We moved from a conservative area in Georgia where people were trying to stop Halloween activities...a bunch of new Christy Christians. So when we moved to Lexington Virginia we were still in the South and one could hardly miss the seven to eight large Church's on main street so we wondered if there was going to be the same BS about the danger's of Halloween.
I was talking to my neighbor a week before and mentioned the above and she said we had 300 kids on our street last year........ so we'd better stock up.
At one o'clock we were putting decorations up and noticed that the police set up road barricades and traffic was being redirected.........then we heard marching drums. Grades 1 to 5 from the school two blocks away were parading in their costumes along with teachers and some of the parents so we sat on the porch and watched the parade which was great fun and haven't missed one in the last ten years.
So then around three I went up town to buy some more candy and traffic was stopped and kids were all over the place. The merchants had their doors open and kids were getting candy. The stores and Library had decorations up as well.
So later on I am sitting on our porch next to the treats and the streets are quite and I'm thinking this is a bust......an hour and a half later we are out of 600 pieces of candy and had to close things down.
Our town goes crazy for Halloween I 've never seen anything like it.
The next year we stepped it up with a fog machine and guest hosts who were not only in costume but were putting on a little horror play complete with the theme from the Exorcist. Unfortunately it got so popular we had to have a police car on duty with lights flashing to make sure the kids were safe crossing the streets.
Thankfully Christmas and Easter are quite.
