Trick Or Treat

Twisted Sister front man Dee Snider said, ~Halloween is huge in my house and we really get into the 'spirits' of things. A few years back, my wife was frustrated with the same old stupid sound effects tape we would play which ends with the theme from 'Ghostbusters' and 'Monster Mash'. I told her that Halloween is way too cool a holiday to suffer though this year.~ Well folks, its the one holiday that kids as well as grown ups look forward to because its one night out of the year you can be and act immature. Though Halloween is two weeks away, many people have already decorated, bought tons of candy, and plan elaborate setups to scare kids. Essentially what makes Halloween so enjoyable are the following three things: candy, costumes, and haunted houses.

Without a doubt, the cady given out on Halloween is considered the proverbial holy grail to every child and its their mission to fill one's bag till it can't be filled anymore. A mission in which a chid uses a military like strategy either solo or with friends to hit every house that one's legs could take him/her not once, not twice, but as many times one can possibly push himself or herself. Oftentimes, if one were going in groups your "team" would suffer casualties in which friends went missing in action due to being tired whereas you shut out the fatigue for your soul objective. Unlike the Marines where they go by the creed nobody gets left behind, you went by a different one which was every boy/girl for one's self.

Let me ask you this question, do you still dress up for Halloween or have you outgrown it? The costumes you either buy or create can make or break you to where you not only try to outdo yourself each year but also outdo your friends, if there was any competition in it. We all remember or choose not to remember the costumes each us wore back in the day, which one can either be proud of or absolutely cringe due to how extremely unoriginal/lame it was. For the question can be asked, how many of you already know what you are going to be/wear for Halloween and how many of you are just going to wait till the last minute to either create something or buy what leftover costumes there are?

The haunted house, its a staple of Halloween and for some, most, or all people when it comes to haunted houses the scarier the better. Back in the day, were you the type of kids who got scared easily and nobody could be able to convince to go in even when someone told one would go with you? OR were you the type of kid who wasn't scared of anything and went into the haunted house balls to the wall by going by yourself, which you couldn't due to the fact that an adult had to go with you, but I digress. For the most part, we all probably have been or will be participants of a haunted house in our high school or college days, which was/is/will be an experience that gave you such a thrill because it gave the chance to scare the living shiznit out of people you either know or don't know.

In retrospect, Halloween will always bring out the little kid inside each of us and the memories connected to it will forever be remembered. Whether its egging someone's house, stealing someone else's candy, watching horror movie marathons, or having parties that may or may not involve either police, paramedics, or someone running naked down the street unforgettable memories will be made this year. Unfortunately, I am officially retiring from the game, so to speak; in so doing I turn over my bag and flashlight to the next generation of candy seeking kids, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to dress up. In the end, on October 31st, 2005, kids of all ages will be knocking on doors and say these three of so familiar words which are trick or treat.