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It Was All Treats — Halloween 2015

Posted on November 1, 2015

I am sure that this goes on all over America in small towns, but I am so thrilled at how our community of Pine Plains celebrates Halloween with its children.  No committees or dot orgs.  Just those community values of friendship and inclusion where everyone belongs.

3 thoughts on “It Was All Treats — Halloween 2015”

  1. Sandra Robinson says:
    November 1, 2015 at 10:35 pm

    I always enjoyed seeing adults dressed up when we went to the door. Then later enjoying all the costumes of the children that came to my door. Where I am living now you don’t see that. They have trunk or treat. People with their car trunks full of candy go to local park and the kids go there. There are fire trucks,ambulance and a helicopter for the kids to look through,and maybe a hayride. I don’t know, it seems to take all the fun out of it.

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  2. Brenda Mcghee says:
    November 1, 2015 at 7:11 pm

    We take our grandson to Pine Plains to Trick or Treat. The community really gets into the spirit! The fire co. Auxiliary does a parade and party w/ contests for the children which we attended this year. The houses in town do great decoration and most dress up for the fun of the children coming to their homes! It’s great!

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  3. Marilyn Noe says:
    November 1, 2015 at 6:26 pm

    What a great Halloween celebration by Nancy Sullivan. The little tike pictured reminds me of MaryAnn Noe Culver at the same age with the
    same blonde to almost white hair.

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But the small-town rural community I chose is changing. The farmers have, for the most part, sold to people from the city and fields are becoming lawns.

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