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Peace and Goodwill

Jane Lee Weiland
Posted 11/17/20

To the Editor :

Thank you for the editorial about the loss of Halloween activities. This brought back memories for many of us.

Years ago when our children were young, we moved into a new …

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Peace and Goodwill

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To the Editor:

Thank you for the editorial about the loss of Halloween activities. This brought back memories for many of us.

Years ago when our children were young, we moved into a new home and invited Bob’s parents to spend Halloween evening with us. They had grown up in an area of hard work, and married during the depression. This would be a new experience for them. They agreed to be greeters, as we left. If was an unusually warm night, with a full glowing moon and beaming porch lights, we could see ghosts and goblins scurrying.

When we returned, Grandpa was eager to recount the funny rhymes and jokes he heard, and the colorful costumes he saw, while Grandma held up a tally sheet with 110 marks. The fun continues as they helped the kids sort and sample the treats.

Seniors enjoy seeing tricksters, too. In years past The Lodge, Fayette Caring Center and other nursing homes invited the children.

Jane Shover said that her father, who had suffered a stroke was heartened by the visit of Halloween callers and they were rewarded by her mother’s miniature pumpkin pies.

Another year when we lived in the country, a friend invited us to go with them. It was a dark and stormy night so I called “Shall we go.” “Of course,” Dorothy replied “No one else will be out.” We donned our rain gear and sloshed through the puddles to be met with smiling faces and overflowing containers of goodies. Later, as we sat before a cheery fire with hot coffee, we chatted and the children played.

In closing, I bring disturbing news. The Great Pumpkin, The Thanksgiving special and Charlie Brown’s Christmas Story will not be shown on network TV. Favorites of parents and children for decades we delighted in Peanuts characters who were wholesome and winsome. We waited for that giant Pumpkin, we followed the Pilgrims as they braved the ocean, built log cabins in the snow and finally sat at that long table with their new friends, the Indians for the first Thanksgiving. It gave us hope. And after the hustle and bustle of Christmas preparations, it was little Linus who reminded us of the TRUE meaning of Christmas as he recited the words from Luke 2. He ended with Peace and Goodwill. How much we need those words in 2020.

Peace and Goodwill

Jane Lee Weiland

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