Trick AND Treat!
When I was a kid, age 4 or 5 maybe, it was our neighborhood's tradition to go out Trick and Treating... In order to get a treat, we had to do some sort of trick--the costume parade was like a progressive talent show! I remember practicing my trick for some time before the great event. And when it arrived, holding my little paper-machee pumpkin lantern, I stood on each doorstep and sang: You better not shout, You better not cry, You better not pout-- I'm telling you why: Santa Claus is coming to... Sign in to see full entry.