I'm about the same age as you. I remember getting popcorn balls as a treat. It was a dirty trick, if you ask me. You might as well have given me a rock, like poor ol' Charlie Brown.

I had one of those cheap costumes also. I was Speed Racer, one year. The thin little elastic band on the cheap mask was stretched out to the max, only being held in place by two small staples.

Some people also handed out candy apples but everyone knew those were made to hide razor blades. In the garbage they went.

Kids today, have it made.