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I almost forgot to mention this, but I will be handing out cookies again tonight. Last year, all of the kids loved getting chocolate chip cookies to eat while trick-or-treating. What surprised me was that all of the
parents loved their kids getting cookies during the evening's escapades. Not one parent looked suspiciously at the cookies, refused the cookies, or ask for all of my identifying information to give to the police when their child ended up in the emergency room from poison. All in all, I felt very positive about the entire experience.
So, this year I will again bake chocolate chip cookies this afternoon (though I am thinking about making oatmeal raisin cookies instead). Then tonight I will again act against the fear mongering in society and give the cookies to kids as they walk up to the front door.
Of course, part of me thinks it's silly to feel like a rebel for baking cookies. But another part of me wonders how we came to a time when it is an small act of rebellion to bake cookies and hand them out to children.
We don't get trick-or-treaters on our rural road so I've not had to worry about what treats to give out for the past 13 years. Cookies are tons better than pretty much any candy people hand out.
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