“Did you notice the lights are turned on at Georgia’s house?” I asked Paul when driving by the beautiful two story home located on Patrick Street.
Laughing, Paul said yes and replied, “we will get our yard done this weekend.”
To those who know anything about us it probably doesn’t come as a shock that we love Halloween. After all, we had a Halloween themed wedding in a church two years ago.
When analyzing my love of Halloween really it stems from a few things. One of my first memories with my mom is spook-tacular with us making Halloween shaped sugar cookies together. I also love pumpkins.
But honestly, for Paul and I it’s a chance to feel like a kid again. Whether it’s purchasing cute spider rings or fangs to hand out during trick-or-treating, making fun fall desserts or planning the perfect costumes, it all embraces the spirit of the season.
Some have a hard time celebrating Halloween as a Christian, which Paul and I both are.
This written by Nikkole Ledda describes it best in my opinion.
“‘We don’t celebrate Halloween because it’s evil.’ Okay that’s cool, but we do. And we go all in. Matching costumes, too much candy, spooky playlists, and of course our 12 foot skeleton in our front yard.
Because for us, it’s not about anything dark or evil. It’s about joy. It’s about memories. It’s about dressing up, staying up, and seeing kids faces light up as they run house to house like it’s the best night of their life. We’re not worshipping the devil. We’re literally just eating peanut butter cups in skeleton pajamas. It’s fun. It’s harmless. It’s childhood.
And if one day they look back and remember the orange lights, the silly costumes, and the way we laughed our way down the block?
Well that’s the kind of tradition I’ll never apologize for.”
While we don’t have kids of our own, seeing others in the community enjoy things like Safe Trick or Treat or even door to door trick or treating on Halloween night takes us out of being an adult for just a few moments.
It brings me back to a time where I begged to go trick or treating in the snow to show off my angel costume and battled fitting my wings over a puffy coat (Thanks mom for making sure I had the best childhood growing up in the Texas Panhandle).
Don’t forget to toss in some candy for those trick or treaters next time you shop.
— Wyndi Veigel-Gaudette is the Content Editor for the Dublin Citizen and can be reached via email at composing@ dublincitizen. com.