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10/30/2005: "Halloween"

When I first moved to the Chicago area, Halloween seemed strange because just about everywhere, kids went trick or treating on Halloween night. There weren't beggars' nights (or days) with hours designated by the town. But now, 16 years later, it seems like most places have gone to specifying trick or treat hours, like it always was when I was a kid. So today I was interrupted all afternoon by kids at the door, some of them with no patience at all. And, even though it feels cheap, I gave one piece of candy to each person, in the hopes of not running out. I'm guessing that's what most people do. Who knows. But that makes me wonder why anyone, except the really small kids, bothers going out. Just spend a few bucks and buy your own bags of candy. People still come, though. Not enough to use up my 3 bags of candy. There were supposedly 15 pieces in each bag and I'm sitting on 13 leftover bite size reese's cups.