Crisp, cool autumn weather during Halloween. TREAT!
Hot, humid, icky weather during Halloween. TRICK!
Being the sort of crafty mother who lovingly makes her children’s Halloween costumes. TREAT!
Staying up till all hours of the night to piece together homemade Halloween costume which will be worn a couple of hours, probably torn, and definitely stained. TRICK!
Buying the costume for a modest price and absolutely no sleep deprivation. TREAT!
Using Halloween costume purchasing as excuse to go to Target. TREAT!
Hay rides, pumpkin patches, and candy apples. TREAT!
Nightmares, haunted houses, and scary movies. TRICK!
Watching your child’s pre-candy binge elation as you go door to door. TREAT!
Residual guilt over allowing your child to actually eat all the candy acquired going door to door. TRICK!
Eating the candy yourself. TREAT!
Post-candy binge stomach aches and/or sugar highs at 2am. TRICK!
Opening your door to adorably costumed little superheroes, princesses, and pirates. TREAT!
Opening your door to surly teenagers wearing t-shirts and holding out plastic grocery bags. TRICK!
Fear that refusing candy to greedy teenagers will result in toilet papered yard. TRICK!
Enduring your child’s terror of the monsters, ghosts, and gore of Halloween. TRICK!
Celebrating your child’s excitement over the costumes, candy, and magic of Halloween. TREAT!
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