Halloweens...Boo!

I thought since tomorrow night is Halloween I'd write a few Halloween "pasts". Since we lived on a farm quite a few years of my "growing up" I had to wait until I was in the 2nd grade of High School before I did any Halloween "tricks"! There wasn't any "Trick or Treat" in those days, it was mainly tricks. Usually some nice person would come to the door and give you an apple or a piece of homemade candy but it finally got out of hand. I don't ever remember getting into any kind of "costume"! We would wear an eye mask or big parafin lips or maybe throw a towel like a cape over our shoulders but that was rare!We "soaped" windows, knocked on doors and then ran, etc. but some of the kids did some pretty weird things like "waxing" the windows, (Mother caught us doing that one Halloween and that was the last time! We had to wash it off and you're right! It didn't wash off! It had to be scraped off!) We didn't write anything weird or anything, usually just scribble! I don't want to put down a few of the things we did, what we thought was innocent fun because somebody might read this blog and get a lot of "strange" ideas!I never really "liked" the Holiday!One Halloween, my Father was listening to the Radio and this "Newscast" broke in and said that aliens from another planet was attacking the U.S. and we all sat glued to the radio, afraid to go anyplace and really frightened!!! After so many minutes, somebody broke into the broadcast to tell us that we had been listening to Orson Welles, "War of the Worlds"! People all over the U.S. who were listening to the radio that night were affected! Some heart attacks, suicides, etc. Needless to say, the Radio sponsor who put this horrible show on was sued!!! They tried to say that people were warned before the show started that it was just a show, but everyone, including my Father, said THAT was not true, that he had been listening for over an hour to the radio and nothing was mentioned that it was fiction! Reports over the news later said that it had not been announced that it was only a show! We, my brothers and sister and I were afraid to go outside at all! And for days or even months later, one looked up at the sky to see if there was any "Alien Space Ships" out there!!! I'm sure that after so many years and so-called "sightings" of alien craft that people got used to the idea! And then there is today! With so many really, really "weird" movies, Broadway shows, books, and all! It's a wonder we don't have a bunch of "raving maniacs" out there! It's O.K. God's still in His Heaven and with age comes a sense of calmness! How long will it last??????