Halloween Changes
The grands were here last night
The grands were here last night
It was spooky out there, right?
“No Grandma, it wasn’t, it was still light”
How about now, that it’s dark
“No, it’s never scary at Grandpa’s house.”
~
Did you have fun? “Mom is tired and sick.”
“Mom, I really don’t think we should be here
as we don’t want to get you sick.”
~
“We saw a man looking out his window.
His house is all decorated.
No one was visiting his house.”
“As we drove by, Mom turned around
and we went back. Such a nice Mom”
“They gave us a lot of candy. They were so happy
that we were there. We were the only ones.”
~
“Mom, we can’t stay long. I really need some rest.”
Okay, well, let’s get a few photos, and you can be on your way.
Thank you so much for coming, as you are our favorite
trick-or-treaters, actually, the only ones.
So thank you so much for coming! We love you!
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Author’s Note: It is a different world out there today. We lived in a large city and had probably 100 or more kids stop by our door for candy on Halloween. We moved to the rural farm country, and we have our grandchildren stop by, or we would have no one.
We love seeing their costumes, smiling faces, and when they show us their haul. The oldest grandson left his in the car as he is used to Grandpa going through and taking his favorites. Smart boy.
Our granddaughter missed a couple of days of school earlier in the week because of a cold; her mother appears to have picked it up.
Halloween has changed over the years. For Hubby and me, as kids, we would get way more candy than what our grandchildren think is a lot of candy. It would often be full-sized candy bars. We spent hours trick-or-treating.
I don’t remember Halloween parties on Halloween, but before Halloween. At school on Halloween sometimes. I never saw a truck or treat set up until we retired, or parties in churches and community centers on Halloween.
I heard of checking candy for poison or sharp items when my kids were going trick-or-treating. There was more fear for the parents, around kids going alone, that I don’t remember hearing anything about when I was growing up. My daughter goes house to house with her 11-12-year-olds.
Then a grandson, and two great-granddaughters photos were sent to me:
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Denise E Lindquist
I am married with 7 children, 28 grands, and 13 great-grandchildren. I am a culture consultant part-time. I write A Poem a Day in February for 8 years now. I wrote 4 - 50,000 word stories in NaNoWriMo. I write on Vocal/Medium daily.
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Comments (6)
That little 'pumpkin' is adorable as the others you can see the excitement. I remember my last year trick or treating for it was late 70's and we had to go in the daylight it was not the same and no one really gave anything but McDonald's food tickets or apples. If I remember I did get a few fun size candy bars but after an hour of walking I just went home. Thanks for the memory.
Awww the pumpkin baby is so cute! Also, I think the decrease in the amount of candy and their sizes are due to them being so expensive compared to many years back
Great images and story, Denise. Halloween is certainly changing. In Australia this year, it was estimated that Australians would spend over $500 million on Halloween, which is $103 per person. Not far off, the US spends $113 per person.
We live in a smaller community too, and only my niece hit us up last night. Everyone goes to this one street that we call the rich people’s street because they have all the decorations and the best candy, but it’s been that way since I was a kid. I don’t about everywhere else, but I think we actually have fewer kids on our block now, so that might explain some of the changes for us. Anyway, thank you for sharing this, especially the pictures of your beautiful family!
I know, this story hits you in the feels. Halloween isn’t the same anymore and that makes me sad.
This was so heartwarming, thanks for sharing.