Unlike today’s Trick R Trunk or organized treat giving my childhood was a free for all! My brother and I planned our costumes, they were never fancy but we did them ourselves with minimal help from mom. We were forced to eat dinner first! Then we were unleashed upon our small town to run amok for hours. We used a pillow case for our treat bag. Meeting up with other kids, getting the scoop on who was handing out the good stuff. It was never limited to just our immediate blocks, we roamed everywhere. Halloween wasn’t done until our pillow cases were so full and heavy they were dragging on the ground lol. Back home there was no Switch Witch, no having to pick a dozen pieces to keep. We kept it ALL!! Trading back and forth went on for a few days, dad would demand the Dad Tax (almost always a mini Krackle bar, that one hurt to give up). Then the challenge was to see which of us, my brother or me, could make their candy stash last the longest. We were always allowed to keep it in our rooms, the game meant we’d pace it out. There is little more satisfying in life then taunting your sibling with the last piece. Eaten slowly and always in full view of them.