trick 'r treat

i expected a crush of trick 'r treaters tonight.  the pandemic is still with us but most people are feeling a bit looser on restrictions etc etc.  tonight, well i can't gauge the number terribly so.  i mean, i have no idea if the number of kids was, on balance, higher or lower than any other year.  we had 34 kids.  we kept count.  but our part of the neighborhood is not high traffic.  save that for the Fab 40s, the neighborhood made famous by the movie Ladybird [2017] which get hundreds of kids & their families.  maybe even thousands.  that's not an exaggeration.  families drive to the Fab 40s for halloween & for christmas decorations.  we live on the outside of it.  nevertheless, i love handing out candy to trick 'r treaters no matter their numbers.  one kid was dressed as Sam from the film Trick 'R Treat [2007] (which i watched tonight because it is such a kick ass movie & a homage to the high holiday).  i might just ham it up when i give out candy.  i enjoy the act & i love seeing the kids dressed in their halloween costumes.  as for candy, i don't eat a lot of it but for during the spooky season.  during halloween i gobble it up.  below is our jack o' lantern carved by anna.  the most depressing, & exciting, day of the year is the day after halloween when a full year must pass for the high holiday to return.  depressing because it will be a full year.  exciting because we have a full year of anticipation & planning ahead of us.  halloween 2022 is now behind us.  until next year, stay spooky!

boo!