Halloween in the Wild

By ToyahAnette B (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Halloween for me is a kids' holiday, and I love it. Rather than dressing up myself in some sexy costume and attending crazy bacchanalias (isn't that what adults do on Halloween? I've heard tales . . .), I'd rather stay home and give candy to all the kids who ring the doorbell, admire their costumes, and remember what it was like when I was kid. (Okay, that probably officially makes me an old fogey)

I always loved Halloween as a kid--my favorite holiday. But trick or treating has changed since then. It may look the same, but what it does for the kids is very different. Just to show that genres aren't so simple in their purposes/functions/uses/motives--trick or treating isn't just about getting candy. Or at least it wasn't to me and my friend. In MYYYY day (said with an old fogey creak), trick or treating was different.

I hope you'll listen to my short tale of what Halloween used to do for us. If you're on a mobile device, click on the small black link "Listen in Browser" and you won't have to have SoundCloud. (And I'll hope you'll let me know if you have any trouble getting access to my audio recording. I'm still pretty new at it.)
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May we all be both wild and safe this October 31.

​Happy Halloween!!!!!