Tussiemussies: We often decorate with things like acorn squash that we can eat afterwards. That makes it almost like free decorations, since you are decorating with groceries!
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Tussiemussies: We often decorate with things like acorn squash that we can eat afterwards. That makes it almost like free decorations, since you are decorating with groceries!
The amount of candy is totally off the richter scale for sure. I have one child that can regulate himself on sweets and another that is a sugar/carb magnet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tussiemussies
They had a ball with their friends last night and that's what it's about for me. We met a lot of new neighbors.
The amount of candy is pretty obscene though - we'll go through it today put it in bags and dole it out through the new year....
Here's one thing that's interesting. In both my kids classes the party food was veggie,fruit heavy instead of junk.
one had Witches Brooms that were cheesesticks stuck on pretzels to looks like brooms
peeled clementine to look like pumpkin
and a veggie skeleton
The kids liked it.
Kids get so much junk food on a regular basis, it hardly makes any of the holiday treats special anymore.
My decoration was an old plastic that looks like terracotta jack-o-lantern plant pot (as bad as that might sound it's really quite attractive as I have a lot of real terracotta and it's indistinguishable) that some renters in this apartment building abandoned when they moved. I've never much liked buying pumpkins that were just going to be displayed though (though gave in to temptation once or twice and bought some minis - now I have the free plastic jack-o-lantern thing though).
Turns out my mom was handing out the full size candy bars, I tell her that was ridiculous that candy for kids was alright but noone needs that much (ha we never got that much trick or treating as kids), and she's only reinforcing certain neighborhoods being seen as candy hubs. But I wasn't going to argue much as frankly I just didn't care that much, and it was seen as generosity to the kiddos (and generosity is in short enough supply in this world as is - even though noone needs that much candy!!! :0! ). Had free cupcakes at work and I'm quite glad we didn't have carrot and celery sticks instead :~).
DH and I hid out from the Treaters by going out to dinner last night, usually a no no for us on Friday night. Our neighborhood has a very nice event for kids where they all meet in one spot, dressed up, and they walk down a line of neighbors who bring candy. Then, it's over.
But there are always children and teens who do not attend that event, usually kids from the projects, and they go out to get treats. Even with our lights off and big iron gate in front, they aren't always deterred from knocking on our door. So we just leave, it's easier all around.
DH managed to give away about a dozen of his small pumpkins from the gardens, but we are still left with several dozen.
Uh huh, I treated myself to dinner at a new Jamaican restaurant around the corner and then went to a great movie. The whole holiday doesn't do anything for me, although I find myself nostalgic for the evening smells of fall I associate with Halloween in the east; burning leaves, singed jack'o lanterns, just that crisp Fall smell and rustle. I'm also quite convinced that sugar in any quantity is poison, so I'm not comfortable handing out candy, and really just not interested enough to find an alternative. I've thought of handing out travel sized toothpaste, but it's too expensive.
Trick Or Treat. Bah Humbug. Stay Home, Answer The Door, But Tell 'Em To Get A JOB & Buy Their Own Candy! Stand Your Ground, Implement The Castle Doctrine, & SHOOT 'Em If They Try Soaping Your Windows! Ha.
Was it a real snooty place?Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
lol. Glad it's been long enough I can't remember your original moniker, Packy. You've mellowed a bit!
My office had a Halloween potluck lunch yesterday. It was nice. I didn't appreciate my immediate manager pressuring people to dress up, though. However, I did miss most of that pressure since I was on vacation for a week and only returned to work Wednesday. I worked until 8, so I missed any trick-or-treaters being out. I don't get any at my door since I live in an apartment.
We hid out, too. Didn't stop a few kids from coming up the front steps before someone/something reminded them that a dark house with no decorations and no porch light on probably equaled a waste of their time -- even if the house next door was all decorated and "open for business". The few times we surfaced for something to drink or just to check on things it was mighty quiet despite the show next door. It also was relatively cold for the recent weather, so that may have had an impact, too. I don't mind the little kids at all; they're usually pretty cute. But the teenagers who don't even bother with costumes ... c'mon, get with the program!Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies