As I have shared with you before, last year I moved to Cecil county. Being unfamiliar with their traditions, I saw no issue with the fact that Halloween fell on a Sunday last year. And so Diane and I headed out to a party Saturday night, and sat by the door Sunday night waiting for trick or treaters. No one came.
That's right, in Cecil county Halloween can't be on a Sunday, kids went out Saturday night. Great Diane and I are the new neighbors who hate kids and don't give out candy. Boy, are we in for a world of hurt. So all year, every kid that came to my house, I bought their trinkets, their cookies, their beef jerky makers, all of it. All in the name of making up for a poor Halloween showing.
So this year, I see in the paper that trick or treating is set for Saturday night, again. First I was miffed. I mean what the hell is wrong with trick or treating on a Monday. But then, I realized, it didn't matter I was gonna give out candy when ever the man in Cecil county told me to. So Saturday night, there I sat in my Tiger costume, and you know what. Not one friggin' kid showed up. Not one. No pirates, No princesses, no one. Little freakin' monsters, think I'm buying your school sale junk next year.
But wait, today is Halloween. Maybe, just maybe the kids in my neighborhood said, "no way is the man gonna keep me down." And maybe, just maybe tonight between 6-8pm, some lucky kid will show up at my house and get some candy. For me, All I can do is sit around dressed up in some silly costume and hope.
What's that a knocking at my door?(doorbell is busted) Can it be? Yes it is, my first pack of trick or treaters, the curse of Cecil county has been lifted. I had a spiderman, a batman, a fairy princess, and even a darth vader. All the kids were very nice and when I gave them the option of picking their own candy, only one cleaned me out. But heck, how can you tell a 2 year old spiderman to stop cleaning you out, or that it's not okay to take 5 handfuls of candy. We had kids everywhere, hell I'm sure many of the kids don't even live in my neighborhood. Beautiful. Diane and I are no longer the strange biker people, that don't give out candy on Halloween anymore! Ah Victory is sweet.
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fatmarc
2 comments:
It's good to hear that Cecil Co is gradually moving toward modernity.
I've heard some scary stuff about the history of Rising Sun...more like bible belt mississippi.
whoa....what is the reason for not celebrating halloween on a sunday? I sent you an email, check it out and let me know what you think.
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