Trick or Treat!  (When do we eat?)

Trick or Treat hours in our village are this Saturday, October 31 from 2pm to 5.  Note this is a change from prior years... usually it's on a Sunday here but this year it's Saturday.

 

 

A little bit of some local history.  I grew up in Waukegan on the southwest side amid a lot of brand new subdivisions with lots of kids.  We had something in addition to the regular treat or treating night:  it was called "Beggar's Night." Trick or treating was allowed on the night before (it was always in the dark, never during the light of the day) in addition to the regular night so we kids got a two-for-one deal.

 

Each evening, we'd fill up a shopping bag with candy, popcorn balls, an occasional dime, and assorted other stuff.  I always tried to trade the apple that some health-conscious mom quietly dropped into my bag to my brother John for something *better* but I don't remember any successful transactions with him.

 

Remember PEZ and the little pocket dispenser it came with? I wanted to unload that stuff, too.

 

In case you're wondering, this was in the middle to late '50s. My, oh my, how times have changed.

 

Enjoy this year's event.  Have fun with our children as they shout the traditional command of the day. Enjoy their wild and crazy costumes.

 

As a post-script, I didn't trade away the #2 pencils from my loot;  I always wanted to be a writer but that never changed.