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0:00Hello everyone and welcome to the Culips
0:02English Podcast. My name's Andrew and if
0:04you're new here, Culips is a podcast for
0:07people who are learning English. This is
0:09our Simplified Speech Series and in this
0:12series, my co-hosts and I have real
0:14conversations in clear, natural English
0:17that's just a little easier to follow.
0:20And if we say an expression or a word or
0:24some culture comes up that might be new
0:26to you, then we stop and explain it so
0:30that you can improve your English
0:31fluency. Now, this is episode number 255
0:35and we're talking about Halloween today.
0:38Halloween is just around the corner and
0:41that's what Indiana, my co-host and I
0:43are going to discuss in this episode.
0:46We'll get started with our conversation
0:48in a second, but before we do, I want to
0:50say something because I live here in
0:53South Korea and for many Korean people
0:56and for me as well, Halloween is a hard
0:59time of the year because of the terrible
1:02tragedy that happened a few years back,
1:05the Itaewon crowd crush accident in
1:092022.
1:10So, on that night, a lot of young people
1:13lost their lives and actually, to be
1:16honest, I haven't really celebrated
1:18Halloween since that time. So, my
1:21thoughts are really with everyone who
1:23lost someone on that horrible night.
1:26However, Halloween is still a huge part
1:29of North American culture and teaching
1:32you about culture is a big part of what
1:34we do here at Culips. It's even in our
1:36name. The CUL part of Culips stands for
1:40culture.
1:42Quiz question, do you know what the
1:44remaining part? Well, it's kind of a
1:46blended word. CUL for culture and LIPS
1:50for lips, Culips. So, we teach you about
1:53speaking English with your lips and also
1:56about the culture of English-speaking
1:58people. And
2:00I have a lot of good memories about
2:02Halloween from growing up in Canada. And
2:05so, that's what Indiana and I are going
2:07to focus on more today. Indiana, of
2:10course, lives in upstate New York, and
2:13Halloween is a big deal there. So, even
2:16if you didn't grow up with it, this is a
2:18good episode for you because uh
2:21Indiana's going to tell us all about how
2:23she celebrates Halloween, and I'll chip
2:25in with some memories that I have of
2:28celebrating Halloween as well. And I
2:30think this will be a really fun episode.
2:34And don't forget to follow along with
2:36the transcript and do the quiz after you
2:38listen. You can do all of that in the
2:41Culips app, and the link to check out
2:44the lesson in the app is in the
2:46description for this episode.
2:48Okay, with that being said, it's time to
2:51get started with the conversation. Uh
2:53hope you enjoy it. Here we go.
3:04>> [music]
3:07>> Joining me now, all the way from New
3:10York State, USA, is my co-host Indiana.
3:14Hello, Indiana. How's it going?
3:16>> Hey, Andrew.
3:18Happy spooky season. It's almost
3:20Halloween here, and yeah, I hope you're
3:22enjoying October there in Seoul.
3:25>> Yeah, absolutely. It's one of my
3:27favorite times of the year. The weather
3:29is finally becoming bearable. During the
3:34summer, it was just so hot this year,
3:36and all the way into September, I felt
3:38like it was too hot, and even like up
3:40until a week ago or so, I felt like it
3:43was too hot. But finally, now that we're
3:46well into October, the temperature has
3:49dropped, and the fall weather has just
3:51been beautiful. So, I love this time of
3:53the year. I got to say, I think fall is
3:56my favorite season. How about you? Do
3:58you like fall as well? I kind of have a
4:00feeling you're a fall person.
4:02>> I definitely do, as long as it's before
4:05the daylight savings ending time change,
4:09then then it's all good. But once that
4:10hits, I feel like it's winter and it's
4:12depressing.
4:14But yeah, summer and fall are definitely
4:15my favorite favorite seasons.
4:18>> Yeah, I guess maybe we could start our
4:21conversation just by talking about a
4:23basic question. Do you enjoy Halloween?
4:26Is it something that you look forward
4:28to? Do you celebrate? Do you
4:30participate? What are your just general
4:33thoughts about Halloween?
