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Neighborhood Halloween in Santa Fe Hills

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A child in a yellow raincoat and blue hair holds a bag, standing on a rocky path with Halloween decor.

Neighborhood Halloween in Santa Fe Hills. Costumes on before dinner: one girl as Coraline, blue hair and yellow raincoat, arms crossed and scowling in character until she couldn't hold it any longer. The other went as a witch — floppy hat, green velvet, and the twisted-handle broom, which she carried exactly as far as the front gate before it got left behind.

We did the pictures out front by the webbing and the RIP stone and the trick-or-treat sign, then walked up to meet the rest of the group: a chicken in a full onesie, a very committed Dwight from The Office complete with hello-my-name-is tag and tie, and a kid in camo with a bag nearly as big as he was.

The house with the inflatable pumpkins on the slope was the gathering point, same as the crowd seemed to expect. Candy corn was already accumulating in the chicken's bucket before we'd gone anywhere.

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