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HALLOWEEN 2012

Halloween Tradition

 
A few years ago a friend in my neighborhood decided to start a tradition by inviting the people on her street to come to her house for a potluck dinner, on Halloween night, before the kids started trick-or-treating. My family was sort of annexed into the group even though we live several streets away, at the other end of the neighborhood. The turnout was so good that we had to meet in Becky's garage, and now after several years we have to BYOC (bring your own chairs). Crock pots of soup and chili, cornbread and rolls, various salads, drinks, and desserts round out the annual meal. Other families began to offer to take a turn as host of the Halloween get-together and it's been a fun tradition for the families who come. After the adults chat to catch up and the kids get full tummies to help postpone or at least lessen the candy eating binges, some of the parents head home to be ready for the excited visitors. Then the trick-or-treating and haunting begins. This summer Becky and her family moved a couple of miles away. She decided to start up this Halloween tradition again in her new neighborhood. Knowing Becky, it will be a hit in that neighborhood for years to come. Thank you to Stephanie for being the host at our gathering this year!









 
  
Another Halloween tradition that I have is to visit Gardner Village to shop and look at all the witches. I love to see the creativity of the displays and the joy that they bring to the children who come to see them for the first time...it's priceless!
 
What Halloween traditions does your family or neighborhood enjoy?










 
 
 
 
  

Happy Halloween!  

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