-: My Bittersweet Halloween Memories

-: My Bittersweet Halloween Memories

My Bittersweet Halloween Memories

At the age of twenty or so, I may scoff at the excitement of some toddlers trick or treating during Halloween. That’s what we get when we grow up, we get to be more rationale and not get to be excited at small things in life like we used to when we were kids—but no matter how much we roll our eyes at such fuss over such occasion, we can’t help but feel nostalgic too.

Back in the days where we have our own fairy costume and we walk hand-in-hand with our parents or our best friend and scurry through the neighborhood and yell “Trick or treat!” hoping we could go to even the last house at the end of the street and happily get home with our heavy baskets full of Halloween sweets.

Where we get excited to see what is in store for each household and gobble up as much retro sweets as we can never minding our mother’s warning about tooth decay and stomach ache. For us, Halloween will be incomplete without the usual scary treats of spiders, fangs, little skulls and other scary treats. We get to “exchange” sweets with our best friend or siblings who want to have this on your basket and you want to have that on theirs.

Yes…Halloween can bring out bittersweet memories indeed…it even brings out your memory on your worst Halloween costume ever and your true spooky experiences during Halloween. But whatever age range I or you are in, it is no denying that Halloween is not just for kids who trick or treats, nor for Halloween sweets or treats...is it also for us…it brings out the good old memories of childhood and pure innocence of getting excited even just by getting a load of candies for a night.

What about Retro Sweets in Christmas Season?

Christmas is the day that almost all people awaited at each year. It comes to our minds every time it is the –ber months. And then we usually start our countdown of days till Christmas Eve. I am not really sure how people do it, but that is the way I anticipate the season of Christmas. I mark my calendars hoping that my godfathers and godmothers are marking theirs too, waiting for the time to finally be able to save enough money to buy gifts and give their Christmas gifts to me.

So far I usually receive money, toys, clothes, perfume, shoes, and other apparels that suit me at my age. But for me, if I would have to give gifts to my nephews, nieces, or anyone for that matter, I would have accompanied it with something to represent the sweet sentiments that Christmas always reminds me of. What other sweet things would that be other than Christmas sweets, all beautifully wrapped up in various designed packages. If only I know how to bake, I would personally do it myself to make it even sweeter and special.

Christmas sweets should not be limited as gifts. It could be something you could prepare for the kids like retro sweets served in jars, hampers or even capsules. Retro sweets to serve can be special bonbons, lollipops, white chocolates, marshmallows, toffee crumble, coconut teacakes, porky pigs, pear drops, liquorice comfits and wheels, sherbet pips, sour apples, spearmint chews and etc. This can be bought in almost all shops since it is Christmas season, usually in pre-set packages. You can also send this Christmas sweets as something to share to your neighbors. It is cheaper yet full of the spirit of sharing which embodies the true meaning of Christmas.

Never estimate the power of retro sweets to add joy to your Christmas holiday.