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55. I always thought it was fun, but I remember one year when it was very cold, my parents made me

Thu Oct 17, 2019, 09:07 PM

Oct 2019

bundle up with long-underwear, sweaters and a wind-breaker under my beautiful princess dress that we found at a tag sale (it was a little big on me, but I had my heart set on it). I was so upset. It was this lovely red and pink velvet dress with white chiffon sleeves and collar and I ended up looking like a stuffed sausage after they bundled me up under the dress. I still went out trick-or-treating and got a lot of candy, but it was kind of a bummer.

Another time, I went to a Halloween party as a ghost and was trying to eat a hot-dog w/ mustard while still in costume but I ended up getting mustard all over the mouth of my costume and had to go out trick-or-treating like that. I think it would have been scarier and more effective if it was ketchup!

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Halloween when you were a kid: fun, not fun, never did it, etc ? [View all] steve2470 Oct 2019 OP

Fun (also, no one x-rays candy. Lol!) demmiblue Oct 2019 #1

I read somewhere that some parents were going to hospitals to X-ray candy steve2470 Oct 2019 #2

no it just happened later qazplm135 Oct 2019 #5

It defintely is a "thing"--just not during the time period of the OP (nor even several years later) hlthe2b Oct 2019 #8

yes I never heard of it when I was a child, and only starting maybe in the 1980's ? nt steve2470 Oct 2019 #9

Speaking for myself, it seemed to be one of those over-produced TV scare stories. demmiblue Oct 2019 #13

In your wildest imagination, can you envision hundreds of parents, lining up outside the E.R., 3Hotdogs Oct 2019 #30

yes excellent points nt steve2470 Oct 2019 #38

No, This Actually RobinA Oct 2019 #69

Yes, I believe it was. I never, ever saw or heard of families in our town amywalk Oct 2019 #72

I love sweets so fun qazplm135 Oct 2019 #3

great costume! nt steve2470 Oct 2019 #17

Loved it! Always made our own costumes and makeup. Also remember collecting pennies for unicef Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2019 #4

yes! imagine that today. unblock Oct 2019 #10

Not sure if they still do it. Certainly not in my area. I do recall a few years ago reading letters Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2019 #14

yes I remember the little UNICEF cartons, I never collected very much steve2470 Oct 2019 #12

So much fun! Did it every year until I was 12 in 1964. 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 2019 #6

Always turned so cold we had to cover our costumes with coats--bummer. hlthe2b Oct 2019 #7

Yes... I hated wearing a coat LeftInTX Oct 2019 #52

what are you talking about? the free razor blades was the best part! unblock Oct 2019 #11

old enough to shave? and still trick-or-treating? stopdiggin Oct 2019 #15

As kids we did black face for trick or treat. That was in the 50's. So much of what we did was wasupaloopa Oct 2019 #16

Fun, for the most part Ohiogal Oct 2019 #18

I always thought it was fun, but I remember one year when it was very cold, my parents made me smirkymonkey Oct 2019 #55

poison candy and foreign objects are mostly urban legends stopdiggin Oct 2019 #19

Halloween, 1978 - Luke Skywalker. Aristus Oct 2019 #20

Loved it! I started about 1957. We went in a small group of just kids. What a great way to have dameatball Oct 2019 #21

Lived in a small farming town TlalocW Oct 2019 #22

yup remember the plastic costumes. EricaGriswoldAuthor Oct 2019 #47

We always had the day after Halloween out of school - so we did it up big time rurallib Oct 2019 #23

My friend and I used to go to the rich neighborhood where they gave out the full sized candy bars ProudLib72 Oct 2019 #24

We trick or treated for Texasgal Oct 2019 #25

I did that too radical noodle Oct 2019 #36

The complete idiocy of the "razor blade in candy" nonsense... jberryhill Oct 2019 #26

excellent points, yes nt steve2470 Oct 2019 #39

Ranks right up there with the missing kids on the milk cartons. llmart Oct 2019 #62

In the fifties. Fun. Baton twirling majorette. Ma had to put an empty sprinkleeninow Oct 2019 #27

Well,not exactly a kid,.. Permanut Oct 2019 #28

only did it when I was in America Skittles Oct 2019 #29

My favorite holiday hands down. MontanaMama Oct 2019 #31

In our town, it started with the costume parade assembly at the elementary school. 3Hotdogs Oct 2019 #32

Loved every minute of it as a kid. Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2019 #33

Yep. I'm 60 and did it until I was about 10 as well. Maybe 11. PatrickforO Oct 2019 #34

In that instance, I think we can all safely say things were better steve2470 Oct 2019 #66

I always did Trick or Treat for UNICEF radical noodle Oct 2019 #35

#1 Miss Willie Mae's home made popcorn balls yellowdogintexas Oct 2019 #37

Yes indeed shadowmayor Oct 2019 #54

My siblings and I always found things to make our own costumes and marched in the parade and ran all appleannie1 Oct 2019 #40

Oh yes, I'm 67 and Fundamentalists hadn't turned against Haloween when I was a kid. lark Oct 2019 #41

33 and still dress up... EricaGriswoldAuthor Oct 2019 #42

We had "mischief night" before Halloween randr Oct 2019 #43

We would call ahead and only go to people we knew IronLionZion Oct 2019 #44

Meh. Blue_playwright Oct 2019 #45

We did not celebrate Halloween when my mom was a Jehovah's Witness. hunter Oct 2019 #46

"Trick or treat for Unicef" oswaldactedalone Oct 2019 #48

when my late mom was a litle girl( great depression era 1.0) she would listen to spookey shows on AllaN01Bear Oct 2019 #49

Great fun bottomofthehill Oct 2019 #50

We were not allowed any candy that was not wrapped or things like applegrove Oct 2019 #51

Fun...I'm almost 63 LeftInTX Oct 2019 #53

1960's - Lame, uncomfortable, store-bought costumes, mostly crappy candy, cold weather. ThoughtCriminal Oct 2019 #56

A family from Poland moved in across the street a week or two before Halloween world wide wally Oct 2019 #57

Fun and safe for us wnylib Oct 2019 #58

Fun. My mom made great costumes LakeArenal Oct 2019 #59

Halloween fun in the 40's northoftheborder Oct 2019 #60

I celebrated Halloween as a kid, and still do Niagara Oct 2019 #61

I only got to go trick or treating a couple of years. llmart Oct 2019 #63

Recall fondly benld74 Oct 2019 #64

Anyone know what Corning a House is? benld74 Oct 2019 #65

Haloween as a kid in the DFW area imavoter Oct 2019 #67

It was really fun in the late 50s. Mr.Bill Oct 2019 #68

I'm 62 RobinA Oct 2019 #70

My brother and I did it until we were in our 30s! bif Oct 2019 #71