Halloween stories and photos are starting to flood our email box...This Bloomfield tipster writes:
Last night my dog is growling, and I go outside to see kids TP'ing (toilet papering) the tree on my sidewalk. I don't recognize any of them so I shoo them off the block. "Go mess up your own block!"Ten minutes later my dog is growling and the kids are back. Now I yell them at again to go away and as one of them runs across the street, I hear an adult voice a few houses away saying "don't run across the street like that Timmy, you might get run over."
"EXCUSE ME!", I ask increduously, "are you supervising these children?" One of the two mothers responds "yes, it's harmless fun.... We've already done our houses". "WHY THANK YOU FOR SHARING!"
Now in the scheme of things, this is a minor annoyance, but encouraging your kids to vandalize the neighbor's property? Am I the crazy person?
And then, of course, there's shaving cream, silly string, eggs, pumpkin smashing and all sorts of good, old-fashioned fun... Do you cringe, or reminisce?
And Katie Mancine writes:
Just wanted to let you know last night, the Montclair police were out pulling people over for mischief night. He told me my tail light was out, which I knew, but then said "it's mischief night and we're pulling young looking people over" and then I think he might have apologized, or he was just really nice. So I guess the cops are doing their part.
Note to Katie: at my age, I'd be happy to be pulled over for looking young.
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I miss the days when little Celtic children would go door to door to collect firewood for a big bonfire.