Thank you for this ammunition!! But long ago I have to say that I had to just buy candy I don't like for Halloween. The bags of 100 "bite-size" chocolate bars, etc, are just too much to resist -- it's too easy to convince myself that "just one won't matter!" And, well, you know how quickly the "just one" turns into "just a dozen."
I also try to see Halloween as the beginning of the holiday season. Because Nov. 1, everyone brings their leftover Halloween candy to the office (including me), and there begins the long, slow slide toward Thanksgiving, holiday cookies, parties and too-much-pie. You find fudge here, nut bread there and peppermint everywhere. My old office even added motivation to be bad -- we "bought" the items on the treat table with donations, and then all the money went to charity. What could be better? Eating sugar for a good cause!! It was delicious and horrible all at the same time.
Thanks for this timely reminder. Maybe we can tiptoe by the graveyard on this one.
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Dr. Jones,
Thank you for this ammunition!! But long ago I have to say that I had to just buy candy I don't like for Halloween. The bags of 100 "bite-size" chocolate bars, etc, are just too much to resist -- it's too easy to convince myself that "just one won't matter!" And, well, you know how quickly the "just one" turns into "just a dozen."
I also try to see Halloween as the beginning of the holiday season. Because Nov. 1, everyone brings their leftover Halloween candy to the office (including me), and there begins the long, slow slide toward Thanksgiving, holiday cookies, parties and too-much-pie. You find fudge here, nut bread there and peppermint everywhere. My old office even added motivation to be bad -- we "bought" the items on the treat table with donations, and then all the money went to charity. What could be better? Eating sugar for a good cause!! It was delicious and horrible all at the same time.
Thanks for this timely reminder. Maybe we can tiptoe by the graveyard on this one.
October 28, 2009 - 8:00amThis Comment
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