Oh pshaw, on Wed 31 Oct 2007 02:39:58p, Nancy Young meant to say...

> I didn't know the secret. I always get a bunch of the regular
> sized bars, not those no-fun size. That always gets the kids
> jazzed, They have the Big Candy Bars! Amuses me.
>
> This year I picked up a box of assorted regular size bars. Who
> knew how much fun that would be ... watching kids go into brain
> freeze at having to choose which kind. Breathe! Breathe in!
> Shocked into silence, then, I don't know what to pick!
>
> Since I have upwards of 70 candy bars, I am happy to say,
> take two, since I doubt I'll get over 20 trick or treaters.
>
> nancy, easily amused.

I miss the halloweens of my childhood when homemade treats were safe and
the preferred offering. My mom almost always made real caramel coated
apples rolled in chopped nuts, or caramel popcorn balls. Folks on our
neighboring streets did likewise, offering cupcakes, brownies, or some
other homemade goody, or gave full size candy or quarters. One elderly
lady, of whom most of the kids were suspicious (they though scary), would
dress as a witch. She decorated her basement like a haunted house and
would invite small groups of trick or treaters in to explore and bob for
apples. It was a custom in our neighborhood that kids were enticed to
perform some little thing like a halloween song or poem in order to
retrieve their treat. Those were fun times and fond memories. As I'm now
thinking about it, it's hard to believe that it was more than 50 years ago.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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