Are you handing out candy at Halloween this year? This is a serious (not a Lounge) question.

[CTyankee]

My husband believes it is not safe for us to participate because of Covid and because we are elderly. I understand his concerns, even tho we don't have much in exchange with the the kids since they are small and have parents with them.

Should we put out a sign or just turn off the outdoor light so they don't waste their time with us?

[Sherman A1]

1. No

however we have not done so for many years.

[redstatebluegirl]

2. Nope

To many people here do not wear masks because their leader won't.

[liberal N proud]

3. Through a PVC pipe

Kids come up to the pipe and we can drop the candy down the pipe

[CTyankee]

12. More than I can handle but a good idea. I thought of just putting the candy out in plastic

pumpkins but my husband says the older kids will take it all and leave none for the little ones.

[Laffy Kat]

4. I am not.

I am putting together a few special bags of goodies for kids whom I know in my neighborhood to hand-out before Halloween, but front porch light will be out on Saturday night.

[Nevilledog]

5. No.

However, we do plan on delivering small bags of candy to our neighbors with kids ahead of time.

[FM123]

6. No.

Our HOA just sent out a letter to all families that we will resume trick or treating next year but NOT this year. Too dangerous with Covid.

[SheltieLover]

23. Good for them!

[tanyev]

7. Nope. Leaving all the lights off.

That should be enough to keep them away. I will really be surprised if our neighborhood has any trick or treaters out and about this year.

[kimbutgar]

8. i usually decorate big and we have a reputation as a Halloween house In our neighborhood

But this year no decorations except for the witch we put out that flys in front of our house and she’s wearing a face mask this year!

I’ll have a little candy though just in case.

But this pandemic is too scary to risk anybody’s safety.

[SheltieLover]

26. Put tRump mask on witch to drive home the point!

Or stick a pumpkin on her shoulders.

[kimbutgar]

45. Funny Last year we had a decoration with MF45's head on a goblin they was motion sensored

And it came down the size of the house. This man with his children came by and He told me he didn’t like that mask on the goblin and said Halloween shouldn’t be politicized and it was disrespectful of the president. He was a big guy and kind of threatening looking so I took it down later some people came by and were disappointed I took it down they had wanted to take a picture. My husband goes to be early for his job and when I told him about the guy he said I should have gotten him out of the bed to confront him.

[SheltieLover]

46. I wouldn't argue with covidiots tbh

They are uneducable & violent.

[CatMor]

9. No ... for the first time ever.

[relayerbob]

10. Of course not

Any parent irresponsible enough to take their children trick-or-treating absolutely do not deserve to get rewards

[ffr]

11. No.

Absolutely not. Maybe in a year, if Biden/Harris are elected.

[onecaliberal]

13. No we are not. First time ever.

[elleng]

14. Not doing it,

as my house is 1+ mile off the nearest road; NO ONE comes here.

IF I were in 'town,' or a suburb, I would devise a mechanism to enable the kids to enjoy, like a basket outside near the house, with a sign: 'Take 2.'

[csziggy]

68. I'm not as far off the road as you, but I've never had a trick or treater come to my house.

So I don't have to worry about it.

[Ruby Zee]

15. Not handing out candy this year

We usually get a lot of trick or treaters, but following CDC and Oregon Health Authority guidelines, I will not be handing out candy this Halloween. Trick or treating is identified as high risk behavior. I will put a sign on my door "Sorry, no trick or treat this year due to COVID19 - see you next year". There are five young children on my block, so I am making up trick or treat bags for them, and will leave them on their front porch.

[Niagara]

52. Welcome to DU, Ruby Zee!

[SheltieLover]

16. Nope

Not getting anywhere near magats.

I will turn off light & let pit bull "answer" through the window. (Joking. I will crate him for his own sanity, esp since he has already put his head through one window. Thankfully, no injury!)

[gademocrat7]

17. Not this year.

[CottonBear]

18. No.

I may leave a basket of candy on the front sidewalk near our pumpkin. 🎃

[BittyJenkins]

19. Just to the grand boys through

a decorated pvc pipe.

[SMC22307]

20. You don't have much exchange with the kids?

I usually bend down and talk to them while I'm putting candy in their little bags.

