Well... we never celebrated Halloween. But I remember a local grocer here used to issue a special grocery bag around Halloween with a 'mask' of the grocery store chain on it - it was, I suppose something that looked like the fore-runner to the universal 'Happy Face' - only it was 'Handy Andy'. Yup - you had to cut out the mask, and then put string through some holes. Pretty cool, I thought.
I always wanted one of those bags - to cut out the mask - but was over-ruled by my mom who used those paper bags for garbage or whatever - and didn't want me cutting them up.
*sigh*
I also remember sitting at home in the dark - and hoping that those trick or treaters would just pass on by. Back then - they didn't necessarily walk past unlit homes, and sometimes there would be the loud knock knock followed by the 'trick or treat'.
What I really think was funny though were those years when Halloween fell on a book study night - or Thursday evening. hahahahahaha
We'd be sitting in a private home and get 'the knock'. Depending on who was the 'conductor'... well... I don't remember any specifics - it was years ago - but I think that they pretty much went to the door and explained to the poor confused kiddos some religious bunk.
The KH 'knocks' were also hilarious.
Regards,
Jim TX
P.S. I guess - in retrospect... it's a non-JWs revenge... sorta like door-to-door in reverse, eh? It gives a JW an opportunity to see what it feels like to dread someone coming to the door and knocking. hahahahaha