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Dusk had already fallen by the time the horse led a wagon entered the trail that meandered it through the dense woods.

Nicole set her steaming cup of hot chocolate between her knees.

As she glanced at the pumpkins of various sizes, stacked around the mouth of the forest.

Led by internal candles, the gourds illuminated an orange glow of welcome as a wagon pierced through the gloom of a thicket.

Huddled together on hay bales, 38 or 39 other people joined Nicole on the hay ride.

Couples, friends and families clustered in small groups, whispering and nervously smiling to each other as they anticipated the coming frights.

Nicole was the only one riding alone that night.

Nicole loved Halloween. It was her favorite time of year, her favorite holiday.

Each year she eagerly anticipated the breath taking change of foliage in her small north eastern town.

She looked forward to pumpkins adorning the doorways of homes in her neighborhood, eagerly watched cartoon skeletons dancing across her TV screen.

Thrilled at the sight of jolly, fabric ghosts, smiling from windows, and relished in the scent of her mother's pumpkin spice candles, filling their home every October.

Nicole loved the fun, spooky elements of Halloween. However, she avoided the truly scary.

She couldn't bear to watch horror or slasher films. Disney's animated Ichabod Crane was more her speed.

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