Opening hymn, "Sweet Is the Work"

I heard of a new bishop who tried to stock up on healthy treats. That didn't last long!
 

A heart to heart

Now, the flip side of yesterday's cartoon.
 

I only have hearts for you, temporarily

This is a product I'd love to see in Deseret Book next Valentine's Day!
 

Planning ahead for the holiday

It's an idea that has merit. It could work well — until someone brings you a mouse!

So, yes, the other girl is wearing her Ruth Bader Ginsburg costume (probably another big seller this year). And any resemblance that the cat bearer wears to our sweet little Sophie is purely coincidental.
 

We can work it out

Actually we're still working on our Halloween candy!

I only have tithes for you

This should be the last of the redraw/reformats.

Our bishop was our home teacher at the time I drew this one. I told him that his were the hands and feet. He thought that was nice. The next year this cartoon came out in the New Era, and he was over the moon — his hands and feet were in the Church magazines!

At about the same time, Brian Crane, creator of the comic strip Pickles (and also a member of the Church), came out with a similarly-themed cartoon. Their grandson wanted to go as God for Halloween because people would then give him ten percent of their candy. Great minds — or something!

In the season thereof

We have a special, secret stash of Peeps that no one knows about. Shh!

That feeling of emptiness

We had so many trick or treaters last night, we even had to give out our good candy. Rats!

Sweetening the work

It's funny how different missions handle holidays like Halloween. Our local missionaries have to be in their apartments by 6 p.m. They're supposed to do planning and study, but they can answer the door for trick or treaters. (They haven't yet decided whether to give out mini copies of the Book of Mormon or pass-along cards).*

In another mission not far from here, they're having a special dinner, party and games for the local missionaries. Each mission follows the discretion of the mission president.

In Korea, we just treated it like any other day.


*This is what we gave out in Relief Society:

Supply levels

Sometimes it even makes it all the way in from the car!

Yea, even hidden treasures

I had a former bishop who would unashamedly go for the treat drawer when he felt the need!

Which makes me wonder: how many counseling appointments could be avoided if the bishop first gave out a Snickers bar — because you're just not yourself until you've had a Snickers!

It's happier and healthier

Apparently this isn't as far fetched a thought as I first thought. There's a thing called the Teal Pumpkin Project. It's for kids who can't have candy but still want to enjoy trick or treating. Putting a teal pumpkin outside your door indicates that you have treats other than candy available for those kids (although it's OK to have candy for everyone else as well).

A Reese's is unfurled

I'd always dream about having a huge mountain of candy whenever i went trick or treating as a kid. But by the time I got home, my bag was usually half full of empty wrappers!

No stone unturned

In our house, it was more of a contest between the kids and the parents as to who would eat all the giveaway Halloween candy first!

Happy Halloween! Be careful out there!

The law of supply and demand

Not that this would ever happen at our house...