To tell the truth I can't even REMEMBER 10. My mom was NOT a fan of halloween. She still isn't (funny I married someone with the same feelings about the holiday!).
Instead I will list things I remember about Halloween as a kid at our house.
1. My mom made donuts and handed them out. Since we lived in a small town (not even big enough to be a town - it's actually a hamlet!) you could hand out things you made. And you ate them.
2. Our costumes were always made from things around the house. A plaid shirt and jeans made a farmer or a Hutterite. A white sheet over you made a ghost. We didn't buy costumes. That went against everything my mother feels about halloween!
3. I think there are two pools of thought about candy and kids at Halloween. The parents that ration out the candy their kids collect and the ones who just let their kids eat it all and then it's gone (usually ending up in stomach aches for the kids.) My parents were the second type. Eat it all at once and get it done. Although me and my brother Justin usually hid pieces around our rooms to save for later.
4. I remember one year when my brother Bryan had an eye patch. (from an icicle falling into his eye. Seriously. And I was standing with him. It was FREAKY) ANYWAYS, he was a cowboy with an eye patch. Makes perfect sense.
5. We ALWAYS used our pillow cases to collect the candy.
6. My mom thought that once you reached 12 going trick or treating was not acceptable.
7. We carved pumpkins but never decorated in any other way.
8. I remember learning that if you went to the "rich" houses you got GOOD candy.
9. I've never liked the yucky part of halloween. Especially as a kid. I don't like being scared. Some people find it funny. I never have. Ask Reg :)
10. I've never seen either one of my parents dress up in a costume.
7 comments:
I think your mom and I would get along splendidly.
Hmmm, yep, I'm your mom's kinda halloween gal!
Your mom and my dad :) and kind of me too but I'm somewhere in between or if its between the scale of Whitney and your mom I closer to the bottom ha ha! great post! I actually never went trick or treating in my life and I've never seen my parents in any costume ever! Happy Halloween? the fun side anyway!
I can relate to this post completely! It's definitely my least favourite holiday of all. Most of the costumes I wore were while I was a teacher!
I miss your moms doughnuts, the only time I remeber trick or treating was in vanderhoof a long time ago, Dad just bought candy and we ate it that way it was controled too.But married someone who loves halloween, nothing scary just a time to be creative I guess. so this year the car is a toaster with bread i'm butter and he is jam. and everything comes from home or home made no premade costumes here. love the post Kari
Apparently I'm the opposite of everyone who reads your blog! I like Halloween but not the gross or scary stuff. I loved dressing up for Halloween and going trick or treating. It was a fun family event for us. One of my only memories of my Great Grandma Petersen was when we went trick or treating at her house.
I love Halloween. SO much fun! And I always dress up - this year I was mustard. My eldest son was a hot dog, so that went together perfectly!
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