It is Halloween Right?

"It is Halloween right?"

asked the child dressed as a Banana,

as we were waiting to go into the candy patch

"It is the Fall Festival Dear" answered the parent.

"Do I have to say Trick or Treat?" ask the banana

"This is not trick or treating, it is the candy patch,

you get candy to celebrate the fall and make it fun!"

 

Another parent waiting answers their children saying

 "It is Halloween and it was trick or treating."

 

The looks on the parents faces were pretty scary 

and they had no masks on !

 

A few parents were talking about an approved list of costumes

for the students who will be celebrating 'fall' at school.

Apparently some costumes are considered to be offensive to others.

 

I thought ...

 imitation was the sincerest form of flattery

and

 Halloween was about about dressing up,

imagination, creativity, fun and of course the candy!

 

If I believe in Halloween, and others do not... that is OK

I can and others do not have to

If I like mashed potatoes and others do not... that is OK

I can and others do not have to

 

I choose to celebrate Halloween

I choose attend Fall Festivals

I choose to enjoy it ALL

 

How did something so simple get so complex?

 

What are your thoughts?