‘Tis the season to be scary and celebrate all of the scary ghouls and goblins.’ Some kids may think they are too old to dress up and trick-or-treat just because they are in middle school, but Halloween is for everyone. In fact, Halloween has been around for 2,000 years. Over time, Halloween has evolved into a day full of activities like trick-or-treating, carving pumpkins, festive gatherings, dressing up in costumes and eating treats.

In a survey conducted by the Bulldog Barker to FMS students, there was a large variety of favorite candies and a bunch of different costumes but, the most popular candy by far was Sour Patch Kids with 28 votes out of 61 responses. Although Reese’s were in a close second with 25 votes out of 61 responses. There was a separate question that asked about what student’s least favorite candy was, it came up with 29 votes out of 61 responses for Almond Joys.

There were a lot of different costumes but the most common response was they “didn’t know”or “just weren’t going” trick-or-treating. They  may not be going because they think it is not “cool” or they could just be busy. Although there are a lot of older kids that go as well. The most often occurring costume was “skeletons” with 4 votes out of 61 responses. The other most popular costumes were Stranger Things and clowns with 3 votes out of 61 responses. This was a surprise but also a very classic costume occurring year after year.