When I was nine years old, my mom didn't give away candy for Halloween. Instead, she passed out travel-sized tubes of sparkly, bubble gum flavored Crest. Some kids thought this was a very cool thing and others picked up a tube, looked at it and flung it back at her yelling, "Hey lady, that's not candy!" We had tubes of that stuff leftover for years. Every time a friend came over to spend the night, they'd have to take some home with them.
She's still not much of a fan of giving out candy, this year she's distributing Halloween pencils. In past years she's had little fingertip puppets and magic markers. For next year I'm campaigning for candy, albeit special candy. The Natural Candy Store sells packs of organic candy, bagged in compostable cellophane. The kids are happy because they are getting candy and she's happy because she's passing out a treat that isn't quite as bad as some of the other options.
11-02-2007 @8:55AM Adriane said... PENCILS? Well that's just cruel. I think I'd rather get a box of raisins or an apple.
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