Hello, is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me...
A knock at the door.
In my house, comfortably numb, preparing for the Wednesday night radio show, without a thought of the repercussions, I answered the door.
A cute little girl in a Frozen costume, her brother also wearing a frozen costume with Grandad and Grandma beaming brightly in the front yard. They are all smiling and happy, the grandma is a recognisable Stafford identity. The group is obviously enjoying Halloween in Stafford, Trick or Treating in a neighbourhood where it is not really done. For the last 25 years it has been an older persons area, we were the young family. Years ago when my kids wanted to do Trick or Treating, I gave a warning to the elderly ladies around the corner, and a sneaky packet of wrapped lollies also.
Uh oh!! It is the 31st of October and in many places around the world this is happening. On the streets around here, the responses appear varied, a few houses are decorated in the Halloween colours of orange green and black with a liberal dose of store bought spray on cobwebs and a bit of crime tape. Where does that come from?
In general, the idea is if you want Trick or Treaters to visit, you turn your front light on, round these parts anyway. People actually sit in the darkness so as not to be visited by these types. Okay so I'm a nice lady, but a little forgetful sometimes, we had no wrapped candy, lollies, chocolates, eucalyptus, Fishermans Friend's nothing, zilch. Except fruit
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