We always had a great time on Halloween. Although we had masks most of the time, we made our costumes out of what ever we could find around the house. Hobo and bums were always popular and of course a little girls favorite--princesses. Funny what outfits you can put together if you just use your imagination.
The three of us sisters would head out trick or treating with the instruction to stay together. We had a very large area to trick or treat in---we had four busy streets as borders we were not to go past. We would use brown paper grocery bags for this and when they got about a fourth full they would be getting so heavy. We would take them home and dump them out, and then go out trick or treating again. It was such fun!!! Back then, people passed out the regular size candy bars. None of these fun sized bars and little tiny bags of candy corn or suckers ect. We also would get whole packs of gum or homemade candy apples (yum) or popcorn balls.
Life was simpler and safer in the fifties. Nobody even heard of razor blades,needles or drugs stuck in the treats (how sick is this) and all the other hidden dangers. We also didn't worry about someone stalking us or trying to do some kind of harm to us. We would just skip and run merrily along from one house to the next without a care in the world, gathering our goodies along the way. Yes, life was good!!
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sounds great. Of course, I dislike Halloween costumes almost as much as I hate fireworks. LOL
ReplyDeleteMy kids love Halloween! And yes, I too think it's sad that our children have to worry about all the possible dangers. I'm not so sure the world is really any more dangerous than it was in the fifties. We just hear more about it now thanks to the overzealous media and are more wary.
ReplyDeleteIt's possible I guess. I still am proned to believe it was way safer when I was a kid. Keep in mind that I was a very protected child and went to private school for ten years.I don't recall being cautioned about all these dangers of today.
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