Decades and counting

[greengeezer]

It is Halloween again. My first Halloween in my house, I had one kid. One. A little girl dressed as a witch or maybe a witch dressed like a little girl. You can never be sure. I didn’t even realize what day it was so I had nothing to give her. I finally found a week old apple in the frig. The very worst treat you can give a kid.

That was decades ago and even though I now buy a bag of candy every year to hand out, I have never had another kid come to the door. I keep telling myself it is because I live in a dark inaccessible area where the houses are far apart, but there is a part of me that believes the witch-kid cursed me. Handing out an apple, I probably deserve it.

 

[WV-FAN]

lights out at my house.

 

[riflearm2]

Did any of you grow up with the "parents have to search the candy first to make sure there are no razor blades/poison in them" mentality? As a young child, I remember that was very popular, and I recall even television newscasts reporting on it. Was it just a ploy so parents could steal the best candy?

I haven't heard about that in decades, but for a while, it was very common to hear people talking about it.

 

[greengeezer]

I remember when the first candy tampering incidents happened. Until then, the worst thing that could happen to you on Halloween was to get a piece of fruit in your bag or maybe a sucker. Suckers were friggin’ worthless.