"Malcom "Mal" Reynolds" > wrote in message
...
> I like candy as much as the next person, even though I have to restrict
> myself
> from eating it.
>
> But what I hate is that Halloween should be an universal holiday, a
> holiday for
> everyone to collect as much candy as they can...but the kids have taken
> over a
> perfectly good holiday.
>
> So for the last few years I have practiced Reverse Trick or Treat. When
> someone
> comes to my door, before they can say ToT, I say it. They look confused
> and I
> tell them that because I have to stay home to give them candy is no reason
> I
> should be deprived of the same joy.
(snippage)
>
Cute post. You still have kids that come trick-or-treating? I didn't know
parents let kids do that anymore. I wasted a lot of money in the 80's and
90's on candy and no one was out trick-or-treating. (I took it to work; it
got eaten.) Instead, schools organized costume parties. Parents were
afraid to let their kids go door-to-door. You sure couldn't offer a child a
homemade treats like candied or caramel apples or brownies like back in the
1960's. Oh no, they might have razor blades or needles in them! I remember
a hospital in Memphis offering its ex-ray facilities for parents to scan the
treats their kids got. How sad is that? It only takes a few idiots to ruin
what used to be just good fun.

Jill