Halloween traffic got off to a slow start this evening; it may have been the rain that had been going on most of the day. But the rain stopped late in the afternoon, and we wound up giving out all of our candy; there were probably 200-300 kids who came by. A lot of young kids this year, which is nice, and some fairly elaborate costumes. None of the costumes were really inventive, though, and almost all were store-bought. Lots of superheros, princesses, bunnies and birds for the littlest kids. I was surprised that there were not very many pirates; would have thought that was a natural.
We had a lot of comments on the pumpkins this year, way more than in years past. I was particularly pleased that the kids got into the pumpkins. I’m used to compliments from the parents, but this year I got a fair number from the kids; they took the time to look really close, and the commonest response was “awesome.” Awesome.
I felt kind of sorry for the kids across the street. They’re evangelicals, who don’t hold with devil worship. In past years, they’ve been gone on Halloween, but this year they were home. The porch lights were off, of course, and they weren’t giving candy, but I could see the kids looking out the door, watching the action and listening to the excited chatter. I can’t imagine what they make of it all, but I think that it can’t be very happy.
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