Halloween

Almost all the orange, red and yellow leaves have fallen from the tree branches. Children wonder from house to house dreesed as all sorts of creatures. They carry a large bag of candy upon their shoulders anxious to dig in. These are just some of the reasons why Halloween is my favorite holiday.

Every year my friends and I Trick-or-Treat in the neighborhood, Coventry Gardens. This neighborhood, in my opinion, is the biggest in Livonia and has all the best candy. After we have visited almost every house in Coventry Gardens, we all go to my friend Julia's house (in Coventry Gardens) to trade, sort and eat our candy. After the long procees of organizing our candy we go to the neighborhood bonfire. This bonfire is no ordinary bonfire though, it is the largest bonfire you would ever see. Piles and piles of wood are stacked up high to probably about 15 feet or more.

This year was a tough year to decide on a costume. But finally with two days before Halloween my friend and I have decided to be cells. Although this is a very different costume then most ordinary people would wear we are excited and confident that the candy passer-outers will think it's a creative costume and give us extra candy and maybe we'll even get extra credit for science class.

This year our traditions have changed, however. After trick-or-treating and after the bonfire, we won't immeidiately be heading back to Julia's house. Before sleeping over at her house, Julia's sister is going to drive us to our friend, Cortney's house where she is having a Halloween party. We are going to eat and trade our candy there and play pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey but a jack-o-lantern version.