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Wellesley comes up big on Halloween

November 1, 2019 by Bob Brown 2 Comments

Warm temps and a little rain made for just a fine Halloween night in Wellesley, and kids weren’t complaining about the full-size bars doled out by some either.

We’ve gone the full-size route in recent years, and it definitely gets the kids excited (handing out full-size bars is apparently even national news, per The Today Show and MSN Money: “What handing out full-size candy bars on Halloween says about you, according to behavioral economists”). Some kids even say “Thank You” without prompting from parents. A greedy few ask if they can have 2.

No.

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Our supply was largely sapped by trick-or-treaters.

When a parade of kids came to our door early on, the usual nerves kicked in about whether we’d bought enough. I mentioned to Mrs. Swellesley that maybe we’d wound up on some app directing kids to full-size houses.

But about 100 trick-or-treaters later, only a handful of candy bars remained. It seems as if our data analytics have become really sophisticated, though we were surprised that Snickers bars have become so unpopular.

Meanwhile, there was a missed opportunity over near Morses Pond, where Swellesley devotee LR reports they were handing out full-size bars but had just one taker.

leftover full-size bars
So much candy, so few trick-or-treaters.

If only they lived in the Mayo Road neighborhood of Wellesley, where apparently half the kids in town live.

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Mayo Road Halloween party (photo courtesy of Cheryl Brill)

 

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Kids who were in the hospital, including those just born, also got into the spirit, thanks to Newton-Wellesley Hospital doctors and staff who dressed up and visited patients. Photo courtesy of Newton-Wellesley Hospital

 

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Photo courtesy of Newton-Wellesley Hospital

 

 

 

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This crew of Wellesley runners dressed up for their annual Halloween-time run. As they took off from the Linden Square courtyard, the traffic stopped and car horns beeped. Missions accomplished.
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Here are our leftovers. When the clock struck 8pm, we closed up shop for the night. Now what to do with the leftovers?

 

Wellesley Halloween
We brought all the leftover candy to annual Wellesley Dental candy drive. (Fine, we may have stashed a few Kit Kats in the freezer for personal chocolate emergencies.) Through November 8th you can drop off your sugar at their 5 Seaward Rd. office. From there, US troops will get care packages filled with the donated candy, oral hygiene supplies, and handwritten cards from the community. Wellesley Dental then awards a grand prize of $1000 to the school’s PTO that donated the most candy. To keep things fair, they take into account the number of students per school and amount of pounds of candy collected per student when calculating the winner of the big money prize.

Did you ever hear about the time Mrs. Swellesley dressed up as a gorilla for Halloween?

Wellesley Gorillas
Because Mrs. Swellesley is easily talked into nonsense and shenanigans, she once donned a gorilla costume to experience the glory of passing out Halloween treats to sugar-needy Wellesley High School athletes.

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  1. Paul says

    November 2, 2019 at 6:36 am

    Do they still toilet paper the tree at Reeds Pond on Cabbage night? Just wanted to know.

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    • Brenda Miller Holmes says

      October 31, 2021 at 12:10 pm

      I found your comment while wondering about the same thing.

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