4:35>> I think it is so much fun to see all of
4:39the decorations. People go so hard in at
4:42least the Northeast. I'm sure all over
4:44the country, but in my neighborhoods, uh
4:47in my city, all over the place in
4:49Upstate New York, you will see so many
4:52front lawn decorations from like cute
4:55orange string lights to animatronic like
5:00um witches or monsters that if you walk
5:02by the front doorstep of someone's
5:04house, they they get triggered by the
5:06motion and start like making horrible
5:08sounds or moving. It like people spend
5:11so much money on these decorations and
5:12it's a lot of fun to see the
5:14neighborhoods like liven up and get so
5:16festive like this.
5:17It's similar to Christmas time where you
5:19see all the Christmas decorations, but
5:22some of those are really tacky, I find.
5:24[laughter]
5:25And I'm like, I don't know. There's a
5:27lot of bad Christmas decorations. The
5:29the lights are nice, but Halloween is
5:30cool. There's a lot of really spooky
5:32decorations and it's fun to see the
5:34leaves changing color and then also all
5:36these cool decorations coming out uh
5:38onto people's lawns. So, I love that as
5:41an adult. I I mean, I don't I'm not so
5:45creative about costumes. I just can't
5:47seem to want to find the time to come up
5:50with a couple's costume for me and my
5:52husband. We always go to our friends
5:53Halloween party every year.
5:55I've tried my best to be creative, but
5:57it's like such a chore for me.
5:59>> [laughter]
5:59>> So, I'm kind of over that as an adult. I
6:02like to watch scary movies or something,
6:04eat candy,
6:05give out candy to trick-or-treaters,
6:07that's great. But, when I was a kid, oh
6:09my god, this is like definitely one of
6:10the best holidays for kids cuz you just
6:13get a pillowcase full of candy. It's
6:15like who could ask for more? It's the
6:18best. So,
6:19>> [laughter]
6:19>> yeah, I would definitely loved it as a
6:21kid. But, Andrew, what's your
6:22relationship to Halloween when you were
6:25a kid and now as an adult?
6:27>> Yeah, I got to say that I completely
6:30agree. Hands down, Halloween
6:33is the best when you are a kid and it's
6:36still a lot of fun even as an adult, I
6:39think.
6:40However, when you are a kid, it is
6:43the best. Like, I can't emphasize enough
6:45just how fun Halloween is. Like, even at
6:49school, I I remember being in elementary
6:52school and the whole school being
6:54decorated and all of the students being
6:57so excited. And then Halloween day, I I
7:00remember we had a jack-o'-lantern
7:03carving competition in our school
7:05gymnasium and my mom was there. So, I
7:09guess parents came as well and doing
7:11activities like that, wearing your
7:13costume to school, and then going home
7:16and waiting eagerly for nightfall to
7:20arrive and then you could go out and go
7:22trick-or-treating. I think nowadays,
7:25to me, this is
7:27insane and I don't know about your
7:29opinion about this, Indiana. I guess I
7:31understand why people do it, but I see a
7:33lot of families trick-or-treating during
7:35the daytime nowadays. And families,
7:38especially with little kids, you know,
7:40they'll do it while it's still daylight,
7:43but for me and in my area of Canada
7:47where I grew up, it was tradition. You
7:49had to wait until it was dark. And as
7:51soon as it turned dark, then my parents
7:53would say, "Okay, guys, off you go."
7:56I would usually Well, when you're really
7:58young, you go with your parents, but
7:59once you get a little bit older, then
8:01you go with your friends. And like you
8:03said, Indiana, you have a pillow case
8:05that you would use to go and collect
8:08your candy as you go from door to door.
8:11And like you mentioned, a lot of people
8:14really go all out decorating their home
8:17for the Halloween season. And so, some
8:21homes would be really scary. There'd be
8:22like skeletons or scary jack-o'-lanterns
8:27or ghosts or whatever hanging around,
8:29and it would be almost scary to go and
8:32trick-or-treat. But, yeah, so much fun.
8:35And then afterwards, after the
8:38trick-or-treating, I would get home with
8:40my siblings and sometimes my friends,
8:42and you dump out your pillow case of
8:45candy and see what you got. And then
8:48really, really fun as well afterwards
8:51would be trading the candy. So, like,
8:53maybe my brother got some I don't know,
8:56a Snickers, and he doesn't like
8:57Snickers, but I love Snickers, so I
8:59would trade some Smarties for his
9:01Snickers bar or something like that.
