Nov 01 2008
How Barack Obama Stole Halloween
Halloween is a pretty big deal in our house, and this year marks Aiden’s first real “Trick or Treat” experience. I was really looking forward to it. When I first heard that Barack Obama was holding a political rally at nearby Wicker Park on the same night, I wondered why he would overlap with a holiday. The rally even started right in the middle of Treating hours! To paraphrase from the great works of Dr. Seuss:
Clearly Obama hates Halloween! The whole Halloween season! Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason. It could be his head wasn’t screwed on just right. It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight. But I think that the most likely reason of all, may have been that his heart was two sizes too small.
I understand that there is less than a week before the election, but at least give more than two days notice for such a huge rally. My first reaction was to take the whole family to see it, but not during my favorite holiday. Wicker Park seemed more than happy to pre-empt their own Halloween concert schedule, however, and many others ditched Halloween to go see Obama. Our usual huge crowds of costumed revelers were severely stunted.
Some people stuck around for Halloween though. We had about a dozen small groups stop by. Just before Trick or Treating started (only from 5-7 PM in our town), we took the boys around the block to Grandma’s house for photos. On the way back, Aiden got to try out Trick or Treating for the first time (in his adorable lion costume). Then we hung back on the neighbor’s new front deck to pass out candy. Due to the sparse turnout, we packed up early. We still had fun though, and I’m looking forward to a better night next year!
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Aiden, Chrissy, Gavin, Halloween, holiday, Obama, politics, Trick or Treat
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