Just a Thought.....Halloween.

Just a Thought....Happy Halloween. So this evening ends the best month of the year. It's always sad to see Halloween go. It means that October is gone...no more scary movies on the regular, The state Fair is closed for another year and dressing like a murderous clown will get you thrown in a jail cell instead of rewarded with a nice snicker bar. I can remember having so much fun as a kid going out to get candy and dressed like a possed monk. Halloween these days has gotten far better at being able to find authentic and more creative costume ideas for both kids and adults. I can remember when the only place you could find a costume was at a local store like Motts or K-mart. Then came along a giant like Wal-mart as it started to grow and gain popularity that offered more options and some were really good options to buy a good store-bought costume. There was nothing like making a homemade costume as long as you could find the material. Now it is as simple as either ordering it online and having it shipped to your home or office. Or just going to somewhere like Party City or Spirits to go buy a Halloween costume. It can literally take you all of 5 minutes to find something. Then the actual act of going out and walking door to door in your neighborhood to ask for free candy is a foreign concept to a new generation of kids. You have to pry them away from Fortnite to get out and walk to get free candy. I know a lot of things have changed since I was a kid going out on the hunt for candy with my friends. But the act of dressing up, scaring people and getting awesome treats is still alive and well. Other than Christmas, there is none bigger of a holiday that produces so much commerce. That is until they actually make Amazon Prime Day a national holiday. Halloween continues to thrive. The only advantage of Trick or Treating as an adult rather than the children is that you get to do half the work but get all the benefits of eating your kid's candy and hiding it under the guise that all that candy is bad for them. As soon as I finish this post I will most definitely be heading over to the kids' bucket and dig out my favorites. So until tomorrow friends, remember that....this was just a thought.