Posted on 11/02/2023 6:05:19 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Yeah right
“Part of the problem is the lazy-ass homeowners...”
In our neighborhood there were probably half of the homes that put candy out in bowls for the kids. And I know many of these homeowners and know they were out with their kids for other Halloween festivities or taking their kids trick-or-treating. So I would not make assumptions about the homeowners in each of these videos.
In addition, my grandkids kindly took one item from each of these bowls and I notice there was candy in most all of them late into the evening (hence other children were following the same example).
You cannot deny, regardless of race or other factors, there are obvious cultural differences in how people approach this long-standing tradition.
I remember even as a kid growing up in small-town America that we often were somewhat disruptive (TP houses or other such nonsense) but we never took entire bowls full of treats.
I wouldn't put it quite that strongly within the context of children going out for treats but do lean in that direction.
And besides, I don't answer my front door, ever...
“”””I remember even as a kid growing up in small-town America that we often were somewhat disruptive (TP houses or other such nonsense) but we never took entire bowls full of treats.”””””
You reminded me of something, to be caught doing an annoying but harmless prank meant you were in trouble, but as a boy, at least you could still hold your head high as being wild and having fun, but to be caught stealing the candy that people had set in a bowl while trusting everyone, would have meant shame for you as being petty, small, sleazy, and a common thief, a branding that would last for years.
Last year was the last year for us to give out candy. Some little jerk dumped the entire bowl in his sack, then was driven off in a van. (we have 3 dogs, so we customarily put out a big bowl of candy on the porch, with a sign saying, just take one or two).
Realistically, trick or treating is superfluous around here. Almost every church in town has a Halloween party with lots of candy on various nights around Halloween, and in our little town, the merchants downtown give out candy between the hours of 3 and 4 on Halloween.
Door-to-Door Trick or Treating is quickly going the way of the Dodo Bird.
“I wouldn’t put it quite that strongly within the context of children going out for treats but do lean in that direction.”
Here’s a little something I’m paraphrasing:
We taught the children about Santa Claus and later they found out that it was only make believe. We taught the children about the Easter Bunny and later on they found out it too was only make beleive... and then we the children about Jesus...
The clever surprise is that nowadays they call them Merchant holidays. Because the merchants make out on all the gaudy glitzy junk that goes along with the fraud.
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