Happy Jack
Tomorrow, I'll fashion this year's pumpkin into something that will bring as many excited little kids as possible to my door October 31. Because a well-carved jack-o-lantern in front of your house is a universal sign welcoming trick-or-treaters, inviting them to visit you in their ghoulish garb for candy and maybe a little conversation.Strange, isn't it, that we have to hide behind masks and costumes in order to feel at ease going from door to door in our own neighborhoods, finally meeting the people down the street that we should already know but don't? Halloween fosters the greatest sense of community on a public scale in America and yet, from the outward look of it, appears one of the most bizarre nights of the year.
And so my jack-o-lantern will sport a happy smile, a flickering candle within his heart lighting the dark night with a warm glow that whispers to all who wander by "Welcome... Welcome..."
posted by rekkidbraka @ 12:06 PM
1 Comments:
IT's good that you can give candy out on Halloween. In Las Vegas, people had become accustomed to taking their kids to the malls to go trick-or-treating so I never saw any kids in costume come by my door. Here in SF, I am obliged to take my mom out every Halloween since it's her birthday. We usually go out for dinner and miss the trick-or-treaters altogether.
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