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And the six year old was very chatty with me. I was explaining to Ana that when we went home, we had to look at all the candy before we ate it, and this little girl pipes up, very excited? surprised? "Oh, that's our rule too!"
Well, of course, it's very nearly everybody's rule by now, isn't it?
And I know there haven't been any cases of stranger poisonings, but there's always the chance of a copycat crime, isn't there? More to the point, though, this is how I grew up. I therefore consider the Candy Inspection to be, in some bizarre way, part of the magic of Halloween.
Even knowing that it's unnecessary, I feel almost as though that by taking away the Inspection of the Candy, it's tantamount to failing to wrap the presents or dye the eggs - it's not the best stage (unless you use that time to trade with your sister), but without it, it's like the holiday never happened. You might as well be eating candy you bought in a store or something if you don't carefully examine it for suspicious holes first!
Well, of course, it's very nearly everybody's rule by now, isn't it?
And I know there haven't been any cases of stranger poisonings, but there's always the chance of a copycat crime, isn't there? More to the point, though, this is how I grew up. I therefore consider the Candy Inspection to be, in some bizarre way, part of the magic of Halloween.
Even knowing that it's unnecessary, I feel almost as though that by taking away the Inspection of the Candy, it's tantamount to failing to wrap the presents or dye the eggs - it's not the best stage (unless you use that time to trade with your sister), but without it, it's like the holiday never happened. You might as well be eating candy you bought in a store or something if you don't carefully examine it for suspicious holes first!
