While some Halloween traditions have changed, many have stayed the same.
Religion Teacher David Huber said when he was about seven years old, his mother didn’t get him a costume. He had to make a makeshift costume.
“I had this snow suit; it was black and silver, and I had a football helmet on. It was a Baltimore Colts football helmet. She wrapped my football helmet in aluminum foil, and she said I was a spaceman,” said Mr. Huber.
He then went walking around his neighborhood drenched in sweat since he was in a snow suit with everyone asking him who he was.
Math Teacher Teresa Pleiss said her favorite memory from Halloween as a kid was getting dressed up and going trick-or-treating with all her neighbors.
“We lived in a pretty big neighborhood and would get lots of candy. When we got back home, we would lay it out and trade each other for our favorite kinds.”
World Language Teacher Cathy Edge said that in her neighborhood, Halloween was considered the last block party of the neighborhood before the darkness of winter.
“It was a very special community tradition. All the neighbors would set up their trick-or-treat stations in our front lawns,” said Ms. Edge.
“They would put out candles and fire pits to light the way for the little ones.” She added that she loved staying out late as a kid and would normally end her night around 10 pm. “It was a way for us to celebrate our community.”
“As long as you had a costume, you would get a treat,” explained Ms. Edge. At the end of the night, all the neighbors would say, “See you in the spring” to close out the night.Religion Teacher Nathan Nocket said that a tradition for him as a child was always trick-or-treating with his cousins. “When we were younger, we would go trick-or-treating around our neighborhood, and then we’d go to my grandparents’ house and then go trick-or-treating around there with our cousins.”
When he was younger, Mr. Nocket’s favorite costume was Scooby Doo. “Growing up, I was a huge fan of Scooby Doo—like my bedroom was painted like the Mystery Machine.”