Halloween at Microsoft

This year my sons dressed as Harry Potter and Superboy for Halloween. Every year Microsoft has a day for children to come through the halls and trick-or-treat. Baskets and buckets of candy are outside most offices and in common areas. It’s a warm (and dry!) place for kids and they can collect a lot of candy. I also took my older son trick-or-treating around our neighborhood. Despite the chilly weather and occasional drizzle, there were quite a few kids out. Similar weather in Boston would normally cut way down on trick-or-treating. I guess the kids here aren’t as bothered by a little rain.

I heard a report the other day that estimated that Americans would spend about $1 billion on Halloween candy this year. People tend to buy much more than they need so that they “won’t run out”. But somehow all that excess candy get eaten…