It is worth risking infection to hand out candy? Only you and your husband can answer that. I'd leave a bowl of candy somewhere, maybe with a cute little Happy Halloween sign.

[Peacetrain]

21. We are going to put a bowl out with our candy outside by the front door with a sign "take one"

and Happy Halloween... Some kids will take one bag of M&M's.. and some will try to scoop out the entire bowl.. just the nature of kids at given ages.. but I know the littlest ones who come out with their parents the first hour or so.. will get a bag of M&Ms before the older kids clean out the bowl..

[Rorey]

22. Just turn off the outdoor light

I was thinking about creating a no contact way to hand out candy, but then I decided that I just wasn't going to participate at all.

[GP6971]

24. No

Lights will be off.

[samnsara]

25. im so far out in the bazoonies even UPS doesnt come to my house..

...but I love Halloween...so put out a bowl of candy and keep the light on. Little kids are usually honest and will only 'take one'.

Maybe a scary decorations on the porch..some fake spider webs ...make it fun for the kiddos. They have missed out on so much.

[spinbaby]

27. Yes

We have trick or treating early from 3:30 to 5:00. I plan to put out a container of candy, so kids can help themselves. We’ll wave from the front window.

[Hotler]

28. Condiment packets, going with an Asian theme this year.

lots of soy sauce and hot mustard.

[WA-03 Democrat]

48. Funny! Thanks

[RainCaster]

29. Buying, & keeping

Working on my Covid 15

[Iggo]

81. LOL...off topic.

I was texting in a group text about getting rid of Covid45 (the current resident of the White House) and one of the guys replied about how surprised he was that I'd gotten so fat during the pandemic.

Took me all fucking day to figure out what he was talking about.

[LAS14]

30. It sounds like you have friendly neighborhood. Why not put a big bowl of penny candy,

or little bags of candy on your front porch, with a sign "One each, please. Happy Halloween! And BOO!"

[MANative]

31. Yes, but with controls

Our neighborhood regularly gets 100 or more trick or treaters, and I'm sure this year won't be as active, but we will get some. I'm putting on gloves and mask and preparing little poly bags with a few pieces each. They'll go on a card table in the driveway. When they're gone, the lights go out.

[Luciferous]

76. We're doing the same thing.

[LisaM]

32. Yes, but strictly outside and no contact.

I haven't exactly figured out the logistics, probably bagged candy on a table. We are in a situation where there's a large front yard and plenty of room for social distancing. No one will be close to anyone else. I am thinking out full details of how to do this, but I think baggies of candy on an outside table, no one within 12 feet.

[Mister Ed]

33. I have devised a means to dispense the candy from a distance.

I've fenced off my porch steps, and at the top of the steps I've placed a tall stepladder. Lashed to the top of the stepladder is a ten- foot length of 6" diameter PVC plastic pipe, sloping down at a steep angle to the top of the fence at the foot of the steps.

I'll stand on the porch (masked, and in the guise of the Grim Reaper), and send candy down the chute into the bags of the children at the foot of the steps.

Most of our neighborhood is canceling trick-or-treating, but with this rig I'll be able to help the kids have a little bit of fun without any risk of spreading infection.

[SoonerPride]

34. I am putting it out on my porch with a lighted sign that says CANDY

[StTimofEdenRoc]

35. Yes, full size snickers

[Niagara]

50. Omg!

Where do you live?

[Lunabell]

36. No.

I have too many comorbidities. I'm not ready to die yet.

[Demsrule86]

37. Yes. Masked and gloved. Trump has taken so much from us, I want Halloween.

I don't know if we will have it though in our city.

[Generic Brad]

38. No, and I'm stuck with four huge bags of candy

I stocked up so I could pass candy out to kids at an open air company event. It’s been canceled. And no one comes around to my neighborhood.

[Demsrule86]

69. Are there any fire houses or libraries giving out candy?

Also. A nursing home or assisted living center would be nice too.

[world wide wally]

39. We have had exactly one trick or treater in 35 years!

Of course, we live on the side of a mountain in Colorado, so it's a lot of work just to get to the house.

[peggysue2]

40. I'm leaving two Halloween buckets on my front stoop

Kids can help themselves and when the candy supply is gone, it's gone. Too bad because I genuinely enjoy greeting the kids and handing out candy. But my husband and I haven't been this careful for this long to blow it on one night.

