Halloween..who is at your door?

[GeorgiaGreek]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

I would be more supportive of it if I felt like it were an embracing of childhood like you're saying. Unfortunately, my experience is that the high schoolers who do it here are throwing a 'costume' together (I'm sorry, but sticking a pacifier in your mouth doesn't make a baby costume) and asking for free candy.

When I was in high school, there was a fairly large group of us - maybe 10 or so girls - who dressed up every year in some kind of theme and went door to door. We didn't ask for candy, though. We sang to the people instead (think Christmas caroling). We got candy from a few people, and that was nice, but the fun of it was getting dressed up with friends and putting on a show.

It doesn't bother me to see high schoolers trick-or-treating, even if the costume is a themed assembly of normal clothes (plaid shirt+brown boots = cowgirl) because it means they're choosing to have "good clean fun" instead of another high school halloween tradition, which is getting drunk at some kid's house party. I'm not saying "oh high schoolers shouldn't be drinking rah rah rah" because many of us did party in high school, but I think more adults need to be aware and supportive of the choice that the older trick-or-treaters are making by doing that instead of possibly getting into REAL mischief or TP-ing/egging someone's house.