TRICK OR TREAT

     "Trick or treat" is heard twice each year in Cortland--on All Hallows Eve and on Election Day.
     Treats are associated with All Hallows Eve; tricks with Election Day.
     Children try to frighten people on All Hallows Eve. Politicians frighten people every day of the year.
     All Hallows Eve is the night of the wandering dead, the night before All Souls Day. Election Day is much the same, but there is more enthusiasm.
     The day after Election Day is called All Fool's Day. It is distinguished from April Fool's Day by a lack of joy among losers and a lack of integrity among winners.