Illuminating the 31st Night
Sam Atencio (8)
It’s October 31st around dawn. You’re inside with a pumpkin at hand. Lights are dim and you can see the kids outside trick or treating. The smell of pumpkin pie fills the air as you finish putting up your decorations for the night. You finally get the chance to sit down and carve your pumpkin. You start by looking up designs and after a while you find the perfect one. You get your supplies ready and get to carving. The pumpkin picked directly from the patch perfectly fits in your lap making carving easy.
You’re interrupted by your first trick or treater. It’s a small little boy dressed as his favorite superhero. You get your bucket and let him grab a handful of his favorite candy. He thanks you and goes on to the next house. As you sit back down the oven blares and the pie is ready! You rush to the kitchen and get the pie from the oven. You set it on the counter to cool off until you are ready to eat. Just then the doorbell rings again. You open the door to find another little boy, this time it’s a ghost! He says “trick or treat” in the sweetest voice you’ve ever heard. You hand the bucket of candy over and he grabs his favorite candy. Then he and his parents thank you as they walk back down your driveway.
Back inside your pumpkin still half carved sits in your chair waiting for you. Before you finish carving you grab the pumpkin pie from the kitchen and bring it with you. Back in your chair you finish carving your perfect pumpkin. Your neighborhood has a tradition where everyone giving out candy lights their jack o’lanterns and turns on their decoration lights right at 9pm. It is currently 8:30, you focus strictly on your pumpkin carving. You hate to do it, but it’s smartest to turn off your front door light so you can focus only on your pumpkin. 20 minutes pass and you’re finished. You grab a candle and get ready to turn on your lights.
It‘s finally time! You hear the neighbors count down from 10.. 9.. 8.. 7.. 6.. 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1!!
The neighborhood erupts in awe. Lights and decorations light up all the way down the block. Fireworks shoot into the air, this is something you’ve never seen before but you are all for it. Families and friends walk all throughout the community knocking on every door they can while filling up huge bags with candy. This is the Halloween you haven’t seen in years! The whole neighborhood is brought together again!
A simple tradition can go a long way. Carving pumpkins, trick or treating, dressing up in awesome costumes, etc. Halloween is a great way to represent your own traditions and celebrate a great holiday with your family and friends.