"I never did either," Bella admitted. "I mean, when I lived with my mom I couldn't really avoid it. She's a Kindergarten teacher, so she usually went all out for the kids in her class, but I was happier giving out candy than going door to door."

It just sounded too pathetic to say that going out alone wasn't much fun, so she'd stopped before she was ten. "Is it considered rude or classless to ask about the rituals?"