What is your favorite Halloween tradition?
My older brothers used to make us pay taxes to them on our Halloween candy. That's right... TAXES! We used to try and get away with giving them Bottlecaps and root beer barrels, but we never got away with it. I remember one time having to give up a coveted Milkyway and really being peeved about it (darn taxes!). But it's actually quite a fond memory for me now. My older sister, younger brother, and I still in our costumes with our candy strewn out in front of us to make it easier to sort into piles of similar candies (whether it be by type or quality) and my brothers strolling in to evaluate our income. If they felt we had one too many excellent candy bars--you guessed it--we were taxed more heavily in that area. If not, they would pass your pile with a grunt of disapproval. In truth, it was the only time I was proud of the crappy candy I got.
I love Halloween.
3 comments:
jo!
i love your guts. as they say.
i just had a halloween party with my students and realized in their lackluster faces my own love and excitement for this holiday.
how can they honestly not like halloween? claudio even said that if you look deep into the history it's "bad. bad. devils. bad." and that's why he doesn't like it. who thinks like that?
i don't understand how in the world your brothers convinced you that you owed them candy, but i guess in retrospect now you have way cooler memories than i do.
and finally, i really like the new look. i like that i can see not only what you're reading, but what you're teaching.
way to be AWESOME!
anyway.
that's all for now, but i hope to see many new posts in the near future.
Dentist husband now takes taxes from his children. The price is high but someone has to be the tax collector.
Ahh, the tax of a precious candy bar was too much. If a candy bar had to be taken, I always hoped it was a Musketeers. Even though the Musketeers is delicious, it does not beat out the Snickers or, in your story, the Milky Way. Man we got a lot o' candy back in those days. Thanks for sharing a great Halloween memory.
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