I didn’t let my kids do Halloween for a couple of years for very stupid religious reasons. However, I also wanted them to have the kind of carefree Halloweens I had as a kid, running around town at night with all my friends. I could not let them do that where I lived in Wichita. Too dangerous. That left me with going to a mall, one year, and that REALLY sucked.
Our first year here in this small town we did Halloween. I didn’t have the $$ for official costumes, so I poked around the house and cobbled stuff together.. And turned them loose in the neighborhood!
We rarely get kids today any more. They have a thing down town where a lot of businesses are open. It centers around the fire station. The kids stand in a long line to get a few pieces of candy. Also, to the police department.
The houses on the main street that runs east and west get a lot of kids, though.
To me, it’s sad.