Frosty nights, feel the bite
Autumn leaves falling down
Dropping so softly to the ground.
Time for planning trick or treats
Getting candies all in a row
Ghosts and goblins now do show.
Lights and sounds and eerie noise
Under the street lights children go
Holding bags out and costumes that glow.
As we open up the door
We go back in time and remember when
We were the ones trick or treating then.
Looking past the mask they wear
Wondering if we know them and get our bowl
They take the treats, and off they go.
Life has passed us quickly by
Childhood is gone and now we stand
In the door, giving treats with our loving hands.
Terry Shepherd
Oct.14th 2012
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We don’t have Halloween in Australia but I remember it from my childhood in Canada – great poem Terry. You are so good at rhyme.
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i am glad you have your memories. it was a great time of getting free candy!!!!!!! thank you for the nice compliment my sweet friend!
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I’m on my way to bed – have had one of those crying days – Ming has been an absolute shit.
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I am so sorry, I so wish there was something I could do to calm the waters………….
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Halloween is not really that big here in the UK although it is getting better I can’t wait for my little monster to be old enough to really get into it
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slowly it is dying here, because there are too many real live monsters who want to hurt little kiddies by putting bad things inside the candies
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Live in Belfast and worked in Scotland … Halloween, massive there.. Really like it. Nice little poem about childhood memories and innocent. It’s a Celtic tradition, and it was to chase all the evil out of the houses before Christmas.
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to tell u the truth i don’t really know how it got started here, but i do know it was much nicer and better and safer when i was a child than in today’s trick or treating
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I think the Irish and the Scots brought it with them over there. It’s very big on Ireland … I don’t think it has gone out of hands yet over there. We have adapted it here too, but not so big yet.
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it is a shame when mean old people have to ruin it for innocent children
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We don’t celebrate Halloween In Australia as you guys in The States do. Recently though, the past few years, it’s becoming more popular with retail outlets selling more and more Halloween outfits and baubles. I believe it started more as a way to increase ‘sales’ however, Aussies, in general, are now having Halloween parties where it’s fun to dress up. Some children (none in my little corner of the world) go door to door however, it’s certainly got a long way to go if ever it is to become as popular as it is in your country… About 4 years ago Keith and I got dressed up as a witch/warlord couple for one of our dance socials. That was great fun..!
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until I started blogging, I just assumed we all celebrated the same holidays at the same time, but I m learning everything is different in different countries. i would love to see you all dressed up in your costume!!!
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I’ve sent a pic to your email…. 🙂
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thank you, will go look!
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so lovely and so nostalgic…..
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thank you Ivonne!!!! glad you enjoyed it!
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