No Halloween Kids tonight

This year is the worst yet. Not one Halloween kid came for candy. I'm sure it was due in part to a bit of a drizzle. But the rain let up by 6:30 and I thought sure someone would come by.

Another reason, I believe, is because we're in a neighborhood where people just aren't into Halloween. Even with all the media and advertising hype, we generally don't get more than a dozen youngsters.

Many of our neighbors are originally from other countries, such as Haiti, Jamaica, and Cuba. Perhaps those countries don't make too much of this holiday. Other neighbors simply don't celebrate, perhaps partly for religious reasons.

Then, there are the malls. Some families prefer to take their children trick-or-treating at malls where they feel safer and maybe get more goodies with less effort.

Whatever, the reason or reasons, I kind of miss seeing the little cuties in their special costumes.