9:03You'd trade candy, and yeah, super,
9:06super fun. So, I I have so many good
9:09memories of Halloween from when I was
9:11growing up. Uh I can't say enough just
9:13how fun it is.
9:15>> Exactly.
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11:12And now, back to chatting about
11:14Halloween.
11:17>> I I have a bit of a gripe to to share uh
11:21on this topic. So, first, you know, let
11:23me just quickly introduce for the
11:25uninitiated, if you're not so familiar
11:28with North American Halloween culture,
11:30trick-or-treating is common for kids
11:33maybe up to age 14. That's probably
11:36around the limit of when you would stop
11:38going trick or treating. On Halloween
11:40night, you get dressed up in a costume
11:42with your friends and you go
11:44door-to-door to all of the houses in
11:46your neighborhood that have their lights
11:48on or have decorations up and knock on
11:50the door and say trick or treat and then
11:53the person that lives there will give
11:54you some candy. And probably say, "Oh,
11:56what a cute ghost." Or, "Ooh, what a
11:58spooky witch." Especially if you're a
11:59little kid, they'll probably compliment
12:01how scary you are.
12:02It's a very nice interaction that me and
12:04Andrew grew up with. I'm afraid that it
12:07might be waning a little bit. Like I
12:10possibly due to urban myths and fears
12:15spread around like I think there was
12:17this big social media scare a few years
12:19ago specifically in California or
12:21especially in California about fentanyl
12:24being hidden in children's Halloween
12:26candy.
12:27And it was totally myth-busted. Like
12:30it's not a thing, but I think these
12:32fears still persist about like scary
12:36strangers doing something terrible to
12:38your Halloween candy and trying to like
12:40get your kids addicted to drugs or hurt
12:42your kids. And it's simply like just
12:45groundless. It's not a thing. Yet I
12:48think that this maybe I'm just guessing
12:50that this has contributed to there being
12:52a little bit less of trick or treaters.
12:54There's fewer trick or treaters that
12:55I've noticed out on Halloween in past
12:58years. And then I think there's the
13:00trunk or treat. And trunk or treat is a
13:03recent
13:05thing that is often happening at schools
13:07where after school on Halloween or
13:09sometime during that week parents will
13:12all come together in the parking lot and
13:14then they'll decorate the trunks of
13:15their cars and then put the candy in
13:17there and then the kids just circle
13:19around in the parking lot visiting each
13:21trunk of each car. Which to me it just
13:24feels horrible.
13:25>> [laughter]
13:25>> It is not Halloween. This is not
13:27trick-or-treating.
13:28>> I know, but it's really popular. I I
13:31hear about it from a lot of my students
13:33with kids who are living in the US.
13:34Like, "Oh, there's a trunk or treat
13:35event." And it's like, uh it just rubs
13:38me the wrong way, but
13:39>> Uh
13:40>> Yeah, so I'm I'm a little bit afraid
13:41that some of our beautiful traditions
13:43with Halloween are are on the decline.
13:45>> [laughter]
13:46>> I mean, the rumors of evil people
13:50poisoning or drugging children's candy,
13:54that's nothing new because even when I
13:56was a kid,
13:56>> Right.
13:57>> you know, your parents would say, "Never
13:59eat any fruit or never eat any unwrapped
14:02candy." Because there were always rumors
14:04of like some people putting razor blades
14:06in apples and then giving them to kids.
14:09So, that's like a rumor that's existed
14:11for 30, 40, 50 years, who knows?
14:14>> Yeah.
14:15>> And yeah, I think it's groundless. I
14:17think that was just a rumor. I've never
14:19really heard of that, but definitely I
14:22remember whenever I'd get my candy, like
14:25I said, you dump it out, dump your
14:27pillowcase out on the floor, and then my
14:30parents would always inspect it just to
14:32make sure that there was nothing
14:34sketchy. And maybe make me throw out
14:37some candy if it looked like it was
14:38homemade or something. You know,
14:40sometimes you'd have some senior
14:41citizens, some grandmas or something
14:43that would make some homemade candy or
14:46make a cookie or something and give it
14:47to you. And my parents would always just
14:50throw that out, unfortunately, just
14:52because it's not safe. So,
14:54yeah, I think those rumors have been
14:56around for a long time, but trunk or
14:58treat, I don't know about this one. This
15:01is the first time I'm hearing about it.
