Halloween Rant

A quick Halloween rant.

Several years ago my wife and I set out with our 3 daughters to go trick or treating in our old town. Like we always do we would get our neighbors house first then head across the street to these duplexes. Typically we followed the unwritten rules. Looked for Halloween signs, porch light on before knocking for candy. This one experience sticks to me this very day as an annoyance how some can take advantage of holloween while others pay for the holiday.

If you didn't know candy, the stuff you ask for on Halloween, cost money. I'm sorry it's not free and the reason you get it for free is because some someone else paid for it. Chocolates especially are known to a bit more pricy.

So we start walking and my kids start knocking on doors. Our first 2 we're no answers. When we got to the third door on an older lady answered and she told us that she did not celebrate Halloween. I don't know why but this rubbed me the wrong way. I kept thinking she was in her late 60s early 70s and not once in those many years has she or her offspring celebrated Holloween? Obviously that was a lie. I don't think she ment to lie I think she probably wasn't feeling well or just didn't want to be bothered and that was the quickest way she could remove someone from her doorstep.

Later on that night I had to know if she was telling the truth. I looked over at her house when we are close to being done and saw two adults and at least two children running into the duplex in full costume. From what I gather they we're her relatives living with her and taking advantage of a totally free system. The house did in fact celebrate Holloween, from my calculations 4 out of 5 people did making it 80%. This was not the only house we went to and did similar things. At one house we saw every year a boy would ride off on his bike alone and not once did they answer the door.

Here's my tiff. If your not celebrating holloween that's fine. Turn off your lights save your money and don't carve a pumpkin. But if you have family living with you that do, BUY SOME FREEKIN CANDY!

Again with everything I do admit there may be circumstances that prevent someone from being home and if you simply want to go trick or treating with your kids, this is not directed to you.

One last thing. If you didn't know there is an age where you should stop trick or treating. It's around 12. Just saying.