HALLOWEEN...TRICK OR TREAT?
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HALLOWEEN...TRICK OR TREAT?
Poor Charlie Brown. He waited for the Great Pumpkin… and he got a rock. Trick.
Every year hundreds of trick-or-treaters go door-to-door begging for candy from strangers they were told not to ever take candy from the other 364 days of the year. Trick.
And hundreds of homes every year browse the candy aisles to pick the perfect candy to give out on Halloween – something they like, you know, the good stuff like the Snickers Bars, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Milky Ways and M&Ms… JUST IN CASE they end up with more candy than they actually give out…. Trick.
Hundreds of children who trick-or-treat and go door-to-door are hoping to get a variety of these wonderful candies, but when they get home, realize they have nothing but hard Tootsie Rolls, even harder Double-Bubble gum and the freshest thing they may have in their goody bag is a granola bar from some health-conscious mother on the block or worse, a packaged toothbrush. Trick.
The weather is always up for grabs… no one knows whether or not they should plan to wear a warm costume or a cooler costume. And usually no matter what they pick, the weather Halloween evening is the opposite. Trick.
And adults get excited to pass out candy thinking they’ll see hundreds of little cute kids and costumes, but only get to see ungrateful teenagers who complain about the candy being passed out. Trick.
So where the heck is the treat in all this?
I suppose dressing up is half the fun. But since most adults spend ¾ of their lives role playing anyway… (enter job title), plus soccer mom or dad, chauffer, cook, maid, car washer, gardener, bill payer, tax payer and even Santa Claus , Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny (kids don’t look at this blog)… usually Halloween is just another night to eat pizza and watch scary movies, right?
Though I suppose, we could always wait for the Great Pumpkin to arrive….
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