Gutoski-James Family Fun: Pandemic Halloween (2020) and still pandemic Halloween (2021)

Friday, November 5, 2021

Pandemic Halloween (2020) and still pandemic Halloween (2021)

I realized that I did not post anything for Halloween last year, so I decided to combine it with this years post. Halloween this year was uneventful. The highlight was Gus's costume box special and maple the hotdog (see photos below).

Honestly, I am surprised I did not write about last years Halloween as it was much more amusing. It was a very quiet Halloween because of the pandemic, but fun, as many household had come up with new and innovative ways to give out candy including extensive shoots and lowering candy from second story windows.

My favorite story favorite story from last Halloween happened during candy trading. Every year after trick-or-treating the kids dump all their candy on the living room floor and engage in extensive negotiations over who should exchange what for what. In once such exchange Max traded Darwyn a fun dip (which neither of them had ever seen before). Darwyn got a good deal because no one knew what a Fun dip was.

Darwyn to Ted: What's this?

Ted: A Fun Dip! That's a classic!

Darwyn: (Gaining enthusiasm) Oh! Do they taste good?

Ted: Not particularly, it is more about the experience.

Ted goes on to explain how to eat a Fun Dip. All the kids listen with growing enthusiasm. After that trading resumes and Max has to trade to get his fun dip back, only now the going rate is 4:1. Oops! I guess marketing works.