Both kids AND adults are excited about stringing the faux spider webs and choosing costumes. What is it about dressing up in a kooky costume and acting weird that does it for so many people? It's the candy! I don't know about you, but when I was a kid, trick-or-treating was a chance to sample different kinds of candy to find out which ones were the good ones to buy. My father, of course, was only too happy to assist me in this all important task.
Well, maybe Halloween isn't just about the candy. Maybe it's about all those creepy books and movies that give you goosebumps (not necessarily the kind by R. L. Stine). Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is my all time favorite Halloween story. With a Headless Horseman and a great chase in an eerie town, it keeps your eyes glued to the page and your heart racing. Then there's The Others, the movie with Nicole Kidman, that keeps you sitting at the edge of your seat with each twist and turn of the plot. What you think is real isn't, and what you think isn't real...is! Whoa!
Or is Halloween mainly about the parties, like the one the library's having next week on Thursday, October 29 at 6 p.m.? Maybe it's a Not-So-Scary Halloween Party for the smaller kids, but that doesn't mean the bigger kids and the kidults can't have fun as well. There are crafts and candy and storytime and candy and games and candy. Did I mention there's candy? We'll also have fruit and juice because we gotta have some healthy things, too, you know.
Perhaps all the bubble, bubble, toil and trouble of Halloween boils down to simple, old fashioned fun. No matter our age, we just want to have a good time. So put on your costume, get your treats, and forego the tricks. Read some good books, watch some good movies, and have fun at the Halloween party. Put your spooky on!
Wishing you a ghoulish Halloween from the perch.
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