These days, Ben’s the guy to pass out candy at the door while we rest on our laurels of having Halloweened it up for the last 26 years. In recent years, we’ve gotten fewer and fewer trick-or-treaters, so this time, Ben mixed it up with a fresh new take.
If you were one of the four sad little parties that happened upon our house last night, the only one aglow on the block, you possibly got a treat from Ben, but more likely you got some of the Easter or Valentine candy still hanging around, rejected on the sideboard for the last 8-10 months, possibly addressed in a loving hand, “To Ben.” To those four parties, we would like to apologize. Your parents, if they had any sense, would throw it away. Please know that we had purchased plenty of supplies and were ready to go the distance, but when Ben saw the chance to fob off old candy in favor of brand new Reese’s he could reserve for himself… well, he took it. Eventually, we caught on, but we don’t actually know how many people he bestowed with old regifted candy before we saw the light.
I guess the other way to see it is that Ben figured out a business model that Yale might want to take a look at. Who laundered his old candy and maintained a fresh inventory? That’s right, Ben. Trick or treat!
