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Peeps. Good ‘ol wholesome, tasteless peeps. Easter would just be “Jesus day” without ‘em.
But some out there, some with too much time on their hands and clearly an abundance of peeps have transformed them into so much more. Funny, scary, evil, terrible things. Continue reading »
Candy cigarettes, that is?
With a little time to kill before I picked up my daughter from preschool the other day, I took a stroll down a popular street in San Francisco and was practically stopped in my tracks when I saw a display of candy cigarettes in a hardware store’s post-holiday sidewalk sale extravaganza.
I hadn’t seen those things for years, but I remembered a time when you could pick them up right beside a pack of Rolos or JuJu Bees. Now, they seem to reside in novelty shops or, in this case, the hardware store. Thinking there was probably a $5 tax tacked on to the price, I passed the opportunity to buy them again. Plus, they seemed to be “hobo” brand coffee-flavored cigarettes, and that just sounded disgusting.
But it got me wondering: Would I let my daughter “smoke” one? Continue reading »
In the late 1980s, I worked for a wonderful woman who decided to give each employee a PEZ dispenser and candy one Easter. After the candy was consumed, the dispensers eventually made their way to a basket on my desk — the PEZ hot tub. I’m sure ours was not the only office to have the familiar candy dispenser hanging around and it’s quite possible that you have some of the part-toy, part-treats hanging around your house. But PEZ wasn’t always about the dispensers; in fact, they weren’t originally aimed at kids at all.
Not all candy is created equal. Duh. Baby Ruth is way better than Snickers or Milky Way and those little sticks from Lik-M-Aid Fun Dip (forget the sugar powder) are awesome. But that’s not what dentists care about. In fact, Dr. Douglas Young, professor of dental practice at the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry rates his candy based on the damage it can do to your teeth. Now, normally, I wouldn’t pay attention to this sort of thing, but since taking kids to the dentist is about as much fun as going myself, I thought this might be some good advice to keep in mind.
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Although the swine flu may very well be a popular costume this year, that’s the only kind you want to let in your door. To help prevent the other kind — the contagious, potentially serious kind — from replacing tummyaches as the aftermath of Halloween trick-or-treating, experts are offering some tips for staying safe and healthy this year. Naturally, if you or your kids are not feeling well, you probably want to stay home and not pass out candy — you don’t want to pass out germs along with the goodies.
Trick-or-treating starts in a little more than 24 hours — are you ready?
Whether you’re a new parent trick-or-treating with your little monster for the first time ever, or you’ve got a veteran kid looking to improve their technique, Reader’s Digest has some tips in their 13 Things Your Trick-or-Treaters Won’t Tell You.
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It’s no surprise a dentist is advertising a cash for candy deal for Halloween. It’s what Dr. Allison Schwartz plans to do with all that loot that’s a bit out of the ordinary.
Schwartz told the Phoenix New Times she’ll give kids a dollar for every pound of Halloween candy handed in at her office. Then she’ll repackage it all and send it off to the Middle East. Continue reading »
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