It's Halloween night

[George Cantstandya]

I handed out candy this year for the first time in this house. It was cold and windy here, so about 35 degrees. Last week I bought about 50 dollars of candy not knowing how many kids to expect. At first some trick-or-treaters walked past my house. Maybe the people that lived here before me were not known for participating and since I didn't participate last year? Once a few rang my doorbell and got candy that seemed to open up the flood gates since I suppose people saw I was participating.

I was pleasantly surprised at how polite most of the kids were. Most thanked me and were very pleasant, even the teenage kids. The only kind of weird thing was a few adults showed up carrying toddlers who were obviously not old enough to eat candy or even know what Halloween is. But they had their kid in a costume and I suppose even adults like free candy. The smart kids showed up near the end of trick-or-treat hours because at that point I still had a ton of candy so I was just dumping it in their bags.

Overall I enjoyed seeing all the cool costumes and the people braving the cold to still have some Halloween fun. I think next year I might set up spooky Halloween decorations in my garage since it faces the street and sit out there to hand out candy.