Word: nixon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Each Halloween, Richard and Pat Nixon would stand on their broad doorstep, greeting their guests with smiles and handshakes. They were flanked on both sides by enormous wicker baskets overflowing with candy and other treats...
Then you would approach Nixon and shake his hand. (This was, by the way, the only Halloween stop where you shook someone's hand to get candy...
...weren't too nervous, you might be able to say something like, "Hello, Mr. President." If you were as nervous as I was on my first trip, you would mumble something incoherent. Nixon would smile at both responses. Perhaps he was kind; perhaps he was deaf...
Several hyperactive small children, without costumes, would swarm around the Nixons. They ran around the driveway and consumed large amounts of sugar. They appeared to be the Nixon grandchildren, and they had important roles to play in the Halloween drama. When a candy basket was empty, they would run inside the house and scream, "More candy! More candy...
Looking back, I feel pity for poor Mr. Nixon. There he was, standing on his doorstep for hours on end, shaking hand after hand in the October chill. Worst of all, he had to endure those shouting, hyperactive kids. I bet they made Nixon nostalgic for Kissinger...