At the age of 8 I even became afraid of getting Halloween candy.
Water, granola bars, toilet paper, whatever snacks you like (you have permission to tear open the Halloween candy if necessary).
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There are other troubling aspects to the Boogaard story, particularly how he was handed pills like they were Halloween candy to help deal with pain and injuries.
Think about this next time you walk past the Halloween candy-filled conference room: A tiny, fun size Snickers bar packs a whopping 80 calories, and so do ten little pieces of candy corn!
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No sooner are these sales finished than all the notebooks and pencils are cleared away and replaced by Halloween costumes, candy and other festive items, and Christmas merchandise fills up the aisles soon afterward.
One word on the trick-or-treating question: As a child, adults told me that bad people "often" put razor blades in apples, or put poison into candy at Halloween.
The idea was as simple then as it is today: On Halloween, besides asking for candy, why not also ask for UNICEF donations?
If you think candy is the only unhealthy element of Halloween, consider this: Halloween is one of the top three major nights for dangerous binge drinking, along with New Year's Eve and St.
Although it may not rank with Thanksgiving or Christmas in holiday status, Halloween is big business for certain industries, including the candy and costume businesses.
Add to that the fact that Halloween has undergone a shift from a sort of silly, kid- and candy-centric affair to a full-blown event for adults.
Some families who won't be home on Halloween will leave an open bowl on the porch, so that kids can just take their candy.
As for the sassy 10-year-old, there was no stopping him once he'd thought of his ideal Halloween craft: a graham cracker haunted house decorated, of course, with lots of candy.
The business model for Halloween costumes seems to have skipped women no longer in college and yet not stuck in the house handing out candy.
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