Big kids got to reach one hand in and take whatever they could. Little kids got to reach in with both hands. As his kids grew up, he'd hire a neighbor kid to keep track of who's already come around.

The make up of the neighborhood has changed over the decades and the street got busier. These days I don't know how much kids go around marauding for candy.

But we've met several people over the years who know *exactly* what house we live in because of the Halloween bathtub full of candy.

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