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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Four hundred children, parents dress up for trick-or-treat event

<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-fbe33de9-094c-ad87-b7d9-1a46cbf62b2b"><span>From left: 4-year-old Lilla Hall, dressed like a fairy, and 4-year-old Omar Saab, who wore a dinosaur costume, walked while they trick-or-treated at Flying Biscuit Cafe on 2441 NW 43rd St. on Thursday evening.</span></span></p>

From left: 4-year-old Lilla Hall, dressed like a fairy, and 4-year-old Omar Saab, who wore a dinosaur costume, walked while they trick-or-treated at Flying Biscuit Cafe on 2441 NW 43rd St. on Thursday evening.

Skunks, sharks and Pikachus swarmed the patios of the Thornebrook Village Shopping Center on Thursday evening during its fourth annual trick-or-treating event.

About 400 children and parents, dressed in Halloween costumes, collected candy from the 13 small businesses that participated in the event, organized by Thornebrook Chocolates.

Sporting a purple crayon costume and matching wig, Gainesville resident Adriana Keen brought her two sons to the candy-filled extravaganza after hearing about it from her friends.

“It’s an easy family event — not too long, and the kids have fun,” she said. As she sat down to rest, her two sons ran around her. Four-year-old Cason dressed as Superman, and 2-year-old Hunter dressed as Clark Kent.

Cathleen Blagay, a co-owner of Thornebrook Chocolates, said participation at the event has increased over the years, with a 50-person spike in attendance Thursday.

“This is much bigger than last year,” she said. “A lot of people come back, but we’ve got a lot of new people this year.”

Among superheroes, princesses and cowboys, most attendees agreed on what parent-child pair was best-dressed: Sam Hill and his 3-year-old son, Jed, who both wore golden-scaled fish costumes with eyes on their hoods.

Hill, 29, brought his two other children as well, both unrecognizable under octopus and butterfly disguises.

The father said his family would most likely trick-or-treat in his neighborhood Oct. 31 but figured two Halloweens were better than one.

“For real Halloween, we’ll probably be dragons,” he said.

From left: 4-year-old Lilla Hall, dressed like a fairy, and 4-year-old Omar Saab, who wore a dinosaur costume, walked while they trick-or-treated at Flying Biscuit Cafe on 2441 NW 43rd St. on Thursday evening.

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