15:03I wonder if that sprung up during COVID.
15:06>> I bet.
15:07>> Who knows? I'm not sure, but
15:09I'm not for it. I I'm a traditionalist
15:12when it comes to Halloween, I suppose.
15:14>> [laughter]
15:15>> For sure. And I hope, you know, I want
15:17to encourage
15:18anybody who has maybe recently moved to
15:21the US or Canada to like, you know, push
15:24past these social media rumors. These
15:26are groundless urban myths. Like, this
15:29is such a cool community experience.
15:31Ask around about the best neighborhoods
15:33where there's like really great
15:34decorations, really great candy, and
15:35take your kids trick-or-treating. It's
15:37such a cool experience. Like, don't be
15:39afraid. Don't fall for these myths. It's
15:41not real.
15:43>> Indiana, did you ever have fireworks on
15:46Halloween or was this just a regional
15:49thing? I kind of feel like it might just
15:51be in the area of Canada near Vancouver
15:54where I grew up when I was a really
15:55young kid. We used to have fireworks
15:57every Halloween. Did you do this at all?
16:01>> No, not at all. I'm I'm not sure if I
16:03ever remember even like hearing
16:05fireworks on Halloween in the distance
16:07or anything like that. No.
16:09>> Yeah. So, I lived on a cul-de-sac and a
16:12cul-de-sac is like
16:14Do you call them cul-de-sacs in America
16:16as well? Do you use that? Yeah?
16:17>> For sure.
16:18>> And so, a cul-de-sac is just a street
16:21that's a dead-end street, but at the end
16:23of the road, it's like a circle and
16:25you'll have five or six houses that go
16:28around that circle. That's a cul-de-sac.
16:30So, I lived on a cul-de-sac and I guess
16:34every Halloween or around Halloween cuz
16:37I couldn't see us doing this on a like a
16:39Wednesday night if Halloween fell on a
16:41Wednesday, but
16:43I don't know. Perhaps we did it on a
16:44weeknight as well, but after
16:46trick-or-treating
16:47then maybe it was just like one of my
16:49neighbors was the weird guy who liked to
16:51light off fireworks. I'm not sure, but
16:52we'd have a little fireworks display,
16:55just the few homes that were on that
16:56cul-de-sac together. So, that's
16:59something that I remember and also I
17:01remember it being pretty loud and scary
17:04cuz I was just like
17:06seven, eight years old. So, it was a
17:09little bit frightening for me, but yeah,
17:12I have that memory of
17:14seeing fireworks and having a fireworks
17:16show after trick or treating.
17:18>> Mhm, that's cool. That sounds very like
17:21a special memory. Um yeah, I think that
17:23might be unique to your neighborhood.
17:24Very sweet, very cool.
17:25>> Yeah.
17:27So, these days you're not a costume
17:30wearer. Wearer. I'm a little bit
17:32disappointed to hear that.
17:33>> [laughter]
17:34>> It's such a It's such a fun part of
17:37Halloween as an adult is wearing a
17:39costume. Although, I got to say that I
17:41don't dress up either, so I can't really
17:44blame you, but do you do anything
17:47for a costume? Like even just like kind
17:49of
17:50how can I say half-assed costume?
17:54Anything [laughter] like that?
17:54>> Yeah.
17:55I think uh if you're going to go to a
17:58party, Halloween party, as an adult or a
18:00child, you've got to wear something. So,
18:02yeah, sometimes it's a little more
18:04half-assed than other years. Like I have
18:07um my backup, I would say, is I have
18:10this sort of
18:12mhm red dress that's kind of like
18:16uh you could call it bodycon. It's like
18:19fitting the contours of your body. It's
18:20kind of a tight dress, but then it has
18:22these flowy sleeves, and it's dark red.
18:24It has these black lace-up bodice um uh
18:29Hard to describe fashion. Hard to do
18:31this in English, even though this
18:32[laughter] is my native language. There
18:33are these black uh ribbons lacing up the
18:36the chest bodice area. So, it's kind of
18:38a little bit a little bit sexy, I would
18:40say. So, it's perfect for like a sexy
18:42vampire or a sexy pirate. Like it could
18:44kind of go either way, depending on what
18:46accessories you add. So, that's like
18:48pretty easy to to work with. And then on
18:50the other hand, I have this really
18:51ridiculous frog onesie that like my
18:55husband ordered me as a gag gift one
18:57year, and it's like pajamas, basically.
