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In reply to the discussion: A Halloween alternative to candy [View all]cynatnite
(31,011 posts)34. If folks are so anti-sugar one day out of the year, sugar free candy works, too...
Also, cool is in the eye of the beholder....in this case...it depends if you're old enough to read or if you care about that sort of thing.
There are multitudes of other options that isn't over-the-top sugar candy. One of my aunts always gave out those little boxes of raisins to kids.
Either way, it's one day a year. Kids want the candy.
It was always the one day a year I let my kids go crazy for the candy they got. It was a blast for us to sort through it and make grabs for our favorite ones.
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If folks are so anti-sugar one day out of the year, sugar free candy works, too...
cynatnite
Oct 2013
#34
I think it is a great thing. My daughter always loved the little toys/comics/fun erasers/stickers on
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#45
There are no rules that it has to be candy. The line is Trick or Treat...
Luminous Animal
Oct 2013
#56
I give out cigarettes, toy guns, olive garden gift certs, and pit bull puppies
The Straight Story
Oct 2013
#47
Great idea! I'm rural so no kids here but if I weren't your idea us great! nt
riderinthestorm
Oct 2013
#53