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My wife and I moved from town to a nice home just beyond city limits. While in town we lived on a very busy street for ToT, but now we have no neighbors much less ToT.
When we moved my wife convinced me, that since we would not have ant ToT at our new home, I should downsize my outdoor props and decor. I only kept a few items I had purchased from Spirit that year and a single fog machine.
The year we moved, a local community group had their first annual Halloween ToT event in the old city park. Local businesses had been asked to participate by creating haunted scenes along a crooked trail throughout the old park and hand out candy to the kids.
I was completely blown away by not only the number of area businesses that participated but by the huge attendance. Starting at dusk, parents and children formed a seemingly endless line across the old park.
I find this quote to be the most honest interpretation of what Halloween means to me
When we moved my wife convinced me, that since we would not have ant ToT at our new home, I should downsize my outdoor props and decor. I only kept a few items I had purchased from Spirit that year and a single fog machine.
The year we moved, a local community group had their first annual Halloween ToT event in the old city park. Local businesses had been asked to participate by creating haunted scenes along a crooked trail throughout the old park and hand out candy to the kids.
I was completely blown away by not only the number of area businesses that participated but by the huge attendance. Starting at dusk, parents and children formed a seemingly endless line across the old park.
I find this quote to be the most honest interpretation of what Halloween means to me
Instead of home haunting, I now help haunt the old city park for an awesome cause; the kids.Back in the good ol' days it was me, Dad, a thermos of dad's "coffee", and my bag of candy. Trick-O-Treating was our opportunity to see all of our neighbors and friends. As I walked the tot, Dad stood at the gate with other fathers drinking "coffee" and telling us to " go.. go.. ".
Sadly, the days when your neighbors were your friends are starting to fade. How many of us can say we know our neighbors names? Mom and Dad both work and commute. When the long day is done, and the family is finally together, nobody has time or the energy to be a truly good neighbor. 'Trick-O-Treating' has turned from a 'walk around the neighborhood visiting friends', to 'getting candy before bedtime'.
It's our time to step in. We haunters give our passion and love to the forgotten art of being a good neighbor. Come to our house Halloween night. Meet your neighbors. Make new friends. Send your kids to the door for candy, and hang out with the adults sipping my "coffee". Take your time, because in that brief moment of magic you are the hero and the protector to your lil'un. As they timidly walk up to the spooky house and look back for your reassurance, you truly get to say, "it's okay, your safe.. go.. go..".
~ Skull And Bone
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