The pitter-patter of sneakers on the sidewalk from house to house. Cries of delight to all that this house was the place to get the goods. Echoed by a Happy Halloween in the crisp night air. A time when children converged onto neighborhoods asking for candies. The neighborhood that I grew up in as a youngster still has kids every Halloween coming to the doors. With trunk or treating and other carbon copies, it feels as though this tradition is dying, at least from the standpoint of a kid that grew up in the 90s and early 00s (Yes I am sure that there are still communities that do this, so I am not saying it is completely dead.) When all month long kids can don a costume and go to a trunk or treat, or walk downtown to businesses and get candy, or a some what carnival event three weeks before (just another way to advertise for a business). The options are endless throughout October. I remember Harvest carnivals put on by elementary schools the weekend before Hallow...
