The Dinette Set by Julie Larson for October 30, 2012

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    margueritem  over 12 years ago

    I have to admit that I favor the kids that I know, too.

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    mikie2  over 12 years ago

    A candy corn? Wow. Just. Way. Too. Generous. And then turn off the light at 5 pm. Is the sun even down by then? I donā€™t think so. The only way Iā€™d do that is if we had bite size Butterfingers or Baby Ruths. Then the light wouldnā€™t go on at all!Actually, where we live we donā€™t get the little trick or treaters and I miss that, although I donā€™t miss the later evening teens. Even so, a lot of kids around here go to church sponsored events that are safer, I guess.

    Boo! Hoo.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Ah yesā€¦. while even little kids watch in sheer amazementā€¦big-hearted Burl will drop a single candy corn into their bags.Which will eventually be thrown away anywayā€¦ (if they can find it in there) cos todayā€™s moms donā€™t let their kids eat unwrapped treats.

    But in any case, theyā€™re NOT ā€œdividingā€ the candy.

    Thereā€™s no such thing as a bag of candy containing only wrapped Hershey Kisses and unwrapped candy cornā€¦.they have a bag of each,,, already separate.Noā€¦ this is just an excuse to open both bagsā€¦saving the 10 seconds it would take them on Wednesday to pour them into separate bowlsā€¦and under the guise of ā€œpreparednessā€ ā€¦to start guzzling candy the day before Halloween.Iā€™m not sure those 2 little bags will last till THREE pm much less five.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Mikie, where I live the little kids go out way before sundown.The world isnā€™t as safe as it once wasā€¦. or as we blithely assumed it wasā€¦

    My siblings and I, and the neighbor kids, all under ten years old, roamed in unsupervised small groups, knocking on strangerā€™s doors half a mile and more from homeā€¦. with never a thought of danger.

    Now the parents go up to every door, and the kids are home in bed by the time I would have left the house at their ages.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago

    This will be the first year in maybe 10 that Iā€™ll be home on Halloween night.

    I bought some candy but this time when the little kids stop coming and the teenagers start arriving in packs driving their own cars itā€™ll be lights out for me, too.

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    twatt2011  over 12 years ago

    the tweens that donā€™t put on a costume get a rock in their bag, and they have no idea where it came from when they find it.

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    dfowensby  over 12 years ago

    according to norfolk law, if your teenager is out trick or treating (illegal for over-12 years old) you can pick him up at Juvenile the next morning. yup. all nite in lock up.we havenā€™t had trickortreaters come by our neighborhood for 7 years, now.

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    philyfanstukinmi  over 12 years ago

    One for them, two for me! ONe for them, three for me!

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    GROG Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Anyone dressed like Peter Griffin gets a rock.

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    jmcx4  over 12 years ago

    Back in the day, my grandmother would buy small paper bags and give out fresh popcorn. Made with lard, of course.

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    MissScarlet Premium Member over 12 years ago

    We usually get 300 to 400 kids. They come in buses from another part of town. I will give candy to kids and teens in costumes. But I draw the line at adults carrying infants!

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    InTraining Premium Member over 12 years ago

    As a tweenager in Riverside, IL we had an old maid neighbor who invited us in on Haloween for a half grapefruit with brown sugar on it. You sat at her kitchen table to finish it on the spotā€¦ She had 50 ish cats living in the house and it smelledā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ badā€¦. ! ! !

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    elysummers  over 12 years ago

    ā€œAā€ candy corn? just one? Lord I knew they were cheap, but they beat me all to hell.

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    I have toenails on my fingers!  over 12 years ago

    Next in the festivities is the ā€˜Separation of the Layersā€™ of the candy corn. This way they effectively have more candy to hand out and wonā€™t run the risk of disappointing any of Crustwoodā€™s junior citizens. (Plus Burl likes the orange part.)

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    jmcx4  over 12 years ago

    @morgueritemMamaw would pop her corn in a dutch oven and put it in a large dish pan. I was in charge of baggging. I probably ate more than I bagged.My dentist has sent two kids to school at my expense.

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    Elderflower  over 12 years ago

    I usually give candy bars ā€“ 3 to young kids who put any kind of effort into their costume, but just 1 to teenagers who come as ā€œfootball fansā€ ā€“ ie, no costume.

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    mrsullenbeauty  over 12 years ago

    What a nice thing to do! Iā€™m sure she still enjoys the experience even without getting to eat a lot of candy.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Toenailsā€¦. nice tryā€¦. but who dat?Not me, thatā€™s for sure!Iā€™m old enough to be her mother!

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    vldazzle  over 12 years ago

    Iā€™m making cupcakes for neighbor children who regularly visit me (especially when I sit out in front reading) and will ice them and deliver to their houses tomorrow morning (SO Parents will know that I made them- they often have taken my homemade stuff home) . I used to give out full size chocolate bars when Cuddles was still alive ā€“ with a different bunch of kids who are now gone (not for any reason but that she LOVED having all the folks come by). Now I mostly see carloads of strangers drive to one end of our street and they are all strangers, dark out and canā€™t see costumes (so few are homemade or creative); I will try to stay up till 8 and leave the light on until then, but I try to stay with circadian rhythms and shut off bedroom lights before 10 (after my mix of cartoon/sitcoms).

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    vldazzle  over 12 years ago

    When I was a kid there were some nice older ladies who baked stuff but it got messed up in the bag, so I will deliver early to avoid that. By the time my kids were doing Halloween, there were the razors in apples stories etc ;-( but I made, or helped them make their own costumes; nothing off the rack! When they were little it was always a theme but older they did each thir own. I remember 2 very unusual later ones:Oldest boy dressed as a woman and I helped him with dress and makeup. He was upset because I did too good a job (drag queen?) and another time youngest son wanted to be werewolf so among the rest, I used spirit glue to attach hair clippings to his face (I used to cut all theirs and their fatherā€™s hair).

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    anniebodyhome  over 12 years ago

    Many years ago, when my children where small, I too resented older trick or treaters. After I had lived in the town a few years though, I realized they were often from the poorest families. Feeling embarrassed to wear a costume because of their age, they still could not resist the treats they rarely gotā€¦ I donā€™t give out candy late either (canā€™t sit up long), but give freely to all who come. Makes me feel good.

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    vldazzle  over 12 years ago

    I no longer eat any of the bars I used to when younger, and any left over canā€™t be saved, so I only shop for hard candy and only eat my Green & Blackā€™s organic dark chocolate. Last time I tried some Hershey, it tasted just like paraffin (no chocolate). I would not consider buying any that does not state cocoa content of over 60% (and that is the ginger flavor).

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