| Halloween brings vivid memories to my mind. When I | | | | ourselves in brown paper bags. We went out in small |
| was a little girl it was children of about 6 years to 14 | | | | packs of children. It was always completely dark out. It |
| who trick-or-treated, and the little ones were kept at | | | | was safe then and our parents didn't worry sending us |
| home. We would look forward to our costumes for | | | | out alone. We'd have felt mortified to have our parents |
| weeks and usually made them ourselves. Ghosts | | | | go with us. The other kids might think we were babies! |
| were the most popular and plenty of good sheets | | | | Besides, parents walk too slowly! They'd cramp our |
| were cut before mom found out. In those days no one | | | | style! We wanted more candy so we wanted to run |
| had store-bought costumes. One year I was a | | | | between doors and as quickly down the streets as |
| princess. A pretty white cocktail dress with a gauzy | | | | possible! I remember when we'd get to a corner, we'd |
| top was pinned in the back to fit me, and the skirt that | | | | look down the other streets and decide which one had |
| would have been just below the knee for a lady, | | | | the most porch lights on. Porch lights meant they were |
| came to the ankles on me. I thought there was none | | | | offering candy. We'd bang on a door and yell, "Trick or |
| better. I remember the year my friend was a robot | | | | Tree-eat!" and if we were feeling particularly saucy, |
| and we used poster paint to cover a large cardboard | | | | "Trick or Tree-eat, smell my fee-eet, give me |
| box and cut holes for the arms and head, and holes in | | | | something sweet to ee-eat!" Nothing bashful about us. |
| a brown paper bag for the robot head. The afternoon | | | | This was pure candy greed and we weren't the least |
| of Halloween we'd spend an hour carving pumpkins, | | | | ashamed of it. And yet, I don't think any of us dreamed |
| put candles in, light them and set them on the steps to | | | | taking more than one piece per house or forgetting to |
| our house to welcome trick-or-treaters. In those days | | | | say thank you. |
| we collected for Unicef on Halloween night and we | | | | Social network users, click for myspace comments |
| never went out without the orange box to collect coins | | | | and myspace graphics. Add halloween myspace |
| for hungry children. The candy we collected for | | | | layouts to your profile. |