Halloween – it’s not about the candy

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This little fellow was our first caller last night for Trick or Treat. As the evening wore on, we greeted, as always happens, some Peter Pans who just didn’t want to grow beyond the age of this ritual, but crowded up to our door, a little ashamed, but wanting to find the fun. Mostly we greeted very small children who came shyly to our door, their parents waiting at the end of the walk and reminding them to say “thank you.”

Up the road a few miles, in Milesburg, Pennsylvania, according to a recent story in the Centre Daily Times, the town council refused to designate an official date and time for trick or treat. Council members apparently were suspicious that children from outside the town might be coming in from other towns to ask for candy.