18:59A onesie is like a usually for babies.
19:03A full body outfit that you have to take
19:06off your entire body, and it has a
19:08little hood with frog a frog face. So, I
19:11can always just kind of throw that on
19:13and well, I'm a frog. Absolute minimum
19:15effort I could possibly put into it.
19:18[laughter] But uh
19:19one costume I'm pretty proud of from a
19:21few years ago. So, you're going to know
19:23this, Andrew, cuz you love music. Um I
19:26was David Byrne from Stop Making Sense.
19:29So, I slip slicked back my hair. I have
19:32short hair. I don't know if everybody
19:34knows that. I have very short hair. So,
19:36I slicked it back. I went to a thrift
19:38store to find the biggest gray suit I
19:41could possibly find. I padded it padded
19:43it out to make it sort of look like
19:46David Byrne in Stop Making Sense.
19:48Listeners, definitely look up David
19:50Byrne Stop Making Sense to get an idea
19:52of this costume. And I think I looked
19:54pretty spot on. It was pretty cool. And
19:56then I had my husband put a lampshade on
20:00his head and wear like all black so that
20:02he was the the lamp that he dances with
20:05on stage during This Must Be the Place.
20:07So, that was a pretty niche but cool
20:10costume I was pretty proud of.
20:12I put a lot of effort into that. And
20:14then like my friends were like, "Yeah,
20:15cool." But like I didn't get the praise
20:18I was hoping for. So, then I was just
20:20like, "Why would I put effort into this
20:22if you're not going to say, 'Oh, man,
20:23cool costume.'"
20:25I was a little little upset about the
20:27the lack of attention for it cuz I was
20:29like, "Man, I went to all these thrift
20:31stores."
20:32>> [laughter]
20:32>> Yeah. Oh. That sounds like a great
20:35costume. And yeah, for listeners who
20:37don't know this reference, David Byrne
20:40is the singer from a band called the
20:42Talking Heads, famous American band from
20:45I guess the '70s and '80s.
20:48And yeah, they have this famous concert
20:51film called Stop Making Sense. And in
20:55that film, David Byrne is wearing this
20:57huge business suit, this very very very
21:00oversized business suit. And when he
21:02dances around on the stage, it just
21:04looks ridiculous but also extremely cool
21:07at the same time. Uh so, that's a that's
21:10an awesome costume. I wish I had thought
21:12of that one myself back in the day.
21:14That's such a good idea.
21:17>> Yeah, it's uh it was cool, but I guess
21:21that's the costume in recent years I'm
21:23most most proud of. It was also a great
21:25gag in middle school. I dressed up one
21:27year as Indiana Jones. Haha, that's you
21:31know, my name. So, everybody likes that
21:33one.
21:34>> [laughter]
21:35>> Um but, how about you, Andrew? Do you
21:37have any iconic costumes from your life
21:39you could recount for us?
21:41>> Uh
21:44Let me I remember being maybe a cowboy
21:46was one of my very first costumes when I
21:48was like 4 years old. I remember
21:50dressing up as a cowboy.
21:52And then in grade school, I remember
21:55being a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, and
21:57my mom and I worked on making the
21:59costume together. We built like the
22:02turtle shell from cardboard. So, that
22:04one was a cool one.
22:06>> Nice.
22:07>> When I was a little bit older, I
22:10remember my friend and I, we both went
22:12as crossword puzzles. So, we just wore
22:15white clothes, and we like just wrote a
22:17bunch of random letters all over them.
22:20And then we attached a pen to ourselves
22:22with a piece of string, and people could
22:24try and find a word and circle it. That
22:27was like when we were in university, and
22:30we'd always go to concerts. Uh as you
22:33get older,
22:35Halloween turns from a fun family-based
22:40activity, I think, to like a really
22:42party-heavy day. So, especially when I
22:45was a university student, every
22:46Halloween would be a big party day, a
22:49house party, often with bands playing
22:51music, and they would always cover other
22:54people's music. There were no originals.
