I think it's over now, the month-long Hallowe'en Extravaganza. Last night was the Meadville Hallowe'en parade, the largest nighttime parade in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The UU church had a table selling coffee, hot chocolate, hot cider, bottles of water and various cookies. We didn't sell much, because the church is situated just past the end of the parade, where the various entries split off in different directions and disassemble themselves.
This morning on the way to church, we saw the remains of pumpkins smashed all up and down Chestnut Street. The sidewalks are still littered with the spills of candy here and there and wrappers strewn everywhere. Humans is humans, even in meadville.
Next time I walk downtown I expect to see the yard four houses west cleared of ghosts, skeletons, black cats, coffins, mannequins and headstones. I'm guessing he'll blow everybody away with his Christmas crap, and he'll probably start on it as soon as the Hallowe'en crap is safely stored wherever it is he stores it.
Luckily, the over-the-top decorating thing is not mandated. Some do and some don't. I'm coming down on the side of don't.
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