You kids don’t know how good you have it!

Don’t forget that trick-or-treating is about much more than your mad dash to tooth decay. Oh, so much more. It is about the full-throttle anticipatory high you get during those few seconds after you ring the doorbell and before it opens.

It’s the wish fulfillment of dressing up as the person you are in your dreams. It’s the scratch in the back of your throat from throwing your indoor voice out the window and screaming those three magic words. It’s the adrenaline rush from running door to door as quickly as your little legs will take you — racing the clock, knowing that all too soon this night of vices and magic and costumes and sugar and smiles will be over.