Kids decked out in their costumes, smiling – It can’t get better than this!
Woodstock, VA – Oh, to be a kid!
Kids took out to the streets in Woodstock, Virginia this afternoon, as the town held their annual Trick or Treat event on Main Street in the historic downtown area. Local area businesses worked hard all week to prepare, gathering treats for kids and decorating their places of businesses to delight Shenandoah Valley youngsters. Though there were a lot of ghouls among the costumes this year, you’d see an angel or two every once in a while – some were kids, and some were pets. Twins were also among the trick-or-treaters.
Woodstock is still a community where pretty much everyone knows everyone else, and today you heard “hellos” up and down the street as neighbors and parents and kids spotted one another. There was face painting and craft activities, and even llamas for the kids to pet.
The Edward Jones Investments office in Woodstock near the firehouse took first place in the competition among downtown businesses with their rendition of “Ole Enchanted Museum.” Kids walked through the maze of balloons and spooky decorations, as wizards and axemen greeted them along the way. Kay and Donna from The Art Group of Mount Jackson painted the wonderful Halloween mural on the front of the office, and Barbara from Theater Shenandoah provided the Medieval costumes. (Pictured is Mary Ellen Ruddy of Edward Jones Invetsments, and Rich Church, owner of The Market)
Having as much fun as the younger set, students from nearby Massanutten Military Academy (members of MMA’s Interact Club, a Rotary program for youth), also were posted at the door of the Enchanted Museum, to encourage kids to walk through the spooky halls. “It’s really not that scary,” they’d say to the little princesses.
Other businesses participants included Wayfarer Gifts and The Farmhouse, a new wine shop that opened on Main Street (Old Valley Pike) recently.
Daytime trick-or-treating celebrations like this one are becoming more popular for families all across the nation, as it becomes less safe to have kids out after dark.
