Posted by COVID-19 has caused a lot of bad stuff to happen this year. The latest mess is the cancelation of Halloween.* And I’m really bummed about it…
Our house is the full-sized chocolate bar house. The prior owner never handed out candy, so I worked tirelessly to build Halloween-credibility in our neighbourhood. In our first year, we only had fifteen trick-or-treaters. We were able to grow that number to over 150! Yes, we counted.
It’s not just handing out full-sized chocolate bars to the cute, dressed-up, kiddos that I’ll miss this year. I love all holidays. I love the air of festivity and the traditions that come with them. Our Halloween tradition has been having a small dinner party at home with another couple who loves Halloween as much as we do. Everyone has a job. Steve serves food and wine. Anita counts trick-or-treaters while calling out the costumes. Raj plays music on our outdoor speakers to match the costumes. And I wait by the door, at the ready, with my chocolate bars. We have the BEST time.
But alas, COVID has foiled our plans. No dinner party. No trick-or-treaters. No full-sized chocolate bars.
I know I’m not the only grown-up who’s sad about Halloween. Lots of parents are experiencing sympathy-sadness for their kids who are upset that they can’t go trick-or-treating, and others have had to cancel their costume parties. I hear you – this stinks! But maybe we can make up for it next year.
#DoubleTheCandyForHalloween2021
Happy Halloween, everyone!
Nelly
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*Of course I realize that the pandemic has caused WAY worse things to happen than the cancellation of Halloween. My point is, simply, that it’s ok to mourn Halloween.
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