Halloween

This evening I decided to take my niece and nephew Trick-or-Treat because their mother had to work in the afternoon until almost closing time at Walgreens. People started this event a quarter before four until almost seven in the night. I walked almost less than three hours and as of right now, my legs are aching more than ever. I am actually really tired while typing this long blog about the Halloween custom.

During the summer, my niece had told me consistently that she wanted to be a Witch for Halloween. On the other hand, my nephew was in love with Mario, so I told my sister to buy him a Mario costume. My nephew was wearing a Mario costume, meanwhile, my niece was wearing a long dark dress with purple veil surrounding the lower waist of the dress. This costume was consider to be a Witch. The only accessory she was missing was the witch hat, which I could not find anywhere around the house. This made me kind of disappointed because both children was wearing a jacket to keep the cold wind from haunting their body. This fact did not disappoint me because everyone we encountered knew who my nephew was from the hat he was wearing, but since we could not find the witch hat, nobody knew exactly who my niece was.

Before the event started, a week beforehand, I reminded my niece and nephew consistently that they must first say, "Trick or Treat," then after they had received the candy, say "Thank you." I guess it still take times, but I am still proud that they are sometimes able to say Thank You, though sometimes I say in replace for them. I remember what my niece said exactly to my nephew when he did not say Thank You, she yelled at him to say Thank you. Growing up, these two phrases were most remember by me when Trick or Treat came into session.

With only being four and two, it is sometimes confusing to know what house they should approached to received candy. At first they thought that it was any house that they approached, but I kept telling them that it was the house with the lit porch. Soon they got the hang of it, and this made me feel more easy and glad. And this continuous event happened until the struck of seven. I could not take both my niece and nephew, nor could my feet hang onto forty more minutes. Sometimes my niece and nephew were misbehaving that I had to pull them aside and tell them clearly, it was either Trick or Treat OR go home. This made them somewhat sad and disappointed, but I always end up taking them to get more candy.

It has always been a Halloween tradition for those little kids to dress up as someone who they have always wanted to. Also they had to know two certain phrases to show respect to those are willing to give candy to them. It is always known by regular trick-or-treaters that only houses whose porches were lit would only pass out candy. And certainly how long they would have to time to get all the candy they desired, which was more than two hours, less than three hours. The only thing I could not exactly do was carve a Jack-o-Lantern for the event. At least I know for sure, I would be able to have a good night sleep because both my mind, arms and legs are falling asleep. But though the pain aches, I still love Halloween and the creativity people provide for their Trick-or-Treaters.