When I was a kid Hallowe'en was FUN! We got to dress up, get loads of candy and sore stomachs. It was a fun day for KIDS. Fun. Do kids even KNOW how to have fun without being plugged into something anymore?
We would scrounge through old clothes and the toy box and the second hand store for stuff to make costumes. Cardboard boxes were repurposed as robots, swords, crowns, etc. Mom's old lilac polyester nightgown became a princess dress. Grandma's old costume jewellery adorned the gypsies. Or you went to the five-and-dime and bought a black plastic cape and uncomfortable false teeth and used your water color paint box to turn your face green (which had the unfortunate after effect of lasting for a few days!)
Mr. Borden the neighbour would always buy some fireworks and shoot them off for all the kids and their parents to enjoy. And who can forget sticking your hand inside the cold clammy guts of a pumpkin as you hollowed it out? And dragging your pillow out of its case so you could fill with candy and then counting all your loot and trading with your siblings for your favorites.
Ah yes, Hallowe'en in the good old days - before kids dressed as pimps and pregnant nuns.
I'll have to dig out some old Hallowe'en photos and post them!
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