@DM - to say that kids should be allowed to enjoy it is a bit of a statement for me. I find that if kids were to go around asking for free candy it leaves some gap in why they are getting it. Because it's Halloween is a bit of a miss concept and not all kids enjoy it really.

I dunno, I prefer not having Halloween tbh - it's just another stupid excuse for people to get free stuff IMO.

*Sits in the side lines and waits for the a pointed hour on the a pointed day.* "Candy!!!"

Anyways, I do take part in Halloween myself, I am only 5' 1" so I can pass off as a 7th grader around here, and a lot of people of all ages around here celebrate it, just because its something to do. Normally I get a bunch of friends together and dress up and walk around town doing nothing, or throwing a part at one of our houses. Its fun

I hate All Hallows Eve. I love kids but vandalism is not cool. I go to a friends and we have like a buffet that night. All Hallows Eve was stolen by the Catholics to counterpart the Pegan religion by creating All Saints Eve. Hence this day became a celebration of fun instead of fear. It's roots is fear.

Darkmage, my old homeroom teacher (and she was my IA, English and History teacher in high school o_o) told me some highschoolers came to her house to trick or treat they were dressed as ghosts and spoke in a high pitched voice. They were on their knees when they knocked on the door then they stood up after the candy, "Thanks Ms. Crookshanks!"