22:56It was always a cover concert. So,
22:59people learning and playing other bands'
23:01music, kind of like dressing up in a
23:03costume in a musical way. So, that was
23:05always really fun. Yeah, I remember
23:07being that crossword puzzle, and that
23:10was a really popular one. People like to
23:12come up and try and find a word and
23:14circle it.
23:15>> [laughter]
23:15>> And what else?
23:18Again, with the same friend,
23:21one time
23:23I think it was right after the launch of
23:26the iPad. My friend looks a lot like
23:29Steve Jobs. So, he dressed up as Steve
23:31Jobs and nailed it. He looked exactly
23:34like Steve Jobs, and I thought it would
23:36be funny to be an iPad. So, I dressed up
23:39as an iPad, and we walked around
23:40together, and that one was also really
23:42popular for some reason.
23:44>> [laughter]
23:45>> Yeah, I mean, I haven't dressed up in
23:48several years. I don't really celebrate
23:50Halloween now that I live in Korea,
23:52unfortunately. It's just not as much of
23:55a thing here, so I don't get to
23:57celebrate it the same way that I did
23:59back in Canada, but still I have a
24:02really fond place for the holiday in my
24:04heart just from all of those great
24:06memories I had growing up.
24:09>> That's cool. I really like the crossword
24:11puzzle idea. Something Something
24:13interactive for a costume is hard to
24:15pull off. That sounded like a really
24:16good one.
24:18>> Yeah, and I remember I remember one of
24:21the last Halloweens that I spent in
24:23Canada was at a house party where my
24:27band was playing, and I was dressed up
24:29like a dinosaur. I had this really
24:30ridiculous dinosaur costume, and I
24:33remember trying to play guitar and sing
24:37dressed up like a dinosaur. It was hard,
24:40but it was a lot of fun.
24:42>> Oh my god.
24:43>> [laughter]
24:44>> Yeah, good times. Good times.
24:46>> Absolutely.
24:48>> Well, Indiana, should we leave things
24:49here? Was there anything else that you
24:51wanted to to mention about Halloween
24:53this year?
24:54>> Yeah, the only thing that I wanted to
24:56bring up, just specifically for anybody
24:59living in the United States or Canada
25:01who you are living in a neighborhood,
25:04you're starting to see these Halloween
25:06decorations popping up, and either
25:09you're thinking, "Oh, this is so great.
25:11I want to give out candy to
25:12trick-or-treaters. I want to
25:13participate." Or maybe you're thinking,
25:15"Oh, this is not for me. Like, I do not
25:17want people ringing on my ringing my
25:19doorbell. No, thank you. I'm busy or I
25:22just don't want to talk to everybody."
25:24So, if you are interested in
25:25participating in Halloween and giving
25:27out candy to trick-or-treaters, you
25:30definitely want to keep your front
25:32lights on, maybe your porch lights, the
25:34lights in the front of your house. Um
25:36and make sure you have some degree of
25:39decoration. That shows that your house
25:42is welcoming trick-or-treaters. Even
25:44just a little bit of like orange string
25:46lights or a pumpkin or two with or
25:49without the carved faces, maybe a few
25:52decorations from the Halloween store,
25:55which they always have these pop-up
25:56stores that appear
25:59in a lot of cities. So, just having a
26:01few things in the lawn to show, "Okay,
26:03this is a house that is like
26:05participating in Halloween." Make it
26:08look a little spooky and keep some
26:10lights on to show that you're home. Now,
26:12it's the opposite if you do not want to
26:14participate. Keep your lawn free and
26:16clear of all decorations. And even if
26:18you're going to be home that night, try
26:20to keep your couple front lights off,
26:23like the porch lights or that lights in
26:24the front of your house. Keep those off
26:26and you know, maybe stay on the second
26:28floor or in the back of the house and
26:29hang out there cuz I think that is a
26:31clear indicator, "Okay, this house is
26:33not engaging in it." You know, make it
26:35look like no one's home and then people
26:37will not will not come to your house.
26:39But, I I thought I would mention that in
26:41case it's not super clear. Like, do I
26:43have to participate in Halloween? No,
26:45you definitely don't. But, you want to
26:47make it your house look a certain way if
26:49you are or are not going to participate
26:51with the trick-or-treaters.
