Posted October 30, 2007 - 5:25pm by Murray Wood

Once again, it’s Halloween…which, of course is for kids, pretty much hands down the most fun night of the year.

But I’m getting the sense that increasingly, in our ‘No-fun society,’ there are people who are saying no thanks to Halloween.

There are even signs they can put up now (see above) that say “No tricks, No treats, No thanks!”  They feature a jack o’lantern in the circle with a line through it and at the bottom, have the nerve to add, “Have Fun!” I’m actually encountering people who say they don’t take part.  They may not go so far as to put up a sign, but they just turn out the lights and go downstairs. And their reasoning?  Well in one case it’s that kids today are rude and so they can’t be bothered to give them candy.

And I just think; how wrong, how misguided how....grinchy!

I know it’s a free country and everyone can do what they like, but I say that if you trick or treated as a kid…that if you got candy then, it’s grinchy to now refuse to give out candy. There is an unspoken contract involved here.

So, suck it up! Buy some candy, quit being so grouchy, enjoy the evening.  For one night, don’t worry if the kids are trotting across your lawn, or even whether they remember to say thanks.  Yes they should, but it’s Halloween.

Just try to enjoy the excitement on their faces, the shine in their eyes, and if it helps, the knowledge that they’re going to be wired on sugar tonight and you don’t have to deal with it.