As the ‘ber’ months begin and the temperatures fluctuate, there is one holiday that keeps kids up at night dreaming about the sweet, sweet sensation of candy galore: Halloween.
Every year, people flock to the stores to buy Halloween decorations, and sometimes people even compete to see who can have the best decorations. Could you imagine what it would be like if people could decorate without sticking to a budget?
“My front yard would be a giant cemetery with headstones, and skeletons crawling out of the ground and coffins,” Mr. Robert Grider, Assistant Principal, shared.
“I would have a haunted castle complete with high keeps, a drawbridge, and a moat containing real crocodiles!” Mr. Jeremy Mays, Communication Arts, shared.
Some people would prefer a more simplistic-style home.
“I would have orange lights lining the edge of my roof with pumpkin labubus scattered across my lawn,” said Ernest Dunklin, ‘27.
Most of the time, kids will go through their loot of candy looking for that one piece of candy or special item.
“The water tattoos were always some of my favorite items,” Dunklin stated.
Everyone has their own vision of the perfect Halloween. What is yours?
“A calm, quiet night with wind howling; a full moon for extra spookiness,” Lucy Bernard, ‘27, shared.
Typically, when the porch light is on, that means that the house is giving out candy, so most of the time, trick-or-treaters know what houses to go to and what houses to skip.
I liked receiving it more since we never got trick-or-treaters at my house,” Bernard stated.
Halloween brings a lot of memories and excitement to October.
“In fourth grade, a friend of mine had a Halloween party at her house. Her family owned the funeral home in town. They had a haunted house walkthrough and told everyone that one body inside was real. Obviously, it wasn’t, or wait, this was the 1980s, so I think there wasn’t a real body. Anyway, it is still one of the scariest moments I remember during the Halloween season,” Mr. Mays said.
With the spooky season, fears are learned and faced.
“I was actually really afraid of the dark, like growing up, and I think that’s still like I don’t like being able to go into a room and not knowing what is in there. So anything like that and darkness freaked me out,” Mr. Grider shared.
Most people hold annual traditions for each thing they celebrate. Sometimes people have a Halloween tradition.
“I usually dress in Halloween-ish colors,” stated Dunklin.
There is always that one costume you just had to be at least once in your trick-or-treating career.
“I always wanted to dress up as a policeman when I was younger because that was what my dad did for his job. He was my hero growing up,” Mr. Mays stated.
