlings to a mall which is even safer. To me the one thing that symbolizes how far Halloween has fallen is the x-raying of candy. Come on! I remember well the rampaging of the neighborhood for hours then the return home to stand waiting while our Mother checked the candy out and the joy of having it shoved back into the bag and handed back to us. Bah!
Last year there wasn’t one kid out trick or treating in the apartment complex. Not one stopped at the door. Halloween has changed. It’s no longer about kids rotting their teeth out and getting stomach aches for days. It’s more of an excuse to buy that “darling” spider shaped candle stick and the jack o’ lantern stew pot. It’s turned into a Martha Stewart style excuse to decorate the house in cobwebs and bloody hands. We don’t bother with it. (Yes, I did the halloween layout for the blog but that witch rocked! Reminded me of a costume my mother made me a long time ago.:D)
The only good thing, IMO, about Halloween is that it’s a good time to buy spiders for my son the arachnid fan. 