{"id":121,"date":"2010-11-03T15:36:14","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T15:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=121"},"modified":"2014-04-07T07:16:50","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T12:16:50","slug":"trick-or-treating-fun-for-all-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=121","title":{"rendered":"Trick or Treating: Fun for All Ages"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cTrick or treat! Smell my feet! Give me something good to eat!\u201d<\/p>\n

An infamous chant for trick or treaters. Halloween is approaching and students and adults are brainstorming ideas for what to do. Some already have regular traditions they do every Halloween, while others consider it just a normal day. But what about those who plan on going trick or treating? Senior Rachael Garcia states \u201cDefinitely trick or treating! Unless stealing from the little ones isn\u2019t considered treating…kidding!\u201d \u201cYeah who doesn\u2019t. It\u2019s the best thing to do on Halloween night.\u201d Junior Bruce Schneider agrees. Whereas others simply state \u201cNo.\u201d as Senior Anthony Berg does.<\/p>\n

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A lot of controversy is brought up as to whether or not older people should still be able to dress up and get candy. Others are totally up for the idea of letting their inner child show. As people grow, age can affect many things we do. Trick or treating is an activity that high schoolers rarely participate in anymore, because of the age reputation. Though less people actually participate, the thing most do agree on is the age bracket. \u201cFrom birth to, I don\u2019t know, death.\u201d Senior Jake Hulse replies about the \u201cright\u201d trick or treating age. Schneider comments, \u201cThere shouldn\u2019t be an age bracket. People of all ages should trick or treat.\u201d Though many students say, it\u2019s OK to participate in trick or treating, many don\u2019t like the idea of actually going, but prefer to just leave it for the younger generation. Contemplating on the right age, the time frame for trick or treating will also matter. \u201cFrom 5:30-10:53pm,\u201d Garcia jokingly states. Berg concurs by saying to \u201cMake it later.\u201d Depending upon the majority of ages who do go trick or treating will affect the time frame alloted.
\nCostumes are one of the biggest points of Halloween. One has the opportunity to change them up every year, and be anything they want to be. Creativity is all around, especially for those who have very…peculiar costumes that they can\u2019t forget once they\u2019ve seen them. \u201c A really big monkey, and because it\u2019s a really big monkey.\u201d Berg recalls about his most memorable costume he has seen. \u201cMy cousin being a box. What\u2019s not to remember.\u201d Schneider remembers. One of the funniest, most memorable costumes Rachael Garcia has ever seen was \u201cAn adult wearing one of those cow costumes with the huge realistic utters.\u201d she laughs.
\nAlthough students always have memories of some of the best costumes they have ever seen, they also hold a special place in their heart for their favorite costume that they went as for Halloween. \u201cA pink power ranger!\u201d Garcia exclaims. Jake Hulse remembers when he went as Peter Pan. \u201cI was Peter Pan once. Tights and everything!\u201d
\nAlong with wearing costumes, students also have Halloween traditions. Many carve pumpkins with faces of their choice or do routine activities. \u201cSomething creative and not just a mouth with two eyes.\u201d Garcia points out. Schneider stays on the same track and comments he carves a pumpkin with the design of \u201cwhatever pops into my mind.\u201d Other activities that go on during Halloween is passing out candy to children who come by, as Anthony Berg does as a tradition. \u201cStaying up all night watching all the horror movie marathons on the television\u201d is how Garcia likes to spend her Halloween, and many are to join her.
\nWith laughs, cackles, and tricks pulled, many students are uneducated as to where the Halloween theme began. Schneider claims that it started because \u201cwhen people believed that if you offer free candy it calms the devil.\u201d Berg says \u201c…pagans celebrating the turn of the calender year in their society by dressing as demons to scare away spirits.\u201d Rachel Garcia has a totally different approach as to how the \u201choliday\u201d started. \u201cTwo boys, one named Hallo the other named Ween, came together one day and decided that they shall create a day where parents will give lots of candy to every child they meet wearing a costume.\u201d
\nWhether anyone really knows how Halloween started, it\u2019s something that every student is aware of. From trick or treating, to watching scary movies, to just hanging with friends. Halloween typically doesn\u2019t go unnoticed, so students, and adults will be scattering around for candy to pass out or costumes to purchase or make.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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