Things Are Now Much Calmer On Halloween - Says Something

[Henry]

I remember when the Fairfax Fire Department used to stand by at the fire station and I would hear calls where bales of hay were set on fire out in the farmer's fields or old tires would be set on fire on some of our cross roads.  You would go down to the village the day after Halloween and see toilet paper strewn all over and smashed pumpkins in the road or thrown against the mail boxes,

I know we have some breaking and entering, but it does appear that our young people are on the whole, not vandalizing like they used to, at least here in Fairfax.  If they have, I am not aware of it.

One of the things I have heard about when I was young was for teenage or boys in their 20s going into a farmer's barn and letting all of the cows loose in the barn by opening the stanchions.  Also, I have heard that they used to put things up on people's roofs.  Maybe, just maybe, things are looking up for future generations.

[Stand Alone Defense]

unfortunately I think it might be that most kids are to lazy to do it nowadays Henry.  They would Rather sit at home and play video games then go outside and do something just as well in this case though I suppose.

[Rev. Elizabeth]

Ahem.....perhaps we don't know the same group of young people, but the young people I know are far from lazy!

[Judi]

Let's not give them any ideas...PLEASE!

[al brodeur]

I well remember at least two or more VSP in town

[Stand Alone Defense]

Good point Al, Seems to be a lot more enforcement around to I remember when I was in Highschool it was pretty rare to see a cop in town.

REV, The kids that you deal with(Student Athletes) most of the time are good kids that work hard and have goals and strive to achieve them!! The kids that go out and vandalize and cause trouble most of the time aren't the kids who are active in their comunity and involved in sports.  I guess I shouldn't have been so general in the statement, I to know many kids that have awesome work ethic and in no way are lazy.

[Rev. Elizabeth]

Thanks, Josh, I was quite hopeful that you didn't intend to be so general; I do have trouble with gross generalizations, though, especially about young people!!!

[Suzy]

The night before Halloween used to be called Cabbage Night, and when I was a teen, that was the night kids went out and were destructive. (not on Halloween itself) It was all kinds of kids back then.  (except me...my mom wasn't letting me out the front door of my house to be arrested and taken to the fire station)  I wouldn't generalize and say my peers out there were not involved with sports...because most of them were.  I wouldn't generalize and say they didn't do well in school either, because most of them did.  I'm glad nobody got hurt, and that things are better now.  (I know teens used to raid our vegetable garden on Hunt Street for rotten veggies to be used as projectiles, and one year some man drove all around our back field chasing after some kids with his car.) Glad your Halloween was full of treats, and not so many tricks!

[Chris Santee]

Many markets stopped selling eggs to kids on Cabbage Night (day).
Not sure if this still applies.

I don't think any stopped selling TP though.

Take it away, Mr. Rickles..................