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What’s In Your Halloween Candy Jar?

26 Oct 2011 By: Diane Gottsman

I love Halloween – I love fall in general! As I write this blog at my office, we have cider on our stove and pumpkin shortbread as our morning treat (I make a mean shortbread!).  And, it wouldn’t be Halloween at The Protocol School of Texas without a Halloween candy jar, brimming over with multiple sugary treats. My heart is filled with trick or treat goodness each time I fill the Halloween candy jar, almost daily, but I have noticed that the jars, dishes and pumpkin themed plastic tubs are never quite empty.  The same lonely stragglers sit at the bottom of each vessel – Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops.

I admit that I buy the good stuff, like Snickers, Mounds, Almond Joy, Kit Kat, and assorted other chocolates and then “fill in” with big bags of “the others” like…Tootsies.  I’m not fooling anyone; my office can spot a “filler” a mile away.  (I have my personal stash of chocolate and Peanut Butter Pumpkins by Reeses – my all-time favorite!)

Here’s a peek at a couple of my candy jars. What’s left behind at your office or home?  What is your favorite and least favorite candy?

I hope this Halloween your candy jar is filled with lots of sugary sweet confections, along with many daily scoops of genuine goodwill and a huge dose of civility. Happy Halloween!

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Diane Gottsman

Diane Gottsman is a national etiquette expert and modern manners professional, sought out industry leader, television personality, accomplished speaker, Huffington Post blogger, author, and the owner of The Protocol School of Texas, a company specializing in executive leadership and etiquette training. Diane is routinely quoted in national and international media including The New York Times, The BBC, CNN, Bloomberg Business Week, Kiplinger, Huffington Post Canada, U.S. News and World Report, and Forbes. She is the resident etiquette expert for two popular morning talk shows, SA Living and Good Day Austin. She has been seen on The TODAY Show, HLN Headline News, WGN Chicago, and CBS Sunday Morning. Her clients range from university students to Fortune 500 companies and her workshops cover topics ranging from tattoos in the workplace to technology at the dinner table and the proper use of social media.