Ok, for all you kids out there reading ACTORS ON THE ROAD, I have a few things to tell you about Halloween.
The requirements you must fulfill on Halloween are quite simple.
1) You have to dress up. This should be fun; you should WANT to dress up. You do it so that the people handing out candy can be surprised and delighted by the imaginative costume you wear.
2) You must say "trick or treat." Holding out your bag and saying nothing is not acceptable. You are not a homeless orphan (no disrespect to homeless orphans).
3) You must say "thank you." It is polite, and I just gave you candy for free.
It is surprising how many of your contemporaries do not do this. One girl, when asked what she was, actually said "nothing." And parents, taking extra because there are "two more kids in the car" is walking a very, very fine line. If your child cannot walk to the door, then perhaps he or she should not be out on a cold fall evening in the first place.
1 comment:
You sound like Larry David in that episode of Curb where he refuses to give candy to teenagers because they are too old and not sporting costumes. The kids then proceed to victimize Larry in what he refers to as a "Bald Hate Crime" as a result. You are lucky you have a full head of hair otherwise TP'ing of the house might ensue...
Thanks for the shout out, and tell your mom she can post comments to the blog anonymously by choosing the appropriate option in the "choose an identity" section. In short, she does not need a google account.
-The Halloween Baby
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