I was at the food store the other day and they already have their Halloween candy and decorations out. I know summer is un-officially over, but they started putting the candy out 2 weeks ago. It seems every year; holiday stuff is being put out earlier and earlier. Another couple of weeks and we will start seeing Christmas items on the store shelves.
The only thing worse than that was when I was a kid and enjoying summer vacation and started to see back-to-school commercials on TV and back-to-school sales in stores….in July. Well, I guess I’d better get to the store and buy my daughter a Halloween costume before they run out of them. That reminds me of the costumes when I was a kid. Superman, spider man etc. They all had the plastic outfit that you tie in the back and the plastic mask. When you put the mask on you could hardly see. Boy was it fun crossing the street or climbing up the stairs to ring the doorbell. And living in Jersey City there were a lot of stairs to climb. If it was hot out you’d sweat from the plastic. But if it was cold out, you had to put the costume on over your jacket then it would start ripping.
If that wasn’t bad enough, when we got home my mother would start going through all the candy and throw out the ones that were not sealed in plastic. I hated that part. Before Halloween, there is another holiday; OK, so it’s not an official holiday but it should be. On September 17th, it is half way to St. Patrick’s Day…. My second favorite holiday. Of course St. Patrick’s Day is my favorite, with Thanksgiving a close 2nd. Who doesn’t like a day dedicated to food, drink and football. With that, let me just say Happy Halloween. Oops, I hope I’m not too late.
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