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Fears aside, I suspect that the larger tragedy is that Halloween treats are now mostly sugary candy and chocolate. I remember a time when there was much more v
by II2II 9y ago
Fears aside, I suspect that the larger tragedy is that Halloween treats are now mostly sugary candy and chocolate. I remember a time when there was much more variety. I also remember how quickly things changed after the first (likely unsubstantiated) scare in my community.
- analog31 9y agoThe only variety that I can remember as a kid, was the house on the next street where they gave out Chick Tracts instead of candy.
- hexane360 9y agoIt seems a little counterintuitive to hand out anti-halloween material to trick-or-treaters. I mean, it's still observing Halloween even if it's not candy you're giving out.
- rhizome 9y agoProselytizers gonna proselytize.
- poorrights 9y agoIs it just impossible for Hackernews to see the world how other people do or...?
- poorrights 9y agoGee, why didn’t THEY think of that?
- InclinedPlane 9y agoToday they are almost exclusively pre-packaged candy of well known brands. They used to include a lot more home made products, like cookies, cupcakes, caramel apples, popcorn balls, rice krispy treats, etc.
- smokey_the_bear 9y agoThere were a few houses near me that gave out something special in the late 80s. One house gave out baggies of home made popcorn, brownies at another, candy apples at one house, and one house took a polaroid of you in your costume. These were all beloved houses. I'd love to do that for the younger kids in my neighborhood. But a lot of the slightly older kids that come to my door are awfully surly. They are trying to grab handfuls of candy from the bowl as you are trying to give them one, and they also steal anything else that happens to be on your front porch that night. I don't really want to deal with trying to give them something special.