Fresh today · Tuesday, 14 July

New Wishes

A handful of wishes pulled from the cabinet this morning. Pick one up — copy, save it to your pinboard, or send it on.

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Wishing you the best Halloween of the decade — small monsters at the door, real friends in the kitchen, and a long sit on the porch when the night winds down.

Tonight may your treats outweigh your tricks. May your candy bowl be plenty. May your porch be bright.

To the people who put effort into their costumes — we noticed. To the people who didn't — we noticed less, but you're invited anyway. Happy Halloween.

Happy Halloween. Be the haunt. Be the host. Be the small witch eating Skittles in the corner. All of it counts.

May your Halloween be spooky, your candy be plentiful, and your costume not require you to explain it for the seventh time tonight.

Happy Halloween from the parent who is now also wearing a tiger tail because the kid demanded matching.

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Tonight is the night I justify wearing a witch hat to the grocery store. See you in the cereal aisle.

May your jack-o'-lantern not look like a small angry potato this year. (Mine does. It always does.)

Happy Halloween to me — wearing a costume nobody at the party will get because they didn't watch the show I'm referencing.

May your candy bowl have at least one full-size bar in it and may you be the lucky child who gets it. Happy Halloween.

Wishing you a Halloween where the dog ignores the doorbell and lets you have peace for the first time in October.

To the lazy adults handing out apples — we know it's you. We have not forgotten. Happy Halloween.

May your spider be fake. May your skeleton be plastic. May your in-laws cancel their visit. Happy Halloween.

Happy Halloween to everyone who panicked at 6 p.m., put on a black turtleneck, and called it "a cat." We respect the hustle.

Tonight may the only ghost in your house be the one in your fridge — last night's leftovers you keep meaning to eat.

Wishing you a Halloween of zero teenagers ringing your doorbell at midnight asking for candy you do not have.

Tonight is the one night a year skeletons get to be social. Let them. Happy Halloween.

May you receive no tricks, all treats, and at least one decent chocolate bar that is not a Tootsie Roll. Happy Halloween.

Happy Halloween from a person who has already eaten four pieces of the trick-or-treat candy and feels great about it.

Tonight: the candy. The pumpkin. The seasonal beer. The cold porch. The judgmental cat. Excellence.

May your costume photo this year not become a regret next year. (Mine will. It always does.) Happy Halloween.

Wishing you a Halloween with at least one neighborhood child dressed as something so weird you have to ask their parent twice.

Happy Halloween to all the dads who said "no" to the dog costume but are now putting the dog costume on the dog.

May your only fright be the bathroom scale on November 1. Happy Halloween.

Tonight the witches fly. The vampires brood. The pirates wander aimlessly. My uncle thinks he's still a sexy cowboy. Happy Halloween.