Halloween, new and improved?
Happy Halloween ... really ... happy.
Happy because Halloween comes without a major warning this year.
In Laguna, we have been free of major incidents of razor blades in
candy, anthrax has settled into the background and according to the
latest news, the snipers around Washington, D.C. seem to have been
caught.
But what about minor scares, those “boos” that make Halloween the
fun fright it is? Because of so many serious frights, it just doesn’t
seem possible anymore to expect a pleasant, though oftentimes gross
or spooky, Halloween night for children -- even if this year is
better than some.
Sure, the night may be safer because we may know to check the
night’s stash thoroughly for anything suspicious and we may only go
door-to-door in familiar neighborhoods. But what’s lost is that kids
will never have the same all-out trick-or-treat fun on Halloween that
most of us had as children.
Despite this sign of a society growing more and more distrustful
of each other, there is a good side. As the holiday grows to be one
of America’s favorites, it is turning into a day focused on the
dressing up, decorating and gathering for parties or haunted houses.
The result can be a social, fun experience even for little kids,
who probably won’t miss the fear-filled hours of door knocking -- as
long as we remember to keep the candy comin’.
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