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Happy Halloween, readers! Since childhood this has always been a favorite holiday for me and my family. My sisters and i trick-or-treated through high school and as soon as our kids were born we had them in a costume and knocking on doors. I think to be honest it was the lure of candy. My mom was very strict when it came to sugary consumption when we were growing up and the only time during the year we got any was Halloween…I’m happy to report I’ve made up for that in my adult life!
My favorite Halloweens have been as a mom watching my kids search for the perfect costume and then getting all excited about the amount of candy they received when we got back home. My favorite Halloween memories are of a blustery Halloween in Chicago when my son was four and his Peter Pan hat kept blowing away and when my daughter was five and it was her brother’s first Halloween–she told each house we went to that he was just a baby and she’d probably have to eat his candy for him. 
What’s you favorite Halloween memory? I have a treat for two blog participants today a copy of my latest release from Harlequin Desire THE REBEL TYCOON RETURNS.
Happy Halloween!
Kathy
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Oct 31st
2011
3:35 am
Liz Said:
My favorite is the memory of my foreign born husband, dressed as Dracula, drooling fake blood, to the immense delight of a similarly clad and drooling young boy.
, and the costume was retired.:sad:
Unfortunately, the little princess burst into tears
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Oct 31st
2011
4:08 am
kris Said:
I’ve missed several Halloweens over the past years, I’m actually in London right now…my daughter is dismayed.
My fave memory is her first Halloween and someone gave us a giraffe costume that had a hood on it. To say she hated it is an understatement!! We do have a pic of her screaming with it on. She trick-or-treated in her regular clothes that year! 
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Oct 31st
2011
4:46 am
Quilt Lady Said:
My son dressed as Dracula one your with the fake blood and all. He was one creapy Dracula that’s for sure and no one knew who he was. Have to say its was the best costume of all.
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Oct 31st
2011
6:39 am
Kay Said:
We don’t really do Halloween in SA, but it always looks like a lot of fun!
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Oct 31st
2011
6:48 am
eli yanti Said:
arghhhh.. poor me
, i never join any halloween party. but i sure, there is so much fun and scary things on the party.
btw, happy halloween all and enjoy the event
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Oct 31st
2011
7:40 am
CateS Said:
In the 1960′s, a neighbor down the block celebrated Halloween in a HUGE way!! It was his birthday and he gave out bags of candy!!! There was a staircase right by the front entry and it was filled with candy sacks!! Oh Man!! every kid’s dream!!
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Oct 31st
2011
8:30 am
Minna Said:
We didn’t celebrate Halloween here in Finland when I was a kid.
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Oct 31st
2011
8:50 am
Kathleen Said:
One of my favorites memories are going out with my neices and nephews for their first Halloween of tricker treating. Especially when the twins were small… So many great memories. Now many of them are too old to go trick or treating… But the next generation is coming up now.. But I am too old to go out with them…LOL
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Oct 31st
2011
9:06 am
CrystalGB Said:
My favorite Halloween memories involve going trick or treating with my nephews and neices. They get so excited and it is so much fun.
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Oct 31st
2011
9:13 am
Emily McKay Said:
Probably my son’s first halloween. My daughter went as cinderella and we dressed him as a pumpkin. Then my hubby wore a prince charming shirt and I wore wings and carried a wand as the fairy godmother. It was such fun!
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Oct 31st
2011
11:21 am
Molly Said:
My favorite memory is when my dad took me and my sister trick or treating.
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Oct 31st
2011
12:55 pm
Na Said:
Mine is going to a pumpkin patch filled with thousands of pumpkins, or at least to my 7-year old memory it seemed that way. I had fun picking out the pumpkins and afterward riding in a tractor-wagon around the field.
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Oct 31st
2011
1:13 pm
catslady Said:
Did we have the same mother lol.We lived on a hill so each house had many steps which meant you didn’t go to too many houses. Candy was larger then so after dinner she would cut the candy bar in half or thirds lol. I was so well behave (stupid) I never ate any on my own but what was doled out lol. My poor kids always wanted to quit early and I would be – oh, just one more house and one more lol.
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Oct 31st
2011
1:19 pm
Shana Said:
We attended some Fall festivals because Baby Galen is way more interested in running away from me or into the street than collecting candy. But my favorite memory was when I was about fourteen and when trick-or-treating with my friends. We had so much fun dressing up and running around the neighborhood. I don’t even think we knocked on any doors. That was probably the last time i went trick-or-treating.
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Oct 31st
2011
2:23 pm
Alie Said:
On our honeymoon (twelve years ago) we went to Disneyland Paris. Since we married in october the whole park was in halloween style.
We had so much fun!
Halloween isn´t a big thing here in the Netherlands.
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Oct 31st
2011
5:17 pm
Jane Said:
I remember dressing up as Wonder Woman for the party at school and I was so happy that the lessons ended at noon and the party and trick or treating lasted until 3pm.
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Oct 31st
2011
6:54 pm
Catherine Kean Said:
My favorite Halloween memory overall is the day my daughter was born–on Halloween!
She’s sixteen today. Wow. It doesn’t seem that long ago that she was a toddler and dressing up as a black cat several years in a row, because she liked having her makeup done. 
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Oct 31st
2011
8:09 pm
chey Said:
My favourite Halloween memories are of the Parties they had at the community hall.
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Nov 1st
2011
2:46 am
Katherine Garbera Said:
Thank you everyone for sharing your wonderful Halloween memories! Catslady–I think we might have had the same mom until I was an adult everything I ate was split into three portions! My winners are: Minna and Jane. Please email me at kathy @katherinegarbera.com with your snail mail addresses and I’ll get the books out to you.
Kathy
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Nov 1st
2011
4:03 pm
Cathy P Said:
I think my favorite Halloween was when my husband and I moved into our house. We dressed as a witch and warlock, and handed out a lot of candy.
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