"HALLOWEENING!"

    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31ST., 2018
            "HALLOWEENING!"

     

     Halloween. It may have been my

Mom's favorite holiday with the

exception of Christmas.

     When I was a kid Halloween

parties were common at my house.

I would sit around our dining room

table with my friends. My Mom would

turn out the lights then begin to

narrate a scary story about a madman

who killed and dismembered his

victims.

     As she spoke the "body parts" had

to be passed from one guest to the

next. The heart was, in reality, a

chicken liver. The eyes were actually

grapes. After her tale ended those

who made it through the sitting

were able to see the innocent parts

they had held.

      I suspect some of my buddies,

at or near 70, can attribute some of

their fears and nightmares to those

Halloween stories at my house! 

      After the party we set out to

roam our neighborhood in search

of some candy and, if we were

lucky, a few coins here or there.

We didn't call it "Trick or Treating."

Back then we just went out

"Halloweening!" Maybe it was a

Hazleton thing.

      More often than not our

costumes were home made, perhaps

enhanced with a mask of some sort.

And we were usually expected to

sing, recite a poem, or tell a joke

before we got that treat!

       Candy didn't have to be X-rayed,

and a quarter would buy a comic

book and a bottle of soda. And you

could get two cents of that quarter

back when you returned the empty

bottle to the store!

       I guess that's what we mean

when we speak of the "good old

days!"

       Hope you have a Happy

Halloween and that all your

NEWS is good!