re: Halloween Is Not What It Once Was

I've noticed what seems like a lot of houses decorated for Halloween this year, which is cool.

I used to get a big brown paper shopping bag and put shaving cream, eggs, and toilet paper in it. Then, I’d take a second bag and put it inside the first bag and roll the top down a few times so it looked like one bag. Pro tip: remove the top of the shave cream and replace it with the head from an aerosol can. It will shoot a thin stream of shave cream 15-20 feet with force.

Parents were not involved in trick or treating.

Popcorn balls are a lost art.

quote:

---

Wtf is this?

---

Go from one car to another car trunk and say trick or treat.

I agree and who went trick or treating with their parents? Nobody. You went with your friends.

There are people around here with 14 year old kids with their parents..

quote:

---

Parents take their kids to "safe zones" like churches, trunk or treat, parking lots or down commercial streets/Main Street

---

quote:

---

There are people around here with 14 year old kids with their parents.. 

---

Geez..

quote:

---

I agree and who went trick or treating with their parents?

---

This is the real problem that is ruining the holliday. Kids over 5 get bored with it because it’s just another night with their parents dragging them around, and parents just want to get it over with after 10 minutes.

When I was a kid, my parents brought me trick or treating because I lived in a rural area that wasn’t walkable. She brought me to a nearby subdivision, but then stayed in the car and let me and my brothers wander alone! Halloween was for the kids, but more importantly, it allowed kids to make their own fun and be independent.

One of the biggest social problems I see is children not being allowed to develop independence because our current society thinks it’s a crime for children to ever be without a parent. 25 years ago, kids were kicked outside and told to play until the street lights come on. They were sent out on bikes and scooters to explore...alone! The early 90’s were the most dangerous time in America at the crime peak of the crack epidemic. Now, we coddle kids all the way up until they go to college, and they freak out when they get there and demand the college coddle them. They have no idea what to do alone, and this falls entirely on parents and busy bodies who made it a crime for kids to walk down the street to their neighborhood park unchaperoned. Halloween being ruined was a natural consequence.

quote:

---

Unfortunately if you leave your kid unattended for a few minutes some hag will be on social media raising hell.

---

This.

Spank a child in a parking lot and see how long it takes the cops to arrive.

quote:

---

It’s the devils day

I don’t partake in the activities

---

Not true. Originally was a Celtic festival celebrating the end of harvest and the coming winter months. It was believed it was the time of year where dead spirits could cross over and interact with the living so families had large feasts with spots open for their dead relatives, and neighbors shared their food but while walking about they wore masks or costumes to hide their identity from any evil spirits.