Has anyone else read that picture book (I can't remember the title) where the little boy goes trick or treating and is really disappointed because he keeps getting odds and end from around the house like a toothbrush and a bar of soap, and it's because he was going trick or treating a day early? less

One elderly lady on our street when I lived in Kansas City made popcorn balls every year. We all knew her, so we knew her stuff was perfectly safe - nobody ever died the previous year. New families that moved in always tossed her stuff out, which is really sad because she made yummy popcorn balls. less

I remeber when I was a kid during Halloween, you would cover several blocks around your house, nobody ever messed with anything that was given out. If the porch light was off, you left the house alone, but if the porch light was on, it was good to go. Yes, we got some strange stuff by today's standards. Cookies, loose candy, apples, popcorn balls, and most of the other items listed above. It was a good time to be a kid, and it was fun until people started getting wierd and putting stuff into apples, or lacing candy with LSD. That really took the fun out of Halloween for a lot of kids. less