10-17-2022, 08:47 PM
Six years ago this month KT and I were married in a Halloween themed wedding. (Ironically, 2016 had exactly the same October calendar, Halloween on Monday, as 2022.) As important as Halloween is to KT we did not get married on the 31st so as not to disrupt the actual celebration of Halloween.
Halloween themed parties often happen before Halloween for the convenience of invited persons or so that people can be more ‘out of control’ with recovery time. That leaves Halloween, on the 31st, clear for the community event of children trick or treating.
Trick or treating, should be a fun time for children, their parents and the community. Kids get to go out, show off costumes, see each other in a different setting and collect treats. Neighbors get to enjoy the costumes, the childrens’ joy, perhaps briefly see adults they know, and hand out treats. It’s a community event, not one by invitation.
It need not ruin the next day. My parents had age appropriate curfews and bed times and, particularly when young, a strict rule that we could sort and trade as much as we wanted but we got to eat two, only two, pieces of candy that night.
We are saddened that what we now suspect is much less than a majority made other plans for the community. We will be celebrating Halloween on the 31st and won’t be handing out candy on the 29th. If people want to work the system to ‘double the loot’ our preference would be that they at least trick or treat in our community on Halloween. We look forward to seeing as many kids and adults as can join us at the spooky sunflower house on Halloween.
Halloween themed parties often happen before Halloween for the convenience of invited persons or so that people can be more ‘out of control’ with recovery time. That leaves Halloween, on the 31st, clear for the community event of children trick or treating.
Trick or treating, should be a fun time for children, their parents and the community. Kids get to go out, show off costumes, see each other in a different setting and collect treats. Neighbors get to enjoy the costumes, the childrens’ joy, perhaps briefly see adults they know, and hand out treats. It’s a community event, not one by invitation.
It need not ruin the next day. My parents had age appropriate curfews and bed times and, particularly when young, a strict rule that we could sort and trade as much as we wanted but we got to eat two, only two, pieces of candy that night.
We are saddened that what we now suspect is much less than a majority made other plans for the community. We will be celebrating Halloween on the 31st and won’t be handing out candy on the 29th. If people want to work the system to ‘double the loot’ our preference would be that they at least trick or treat in our community on Halloween. We look forward to seeing as many kids and adults as can join us at the spooky sunflower house on Halloween.