Re: Just No No No Halloween Candy

depglass · ‎03-10-2010

Can you spell "preservatives?"

Ladybug724 · ‎03-12-2010

@Goldengate8361 wrote:
Giving out candy at Halloween is a ritual that should stop! It is equivalent to passing out cigarettes, heroin, a few pain pills, maybe a few small handguns, and a little germy Covid to boot - in kids' Halloween bags. Sugar is deadly....and not just because it makes you fat. Sugar consumption is related to a whole litany of horrible health outcomes.I can't - in good faith - give people candy when I know it is harmful.

@Goldengate8361 So I'm taking it you're THAT house that hands out toothbrushes? lol

Lisa now in AZ · ‎03-11-2010

To keep the sugar stuff away from ME, I have, in the past, given out pretzels, nuts, those light wands, etc. After last year, I don't think I will decorate for Halloween again this year and just be grouchy and leave the lights off. I don't want that many people coming to my house.

Nataliesgramma · ‎03-28-2015

I think the passing out candy is such a waste even though it is fun for the kids.

My daughter ends up throwing most of it out. Eveyone picks their favorite and then the rest just sits in a bowl until they get tired of looking at it.

People used to bring their leftover candy to work...but Covid put a stop to that.

I see so much wasted money going in the trash...

Ladybug724 · ‎03-12-2010

Oh come on, trick-or-treating is such a fun thing for kids to look forward to- it's not just about the candy, it's about dressing up also.

I would never want to take that away from kids!

One day of candy is not going to hurt anyone. (Unless you're diabetic). Just let the kids eat a few of their favorites, then if you don't want them to eat the rest just toss it or donate it.

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

I bet some of you are a real blast at parties.

Johnnyeager · ‎09-05-2014

Never thought I'd see a thread about Halloween candy and handguns together.

STYLE · ‎06-12-2011

Goldengate you're a true Californian.........nuts!

STYLE · ‎06-12-2011

Goldengate you are going overboard. Yes too much sugar can be bad but comparing it to handing out heroin, pain pills, khand guns is radical.

Ladybug724 · ‎03-12-2010

@STYLE wrote:
Goldengate you are going overboard. Yes too much sugar can be bad but comparing it to handing out heroin, pain pills, khand guns is radical.

@STYLE No kidding! Everybody I knew went trick-or-treating when we were kids yet we somehow managed to survive the horrors of the nightmare Snickers bar et al.