Smashing Pumpkins, No Not the Band

     Every year during this magical time of All Hallows’ Eve the sight of tiny ghosts and goblins eagerly scampering from house to house while jack-o-laterns glow in the frosty moonlight is both expected and new at the same time.  But, the new tradition which has swept across neighboorhoods nationwide is pumpkin smashing.  This destructive passtime usually takes place during Mischief Night, October 30.  However, the vision of utterly destroyed pumpkins littering the streets is occuring more and more the morning after Halloween.  This raises the question, do teenagers always have to find a way to make innocent fun into something playfully malicious?  They might say its all in good fun, but the mind set of the pumpkin owner, who’s gourd now rest in a mulitude of chunks infront of their house, is a bit different.  Just think, they went out and spent their hard eared money, meticulously inspecting each pumpkin at the grocery store to select the most perfect specimen to display on their front stoop.  That precious pumpkin now rests in not so much peace on the road.  While pumpkin smashing might seem fun, it really is juvenile and unnecessary.  On Mischeif Night or any other boring October evening, find an alternative to obliterating the neighbor’s pumpkin display… tipping cows anyone?