Halloween. The one holiday that I don't exactly understand, but it seems to be widely celebrated in our culture. I never really participated much as a kid, because we didn't live in a subdivision and our road was off of a busy highway. Walking around in the dark with a mask on near that highway was suicide, so we attended fall festivals and the like in place of trick-or-treating.
As an adult, I like the idea of all my neighbors, many whom I don't know, coming to my door to say hi with all their kiddos. But I also know that others are disturbed and annoyed by it too. So in light of this holiday, here are a few courtesies for homeowners and trick-or-treaters.
Homeowners, if you want kids to come to your door, leave your porch light on and have your candy ready. Introduce yourself if you don't know the person- it helps build community! Be careful driving around the streets, watching for the little ones who are not paying attention to traffic. If you decide that Halloween is not for you, simply turn out your lights in front.
Trick-or-treaters, walk on the right side of the road. It would be even better to have something reflective on your shirt or carry a flashlight. Be respectful to your neighbors who do not wish to participate. And please do not throw any candywrappers on someone else's property.
If you have any other ideas or recommendations to make this a better or safer Halloween for Dunmovin residents, please feel free to share!
3 comments:
Faith,
Glad to see you & the kiddos at the "HOOD" Halloween parade/party. This is a good example of how great our neighborhood is. It was great to see the many young kids having fun, the familiar friends/neighbors that we don't get to see often enough,and the many new neighbors.
A special thanks to Jane & Mark Fraundorf for all the goodies and opening your yard /driveway to the masses (lasting well past 5:00)hehe. To Virginia Moran for the bouncy in your driveway. And to Michelle and Tullan as I think you organized it. If I left out anyone I am sorry. You all did a GREAT job. A good time was had by all.
Leona
Oh, yes, I second that! I am not gifted at organization but I will do whatever to bring back the parties and sense of community that apparently used to exist on a grander scale in our neighborhood. I wish more of the folks on Norman and Lambert would have attended. Looks like everyone had a wonderful time visiting.
I think a main issue is that a lot of people are not on the computer(believe it or not hehe) and or not on list to get emails (for many reasons). Possibly a good idea would be for us to put signs at entrances of Norman Dr./DunMovin & Lambert. Letting all know. I will gladly take that on and post when something else comes up.
Another thing, you and I had spoken about having another neighborhood garage sale. Would you like to post something seeing if people would be interested? I cant remember who I spoke with that was going to be having one on November 7-8th. It would be nice for whoever wanted one to jump on and do there own in their driveway..I would post signs . A possibility is if some people don't have a lot of stuff we could join in one driveway to make it look more appealing for the people driving by.I would be in that group, but do have a lot of stuff I want to get rid of.
Just a thought let me know what you think.
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