By: Sarah388

Sarah388 — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:21:59 +0000

As someone who has grown up with several allergies Halloween was often a dreaded time for me. I often sat by as my parents searched through my goodies for anything that contained milk, wheat, egg, corn etc. This often meant that I was left with the pop as long as it was light coloured pop, chips and apples while my sister, who doesn’t have any allergies, was able to eat whatever she wanted. My parents used the you don’t want to get sick do you routine when I got upset. As I got older it was easier because my parents would buy my halloween treats and whatever I gathered that night would be given out to other kids. Today, I am able to eat those foods but have to limit the milk products but I am not allergic to nuts. I can’t imagine if nuts had been in my list at that time I wouldn’t have been able to eat any of the treats. When Halloween comes around I often buy chips and choc bars that have the nut free symbol knowing that I would have appreciated that as a child.
I have to say that your idea is brilliant. I am definitely going to keep that in mind for when I have kids since chances are they will probably have some allergy.

By: CareerComposers

CareerComposers — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:09:52 +0000

Thank you for such a wonderful idea! This is going to become our new Hallowe’en tradition.

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