// After correctly reciting the trick-or-treat mantra, she’d receive what was offered, put it in her little bag, then she would remember her manners and hand it back with a ‘Thank you!’ //
Interesting. She may be working her way unconsciously through mixed expectations: Do I please the adult in front of me or the more powerful adult behin…
// After correctly reciting the trick-or-treat mantra, she’d receive what was offered, put it in her little bag, then she would remember her manners and hand it back with a ‘Thank you!’ //
Interesting. She may be working her way unconsciously through mixed expectations: Do I please the adult in front of me or the more powerful adult behind me? I remember nothing about Halloween. Evidently it was not an important part of my life. Christmas, yes; Easter, a little; Thanksgiving, food; Halloween, blank. Observing the neighbors ignoring the Christian holidays and attempting to do what they think is expected of them on this curiously devilish holiday, one senses that they want the authorities to make their obligations clearer.
// After correctly reciting the trick-or-treat mantra, she’d receive what was offered, put it in her little bag, then she would remember her manners and hand it back with a ‘Thank you!’ //
Interesting. She may be working her way unconsciously through mixed expectations: Do I please the adult in front of me or the more powerful adult behind me? I remember nothing about Halloween. Evidently it was not an important part of my life. Christmas, yes; Easter, a little; Thanksgiving, food; Halloween, blank. Observing the neighbors ignoring the Christian holidays and attempting to do what they think is expected of them on this curiously devilish holiday, one senses that they want the authorities to make their obligations clearer.