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13 years 2 months ago
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What I like is handing out the candy bags to the kids on my street. I live in a small community where we all know each other and I make up a bag for each child in the neighborhood that usually has some candy and a few goodies like pencils or trinkets in there as well. Last year I gave out those little Play-Doh cans, for example.
They all come around 6:10 or so every year and it's fun to ask them what they are and to ask them why they chose what they did. When they look in their bags, I always like to see the happiness it brings them. They were really excited about the Play-Doh last year, I've got to think of something equally good this year.
I always take time to talk with each child individually (there are about a dozen) and wish them a happy and safe night--they usually go trick or treating traditional style in other neighborhoods afterwards.
Once all the kids are gone, it's back to my normal routine, as if it's just another day. I may watch a Twilight Zone episode on DVD or something but that's about it. I do decorate my room but I haven't dressed up in many years and haven't trick or treated since I was very young--I was the first of my friends to "retire". Haven't been to a Halloween party since tenth grade.
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