Candy Recession.

Happy Halloween....Not really.
Walking down the streets of our neighborhood, taking my little brother out trick or treating was really not treat at all. In fact it was literally no treat at all. Out of the several homes we passed, I would say only about 5 had their light on ready to give candy out. So in the spirit of getting free candy, we drove onto my grandparent's neighborhood that has pretty nice homes and all lined up next to each other. The neighborhood was huge so we figured it was an easy access sort of trip... Apparently everyone else in town thought so too.
As we reached the entrance of the neighborhood, we immediately saw several roads filled with cars parking near the sidewalks. It was actually quite overwhelming. Still determined, we parked the car in my grandparent's home and headed out to search for goodies.
I recall seeing at least 30 little kids all holding their bags out in front of the first house we met as we walked down the street. To our left, 3 mobs of 15 people. To our right, 5 house lights all shutting off signifying the end of their candy stock.
We walked around for just about 5 more minutes and went straight home knowing the hopeless attempts would become failures if we went on further.
Halloween was not good, but it really isn't supposed to be good anyway. Pagan holidays aren't my thing. God is my thing. So maybe it was a lesson well taught?