Thanks, Donald!

[JI7]

75. Isn't this risky with so many hands going in ? I think passing them out yourself

while wearing a mask would be safer. But even that wouldn't be recommended.

[peggysue2]

85. Just not going to do it this year

Honestly, if I had small children I'd be looking for alternatives to door-to-door trick or treating. At the same time, I don't want to completely ignore the event bc Halloween is so popular. I loved it as a kid as did my children.

Pretty much up to the parents and the level of care and anxiety.

So, the candy will be there and if it doesn't go, it will be tossed at the end of the evening. That being said, I could put a set of inexpensive prongs out there for the kids to use. Though I doubt they'd take the time.

[lame54]

41. Dark porch this year

[Green Line]

42. No

[MissB]

43. No, but that's not at all unusual

Our neighborhood is weird. There is only one street in the entire neighborhood that kids trick-or-treat on, and it isn’t ours.

We are close to a local private college and every few years we get a couple of students from there, so I do keep a bucket nearby the door just in case.

The one street has already said that they aren’t participating this year which makes sense. No one needs hundreds of kids showing up at their houses.

I have some young (grade school) relatives nearby- I’m making them boo baskets that I’ll drop off later this week.

[Baitball Blogger]

44. We're going to set up a Halloween candy chute.

[Niagara]

47. No.

I will be out-of-town this year. Even if I was going to be home, I would leave a bowl of candy out for the trick-or-treaters on the honor system.


Halloween is my favorite time of year, I just don't think it's worth getting sick. Here's hoping that we'll make progress on a vaccination and treatments way before next year.

[hlthe2b]

49. For years I've purchased candy, decorated house and prepared for trick or treaters....

but have had exactly ZERO come by in recent years. I always leave a big bowl of candy on a small table on the porch with a sign to help themselves, even when they failed to come by and after going to bed.

Well, given COVID and the past lack of interest, I'm not even going to buy candy this year and will merely leave the lights off.

This saddens me, but if they didn't come in the past when I made every effort, I just can't justify doing so during a pandemic. I'm sorry for the kids.

[Happy Hoosier]

51. Yes. Candy Chute.

I’ll wear a mask and use a candy chute to maintain distancing.

[Klaralven]

53. Yes, carefully

[Nululu]

54. No. No lights or decorations.

One year we left candy out but ants got into it.

Few kids trick or treat anymore. Last year there was one. We're elderly and compromised.

[mopinko]

55. i plan to drop it from a 2nd story window,

i'll either use a piece of gutter, or a length of pvc.

[zipplewrath]

56. No

We talked about this, and Thanksgiving, and Christmas. The CDC and Fauci have asked us not to have any gatherings. And they are right. Could we "get away with it"? Yes, probably. We've even discussed it. But unless "everyone" does what they ask, the ones that don't "get away with it" will cause all the problems that Fauci and the CDC are talking about.

And this should probably be a poll.

[myohmy2]

57. no...

...but I will set some candy out at the end of the driveway for the kids with a request to take only one...( fat chance)

...they'll probably fight over it, steal it, or, do what they want...

...also, no pumpkins or decorations to encourage enthusiasm...

...when younger, I couldn't imagine myself allowing my children out Trick or Treating during a pandemic...on the other hand, as a kid, I thought Halloween was the best day of the year...it was the only day of the year you could go up to any house on the block, ring the bell, say, 'Trick or Treat' and they would automatically give you FREE candy...wow, at 72 I'm still getting excited...

...can't imagine totally chumping the kids on Halloween...

[myohmy2]

63. Grammie...

...just informed me we're not allowed to put candy out...some kid with COVID could goober up the candy and spread the virus to other kids...I didn't know or think of that...

...Grammie did say she would keep an eye out for Trick or Treaters and toss candy at them as they approach the house...I said I'd help with the tossing...not very Halloween-ish but it's better than nothing...

...this Trump Virus is ruining everything...

[BeckyDem]

58. No, we are not and we will miss it because our neighborhood has always been fun for the kids.

Just not this year, my husband and I are in our sixties.


Stay safe whatever you decide.

