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Trick-or-Treat! It’s Halloween and when the sun goes down, hundreds of children will scour the neighborhoods of the Back Mountain in search of candy and other treats.

Sadly, my Trick-or-Treat days are over. I didn’t give the tradition up until age 17 because I loved it so much.

We don’t get many Trick-or-Treaters in my quiet neighborhood, but my sister Alyssa filled a candy dish on Sunday for any who do show up. I already ate most of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Alyssa’s going shopping this afternoon to replenish our supply.

Alyssa was talking about our candy supply when she mentioned that she opted not to buy a mixed bag of “junky” candy such as Tootsie Rolls, Sweet Tarts and Jujubes. We reminisced about how we hated getting that junk from people when we went Trick-or-Treating.

Don’t get me wrong, we were thankful people were kind enough to open their doors and hand us free candy. But we skipped right over the Smarties and lollipops for Milky Ways, Kit Kats, M&Ms and Three Musketeers. Most of the junk was left over from each of our candy bags weeks after Halloween and was eventually transferred into a communal family candy bowl.

When I was a teenager, my friends and I purposely targeted high-end housing developments for Trick-or-Treating. Word quickly spread among the older children as to which houses were distributing full-size candy bars or $1 bills.

While we won’t be giving out any full-size candy bars tonight (I would if I had the money to do so), all ghosts or goblins who visit can pick out several fun-size chocolate bars or Reese’s Cups, if there are any left by then.

I’ll be heading to the gym tomorrow to burn off the few pieces of chocolate I do eat tonight. Whatever happened to being 10 years old, eating half a Trick-or-Treat bag of candy and not gaining an ounce?

Have a happy and safe Halloween!
 

About the Author

Rebecca Bria has been reporting for The Dallas Post since June of 2007. She is a 2007 graduate of Wilkes University and previously interned with the company at The Weekender and The Times Leader.

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