My friend has two twin daughters who collected some 17 pounds of candy this Halloween trick or treating. It nearly fills a garbage bag.
As a borderline diabetic, he decided to put it in the trash. Charities were discussed but in the end he didn't want it to harm anyone so out it went.
It seems to me that we're more affluent now than when I was a kid 35 years ago. People are giving out more candy now and you hardly have to work for it these days. It only took two or three visits to houses to fill up my three year old's plastic pumpkin bucket. And then everything was so big, you couldn't get it out.
I think we need to rethink Halloween. Maybe giving out less is a good option. But it sure is a fun holiday.
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