If you live in a heavily child-populated suburb, you are probably familiar with the tradition of getting Boo’d. It’s where a family prepares Halloween goodies and doorbell ditches another family, leaving the treats behind. Along with the goodies is an instruction sheet and a sign to hang on the door, letting others know that your house has already been hit. The house that has been Boo’d must do the same to two more homes, thus involving the whole area. Our neighborhood takes all things Halloween very seriously, and this game is no exception.
My family is not the most popular in our very tight knit, conservative ‘hood. I tend keep to myself and let my children run around like animals in our not-so-private back yard. Our lawn is an embarrassment, I take way too long to bring in the trash cans and there has been a popped out screen window sitting on my front grass for weeks. We’re just a bit… different and I know it drives the neighbors crazy.
Last night, our doorbell rang just before nine. The kids bolted down from their rooms and I let them peek out, sure we had just been Boo’d. Indeed, we had. The basket waiting for us was more than impressive— glow sticks, brownies, books, arts and crafts, the works… While the kids were tearing out the candy and battery operated toys, Jeff noticed that there was also a bottle of wine tucked in. Really, I asked, from the computer? That’s kind of odd, but sweeeeeet!
Later, as I was putting the rest of the contents away, I read the wine label:
Hell Raiser.
I believe this takes getting Boo’d to a whole new level.
And I do believe my neighbors are a bit cooler than I thought.
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That looked like a fun boo basket. So I would agree that you might just have at least one cool neighbor on the block.
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That is awesome!
My neighbors are all cranky and old. :-( I think if I tried to leave something on their doorstep, they’d call the police!
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We were actually Boo’d twice this year! I must say however, we were in no way boo’d like you were. It is a fun tradition!
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We were boo’d when we first moved into our neighborhood. My youngest two were 2 & 3, we were buried in boxes and the note said to pass it along to 3 more neighbors. I was annoyed. We knew no one and I was left alone to unpack with two rugrats underfoot. The next year that we were boo’d I had a much better attitude. And I felt so bad about my attitude the year before that not only did I boo three of my new neighborhood friends, I also boo’d some new families that had just moved in. But on their notes I put a disclaimer that they did not have to boo anyone in return – that I had taken care of the for them.
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do you draw names with the neighbors to get this?
Such a neat idea! I don’t even know if anyone does that in Canada… how fun!
I would dearly love to find a bottle of wine on my front steps!
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