[Magdalen] T. or T.

[Jay Weigel]

We never get any. Not even the kids next door (with whose parents we aren't
on the best of terms anyhow).

On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 4:28 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> None at my little house in the dell away from the road.  Port Hope
> generally has lots of retirees and I don't see kids around me, now that the
> family at the road has moved.
>
> At 6:30 I went to St. Mark's to help welcome kids there.  This is the
> second year we have had an open church door with the organist playing
> Phantom, Here comes the Bride in a minor key, and Toccata & Fugue in D
> Minor -- endlessly!  Lots of goodies to be given out, orange lights in the
> cemetery, and all that stuff.  An amazing number of kids came by -- only
> one dressed as Trump with the cap and orange hair.  One of our teen
> choristers sat absolutely motionless and wordless dressed as a zombie on
> the front step -- for three hours.  I think she was half dead -- it was
> only 5C and bitter -  but she never broke!  (Where are all those kids on a
> Sunday -- and, indeed, their parents?!  Still, one never knows ....)
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
>
>
> On 11/1/2017 4:16 PM, Judy Fleener wrote:
>
>> None here for the three halloweens here, and none in the dome for the 20+
>> years we were there.  We look back to suburban living in a rectory. 1992
>> was the last time we handed out candy.
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 10:46 PM, Charles Wohlers <chadwohl at satucket.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> We wait until the following morning when they're 50% off.    ;-)
>>>
>>> In  8 years here we've never had any trick-or-treaters. Comes from living
>>> out in the boonies.
>>>
>>> Chad Wohlers
>>> Woodbury, VT USA
>>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 9:59 PM
>>> To: Magdalen at herberthouse.org
>>> Subject: [Magdalen] T. or T.
>>>
>>>
>>> I went to the store to get some stuff to give to the trick or treater. He
>>> or she has not shown up yet, and it's past nine o'clock. I guess we will
>>> have to take care of all that "stuff" ourselves.
>>> I had really hoped we could avoid this, but there comes a time to face
>>> facts: we are going to have to become chocolate consumers -- very serious
>>> amounts of chocolate.
>>> Oh, the humanity!
>>> Fortunately, the Church has a coffee hour, and a bunch of kids will be
>>> there...
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>