26:53>> Yeah, absolutely. Turning your lights
26:55off, your outdoor lights, that's the
26:57classic signal that is a waste of time
27:00as a trick-or-treater to walk up that
27:02driveway and knock on the door because
27:04nobody's home or they don't want to
27:06participate. So,
27:07yeah, that would always be the signal
27:09for me when I was a trick-or-treater.
27:11Oh, the lights are off. Okay, I'm going
27:13to skip that home.
27:14>> For sure.
27:15>> Indiana, we'll leave just with a fun
27:17question here to wrap things up and sign
27:20off. And I'm wondering, what was your
27:23favorite candy to receive when you used
27:26to go trick-or-treating?
27:28>> Oh, such a good question.
27:31>> [sighs]
27:33>> Let me think about that. I really loved
27:35Nerds candy. I found it so fun to have
27:37that tiny tiny box of Nerds, which are
27:39just these
27:40little clusters of sugar. Oh, those were
27:43so fun to eat. Um, what else? I've
27:46always loved gummy candy. Anything gummy
27:49related was great for me. The tiny
27:51Haribo Haribo packets or um,
27:54ah, yeah.
27:55Pretty much anything. I think the only
27:57thing I didn't like was something with
27:59peanut butter in it. I know I'm a
28:00weirdo, but peanut butter and chocolate,
28:02I just like could live without. I'm
28:04maybe maybe the only person on the
28:05planet who's over peanut butter and
28:07chocolate.
28:08>> My favorite. [laughter]
28:09>> Um, I know. I know, it's weird. Well,
28:11yeah, something gummy related, maybe the
28:13Nerds candies. Yeah, those were great.
28:15What what do you think? What was your
28:16favorite?
28:18>> Well, in my neighborhood, we had this
28:20one home which was like four times
28:22bigger than all of the other homes and
28:24it was on the top of this little hill.
28:27So, we always nicknamed that home the
28:29rich guy. Like the rich guy lived in
28:31that house. It was just a couple, an
28:32older couple, and they had no children.
28:35And they were very mysterious. Like they
28:38never really interacted with the other
28:40neighbors at all. They were just up
28:42there on their hill in their big house.
28:44Like to us it would have been a mansion.
28:46I'm sure it was just kind of slightly
28:49bigger, slightly fancier house than all
28:50the other houses in the neighborhood.
28:53But, on Halloween, we'd get to go to the
28:55rich guy's house and trick-or-treat, and
28:58he never disappointed. He'd always give
29:00us full cans of Coca-Cola, so we'd get a
29:03full can
29:05of Coca-Cola and a full chocolate bar.
29:07Not like the mini chocolate bar that you
29:10would get, like you know the
29:11trick-or-treat size candy bar that's 1/3
29:15or 1/4 the size of a regular chocolate
29:18bar. He'd give us a full chocolate bar,
29:20so like a full-size Twix or Snickers or
29:23something.
29:25And so, that was just incredible. He
29:27never disappointed, so yeah, I always
29:29loved going to the rich guy's house on
29:31the hill.
29:32He was awesome.
29:33>> [laughter]
29:34>> Moms hate him. Like, not only are you
29:37getting candy, but caffeinated soda. Oh
29:39my gosh.
29:40>> [laughter]
29:41>> That's crazy.
29:42>> We'd always scheme like, how can we go
29:44to this guy's house again? Like, if we
29:46change our costume, will he recognize
29:48us? Can we hit him up twice because he
29:51was so generous? So, yeah.
29:53>> Wow.
29:53>> Shout-out to the rich guy.
29:56>> [laughter]
29:56>> Oh, that's nice.
29:58>> All right. So, we'll wrap things up
30:00here, guys. Thank you so much for
30:02listening. Leave a comment on our
30:04Discord server if you have any Halloween
30:08memories that you'd like to share with
30:09us or if you
30:11celebrate Halloween. I know it's
30:13different for every country and every
30:15culture around the world, but if you do
30:18enjoy this holiday, then let us know
30:20what you like about it or what you don't
30:22like about it on our Discord server.
30:24We'll be waiting to hear what you have
30:27to say. But for now, we're going to take
30:28off. So, guys, please take care, and
30:31we'll catch you in the next episode.
30:33Until then, goodbye.
30:35>> See you soon, guys. Happy Halloween.

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