[nolabear]

59. Leaving a bowl in the skeleton's lap on the porch.

We don’t get many but I want it available. Could someone take too much? Sure. No biggie.

[crickets]

60. No. Not even a bowl on the porch this year.

Picture it: a couple of kids come up the steps and see that the bowl has several kinds of candy. They dig through, making sure to pick what they want. Multiply this by several more sets of kids, and at least one of those children has a nose that's started to run slightly in the chill, and has used a hand to wipe his or her nose before sticking the hand in the bowl to pick a piece of candy. Voila! COVID roulette.

"Oh, it's only spread by aerosols!" Whatever. I thought about it and just can't take the chance. Candy can wait until next year. /Debbie Downer.

[CTyankee]

73. good point. Kids need constant supervision with this.

[Luciferous]

77. That's why we are doing little bags set up on a table in the driveway.

ETA I'm also putting out a hand sanitizer pump.

[crickets]

88. Well that's a smart way to do it.

Kids and parents alike will appreciate that approach.

[Luciferous]

89. Yeah, I figured this was the best way to do it this year. The candy

chutes that others are doing sound fun though!

[hamsterjill]

61. No.

Trick-or-treating has been steadily on the decline in my area for the last several years. I’d be happy if it went away.

Our main issue is the older brats who want to cause mischief, so a lot of people have stopped doing anything that isn’t school or church sponsored.

[doc03]

62. Nope lived here 25 years never got any trick or treaters nt

[Hekate]

64. No. We have some exterior lights that are on a timer & will make sure they &the porch lights are off

It’s sad, but there you have it.

[Owl]

65. Not this year.

[shanti]

66. Nope, haven't in years

So I keep my front porch light off. Works a charm.

[smirkymonkey]

67. No.

I live in a doorman apartment building and they don't let people in off the street. There are almost no children in this building and I doubt they will be going door to door. I don't remember what happened last year before Covid, but I don't think anyone even came by, so I doubt there will be anyone this year w/ Covid.

[FreeState]

70. No

Ill be leaving candy on the doorsteps of our neighbors with kids.

[beaglelover]

71. No. Halloween is officially canceled in Los Angeles this year.

[Iggo]

80. Well...not cancelled. Just different.

http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/coronavirus/docs/community/GuidanceHalloween.pdf

[Luciferous]

72. Yes, but we are setting up a table in the driveway with goody bags

[Liberal In Texas]

74. Nope.

One of the young couples on our street with a small kid is trying to set up a thing where people would leave treats curb-side. Kind of defeats the whole purpose of trick-or-treating.

I'm turning out the porch light and putting a NO on the door.

[Iggo]

78. Nope. (And we're the good house, too.)

[ProfessorGAC]

79. Sort Of

I will be sitting in the living room. (Should tell you, we almost don't use that room, because of the den being far more private.). I'll hook up the WiFi TV and keep a couple small pails on the porch.
I'll put salty snacks in one, candy in the other.
I'll be watching out the window, hoping that will dissuade gluttony.
When enough have come by to lower that inventory, and nobody is imminent, I'll top off the pails.
It goes for 3 hours, but I'm pulling stuff & shutting off the light after 2.

[Awsi Dooger]

82. Haven't decided

Might put out a bowl with honor system and a small note saying leave some for me

I definitely won't hand out anything

[Marthe48]

83. I'm supposed to walk around my block with family

Not sure I will. I won't pass treats out oat the door, and I don't want to put them in a bowl.

I have railroad ties along the side of the house, about 20 feet from the door, about 35' of them, on the edge of the yard by the street. If the weather is dry, I will put the treats in plastic bags and put them a few ft. apart on the rails, and toss any that aren't taken at the end of the hour. I'll try to get some battery candles and add to the treat bags I might make so they show up.

Stay well everyone!

[Tracer]

84. Yes. Neighborhood has decided to have

Tables at the end of driveways. One masked person to hand out candy. Not the greatest solution, but our town has almost no Covid cases.

[Meowmee]

86. No

last year we had no trick or treaters anyway. It has been dwindling year by year. I may put a sign that says no halloween treats due to covid etc so people don’t come to the door, just in case there are a few, but I doubt with covid there will be any. It is not safe for sure.

[former9thward]

87. Yes, of course

People in the neighborhood are not making any changes this year.