And this is what Covid did to Halloween. It’s now completely impersonal with bowls of candy and no ringing the doorbell and saying “Trick or Treat”. Giving kids the opportunity to dress up, be creative and for adults to answer the door and tell them how cute, original or awesome their costume is.
People working from home, ordering food delivery, Amazon for everything else. Very little interaction. We’re becoming a lonely and isolated society.
Good point. I never heard of leaving a bowl out front and not greeting children at the door. But if you live your life on the screen of a device you don’t really know or care how to be with people in person. I think it began well before Covid shutdown however.
Have you read CS Lewis’ The Great Divorce”? his description of hell and your observations are not that far off.
We live at the very end of a culdesac and have a pretty long driveway. We usually have a decent number of kids with parents watching from the street, or they walk up with the littlest ones. We still wait for the doorbell to ring and for the kids to announce “trick or treat”. I love seeing all the costumes that they come up with!
Yes, I live in Mayberry. I don’t know how the town council manages to keep “progress” coming more slowly than in other towns, but we sure enjoy it here!
I know this will soon be changed by the influx of illegals. Probably will happen next year or the year after. Halloween behavior will be one of the tells.