all hallows eve

[deird1]

Had my first ever trick-or-treaters last night.

The tiny patriotic Mez in my head wanted to lecture them about imported American holidays. But the tiny internet-reading Mez has heard too many stories about people being rude to trick-or-treating kids. So I gave them TimTams, told them to share, and silently berated myself for not having a year-round supply of small lollies just in case kids come to my door and ask for some.

Comments

[lliira]

I've never seen anyone be afraid of kids being hit by cars. What I've seen are lots of people flipping out about kids possibly being poisoned by the evil evil neighbors, which is of course 100% bs.

[botias.livejournal.com]

Well, there's a huge helicopter parent/urban legend scare aspect, of course. But I got the idea that the impetus behind the alternative events was safety concerns with some basis in reality. I think it's because I vaguely remember getting public service messages as a kid about adding reflective material to dark costumes, not wearing costumes that blocked our own vision, carrying a flashlight, OR doing something else on Halloween.