We always used to yell "Halloween Apples" when I was trick-or-treating, I'm not sure why because if anyone ever gave us an apple we threw it out because razor blades.
Anyway, Halloweening is a great memory - circling through the neighbourhood, running to keep warm under the frosted streetlights, plotting our route, checking with the other groups we met about where the best house was - there was always one giving out real full-size chocolate bars!
(One year the dentist who lived across our street handed out toothbrushes for heaven's sake! The next summer he set his garage on fire because he thought he could use gasoline to kill the weeds in the walkway, which gives you a good idea of how bright he really was!)
Anyway, the challenge was always to assemble a costume that could be worn to the costume parade at school but would also accommodate a winter jacket underneath, so you didn't get too cold and have to go home too soon.
Then when the pillowcase was full we would tear home and dump the bags to sort out our loot, what a sweet confusion, to decide what we wanted to gobble down first.
When my own kids were halloweening, we used their loot bags as "back-ups" to our own stash, deftly sorting out the candy they didn't like so we could supplement our own handouts, and make sure we didn't run short.
When we lived in Victoria, fireworks were a Halloween tradition and we always assembled with the neighbours to set off some fireworks in the cul-de-sac and hand out sparklers to swoop around in the dark - great fun. When we moved back to Saskatchewan, we did miss that there were no fireworks here-- so much of the time, it is just too cold on Halloween night to spend extra time outside!
I'm glad we never ran into these guys!
Best Halloween video ever!
