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I tried so hard not to do Halloween...
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<blockquote data-quote="HereWeGoAgain" data-source="post: 92441" data-attributes="member: 3485"><p>How weird is it that we have a whole holiday devoted to extortion? 'Cause that's what "trick or treat" boils down to: pay me off with a treat or I play a trick on you.</p><p></p><p>The past few years it seems that Halloween has been morphing into something different from what it used to be. Every year we see more and more houses doing elaborate decorations with lights and front yard "graveyards" and such. The "trick or treat" tradition seems to be waning on the whole (in spite of the evidence to the contrary on this thread) or changing from a neighborhood activity into a more structured happening. Used to be a few cheap plastic masks and paper costumes at TG&Y, with maybe a haunted house put on by the Jaycees; now there are whole stores devoted exclusively to decorations and costumes.</p><p></p><p>Last time I wore a costume for Halloween was probably in 1968. We had a lady on our street who gave out sugar cane, that was my favorite treat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HereWeGoAgain, post: 92441, member: 3485"] How weird is it that we have a whole holiday devoted to extortion? 'Cause that's what "trick or treat" boils down to: pay me off with a treat or I play a trick on you. The past few years it seems that Halloween has been morphing into something different from what it used to be. Every year we see more and more houses doing elaborate decorations with lights and front yard "graveyards" and such. The "trick or treat" tradition seems to be waning on the whole (in spite of the evidence to the contrary on this thread) or changing from a neighborhood activity into a more structured happening. Used to be a few cheap plastic masks and paper costumes at TG&Y, with maybe a haunted house put on by the Jaycees; now there are whole stores devoted exclusively to decorations and costumes. Last time I wore a costume for Halloween was probably in 1968. We had a lady on our street who gave out sugar cane, that was my favorite treat. [/QUOTE]
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