{"id":2813,"date":"2007-10-31T00:20:55","date_gmt":"2007-10-31T00:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/10\/halloween-what-do-you-do.html"},"modified":"2007-10-31T00:20:55","modified_gmt":"2007-10-31T00:20:55","slug":"halloween-what-do-you-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/10\/halloween-what-do-you-do.html","title":{"rendered":"Halloween: What do you do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re not into Halloween much around here, except for the candy part, and Kris decided long ago not to dress the house or our kids up in ghost or witch outfits (or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/offtopic\/chi-odd-underpants,1,1968721.story?ctrack=2&amp;cset=true\">these<\/a>). So, we have Fall decorations and some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aQd0ELH7SNI\">pumpkins <\/a> and gourds and a dressed-up Teddy Bear. We used to enjoy going to the local grade school to watch the annual march of costumes, and couldn&#8217;t wait to see what the Dunlop kids had created for the year. One year Robbie was about 7 feet tall as a rocket of some kind.<br \/>\nOh, and what were some of your favorite Halloween treats that were given out?  Kris reminds me every year that she used to go to a house that gave out HOT DOGS!!!<br \/>\nWhat do you do?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re not into Halloween much around here, except for the candy part, and Kris decided long ago not to dress the house or our kids up in ghost or witch outfits (or these). So, we have Fall decorations and some pumpkins and gourds and a dressed-up Teddy Bear. 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