A few years ago my daughter and I were walking in her neighborhood when I noticed many of the homes on one block had a flyer posted on their front doors. My curiosity got the best of me and I went up to one of the doors to read the flyer. It was a poem about a “Halloween Phantom” who secretly dropped goodies at a neighbor’s house with a request to pass along the poem and goodies to two more neighbors.
I thought it was a creative way to encourage fun in the neighborhood, so I knocked on a door where the flyer was posted to ask about it. The woman explained that it was a Halloween tradition that someone on her block started many years ago. She told me her neighbors all had fun surprising each other and building holiday spirit together. I asked her for a copy of the flyer.
We’ve been having block parties on my street for over a decade and I wanted to bring this Halloween tradition to our neighborhood. I made my first “phantom call” as soon as I got home. Within a week I noticed fliers on several more doors. As Halloween approached, the fliers increased and so did everyone’s curiosity about who started this game. I just shook my head and said I had no idea but was smiling to myself about all the fun my neighbors were having.
Don’t wait too long to get the Halloween Phantom started in your neighborhood. Watch the fun as you start seeing fliers appear on your neighbors’ doors.
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