October Stories: Tricks & Treats
In the Midwest of my youth October First signaled the start of a hallowed season. The leaves had turned from rich yellow and gold to dull and lifeless brown, and most had fallen into drifts awaiting the rakes of pipe-smoking suburban fathers. Mothers admonished their boys to put on jackets before going outside, then wiped their hands on their aprons and returned to their homemaking duties. The children would run through the streets in indigo twilight, taking shortcuts through well-trimmed lawns to whatever wild areas remained, and sprawled in brittle foliage to discuss matters of the utmost importance — costumes, tricks, and haunted houses. Hallowe'en was on its way!
To celebrate this season, Hidden City is devoting the month of October to the only holiday dedicated to the celebration of the imagination. Barring something unforeseen — always a possibility around Hallowe'en — there will be thirty-one tricks and treats for your sampling before the dawn of All Saint's Day. Some will be truth, some lies, but most will be somewhere in-between. After all, this is Hallowe'en in the Hidden City.
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It's my most favorite holiday of the year. I'll have a post about it up soon...
If you weren't already married....
Looking forward to this series on HC. There's a lacuna in my youth when it comes to Halloween. Growing up in a Cuban household, we didn't celebrate it in any special way, other than the costumes, and that wasn't every year.
I have always loved Halloween & taken great pleasure in making sure all the little details of my kids costumes received the necessary attention. I particularly enjoyed doing the makeup. The more horrific, the better. But, alas, now they are teenagers and into their own thing and no longer need mom to make them scary. (they do that all on their own) They are depriving me of one of life's pleasures. Feh. So, it is with much anticipation that I look forward to a month-long Halloween-fest here at HC. Thx K!
If I had gotten my way, I would have married on Halloween, in costumes, and guests would have had to been dressed up, too.
I'm still a bit a upset about that.
Boo!
Thank you for sharing all these great stories! They are awesome!
Oh I so love Halloween. But last year I only had one trick-or-treater knock on my door. It's so sad that kids don't celebrate it full-tilt anymore. My Halloweens always rocked!
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