October 26, 2007 | Lifestyle
I’ve been checking some of the other ‘green’ blogs out there, and while I love a lot of the ideas and products I’m finding, I was a bit flabbergasted by one.
“Don’t hand out candy for Halloween. Instead, make your own little baggies of organic veggies!”
Sorry folks, but in my part of town, that would probably get my house TP’d. And I’d rather treat the neighbors to fun size Snickers than be the reason for 24 bonus size rolls of wasted toilet paper, and the carbon emissions wasted in their production. Call me old fashioned, but on Halloween I’ll be handing out lollipops, candy corn, and some sort of mini-me candy bar. Sure, there’s high fructose corn syrup. And probably some non-fairly traded peanuts, and some worker-exploited cocoa. But somewhere in there, the nostalgia of it all gets to me, and for one night a year, high fructose corn syrup doesn’t bother me so much. But that’s just me.
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Shannon says:
Gosh– no kid would want a bag of veggies, and I would be a little skeptical about letting my kid eat a bag of veggies that didn’t come all pre-sealed and everything. Halloween paranoia, I guess.
October 26th, 2007 at 9:48 pmGoofy Girl says:
There are other options, other than veggies. How about the tiny-sized cans of Play-doh? (for a large neighorbor, this might get expensive) Or what about dried fruit? Our son loves this almost as much as candy. Or granola bars?
Of course, I’m a hypocrite, as we are caving in a handing out candy too. Maybe someday there will be an organic treat that’s as good as candy, but won’t cost an arm & leg to give out on Halloween!
October 28th, 2007 at 11:27 am