BOOOOOOOOO!
Trick or Treat!
It's the time of year when goblins,
ghosts, skeletons, trick-or-treaters,
and haunted houses all combine to make a most magical
and fun-filled holiday called Halloween.

Halloween is the one time of the year when children can lose themselves in fun without worrying about normal, proper, or appropriate behavior and dreams. They can look scary, silly, awful or glamorous ... look any way they please. They can scare others and themselves; they can masquerade and fool those around them, calling attention to themselves. And on Halloween, it's all right.








Halloween has traditionally been a holiday for children. But today, it has become our nation's Mardi Gras ... a wonderful family holiday. It's a fun celebration for parents and children, enabling them to spend time together creating costumes, carving pumpkins, planning trick or treat activities, and participating in family parties.



This is SooooO GooooooD

'Twas Halloween night
and all through the sky,
The clouds hid the moon
as the bats glided by;

I was dressed all in white
in my mama's old sheet,
Walking with friends
down the ghost-haunted street.

All the kids were dressed
in bright costumed array,
While flashlights and street lights
guided our way;

We giggled and laughed
as we hurried to each door,
Ringing or knocking,
then laughing some more.

There were pumpkins aglow
and skeletons dangling,
Scarecrows and shadows
and silver chains clanging;

Grownups in masked faces
opened doors in greeting,
As we stood with our bags
and waited for treating.

Some people say
that we should not have this night,
That too many kids are harmed
by the sights or the fright;

But it's the one time a year
when we can pretend to be
Someone else for a while,
not you ... not even me.

Let them celebrate now,
as the bats glide on by,
For childhood is brief,
like the blink of an eye;

Listen to their laughter
and let the children be
Someone else for a while ...
not you and not even me.

~ Judith A. Lindberg ~

Created and Maintained by MheL* Updated Oct. 26,08

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