HALLOWEEN

 Halloween:  As a child, most of the treats pwere homemade.  The best were popcorn balls, sweet and tangy with melted marshmallow and apple cider vinegar. The candy was usually fudge, divinity and peanut brittle.  The candy sometimes disappeared to reappear at Christmas.  

Halloween is a big deal in Barrow, Alaska.   Someone from housing would come around and unlock the doors to all the twelve plexes. Then the hoards would descend.  Candy was usually gone fairly early.  No one wore costumes except the kids living in the building.  

One time, I wore a pair of wings at work and promised to grant one wish that involved leaving medical records immediately.  The trick or treaters in the villages did not want to miss out, so they divided themselves in half and took turns to go out and get treats. Trick or treat is pretty quiet here in town, we were among the 25% 

of adults who prestend were are not at home.  The town does have trick or trunk and the school and churches have activities as well as haunted houses.  There is a pumpkin patch across the river in Coos Bay where you can get your fill. I do not know if anyone had made a corn maze.  

I went on a hayride as a teenager sponsored by the First Christian Church.  I remember getting a very painful leg cramp and needed help to finish getting into the ride.  

We did not have to get our treats x-rayed when stupid people put razor bladed in apples etc.  We never wore costumes as kids, we were lucky we got to carry paper bags for the loot.