Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:00 PM

WillyT (72,631 posts)

Um.... The Sun's Gone Down.. Got Lots Of Candy... Not One Kid.. Not One Family...

My 84 year old mom is asking me... basically...

"What the hell is going on?"

All updates are appreciated. How did your neighorhood do?

It's only 7pm on the West coast, Yet...

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105 replies	Author	Time	Post
Um.... The Sun's Gone Down.. Got Lots Of Candy... Not One Kid.. Not One Family... (Original post)	WillyT	Oct 2013	OP
Wind @ 30 mph	Go Vols	Oct 2013	#1
There's a huge Halloween parade going on down the block from apartment	JaneyVee	Oct 2013	#2
Seven bags of assorted candy all gone	Omaha Steve	Oct 2013	#3
wiped out	kydo	Oct 2013	#4
Ha! Priceless :). nt	arthritisR_US	Oct 2013	#9
Hilarious!!!	calimary	Oct 2013	#71
We had trick or treat here last night	madaboutharry	Oct 2013	#5
We got slammed.	Daemonaquila	Oct 2013	#6
This is the disadvantage of moving the "fall back" a week	question everything	Oct 2013	#61
just one family so far	Viva_La_Revolution	Oct 2013	#7
rainy and cold	questionseverything	Oct 2013	#8
We really don't get the door to door anymore in my town, unless Halloween is on a weekend.	xmas74	Oct 2013	#10
Same here. My son and his wife said	frogmarch	Oct 2013	#11
Chilly, foggy night; about 20 kids.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Oct 2013	#12
Are you in LA	abelenkpe	Oct 2013	#13
Sacramento...	WillyT	Oct 2013	#17
same here	warrior1	Nov 2013	#100
The Thng Is... We Are In A Really Nice Neighborhood...	WillyT	Oct 2013	#14
Probably all those pics of ted cruz you put up	n2doc	Nov 2013	#86
In a Denver suburb ...	earthside	Oct 2013	#15
Littleton, not one knock.	TransitJohn	Oct 2013	#24
Yep. Churches and schools will do Trick-or-Treat events in their buildings...	backscatter712	Oct 2013	#51
Was very windy and cool in the South Metro area.	JimDandy	Nov 2013	#80
7:10 in Los Angeles	doxyluv13	Oct 2013	#16
My house isn't out on a street.	NYC_SKP	Oct 2013	#18
Well, here's my theory...	Scootaloo	Oct 2013	#19
I heard those sorts of stories about poisoning/razor blades back in the '60s	Art_from_Ark	Oct 2013	#65
I remember as a kid, 1st seeing the news stories about	USAF Brat	Nov 2013	#77
And those stories were actually made up	Scootaloo	Nov 2013	#102
Kids seldom come down our street	dem in texas	Oct 2013	#20
Zip, Nada, Zilch	Brother Buzz	Oct 2013	#21
Weather here	JesterCS	Oct 2013	#22
Southeast?	Aerows	Oct 2013	#30
Depends on where you are. Around here, the churches are all having halloween parties.	haele	Oct 2013	#23
Not even one family.	840high	Oct 2013	#25
I made little bags with candy and toys	Aerows	Oct 2013	#26
Warm night here in Houston. Dozens and dozens of kids tonight.	ScreamingMeemie	Oct 2013	#27
You missed the deluge	Aerows	Oct 2013	#32
Our rain in SW Ala. has just started....but ZERO kids again this year.	dixiegrrrrl	Oct 2013	#57
We had that all morning until about two-ish.	ScreamingMeemie	Oct 2013	#63
Only four houses with lights on my street this year - I got a total of 23 kids	Tx4obama	Oct 2013	#28
Only two kids, no costumes. :(	woo me with science	Oct 2013	#29
Big surge, candy went fast between 6 and 7:40 I was out...	Historic NY	Oct 2013	#31
Why is the race of the kids at the door even notable?	LeftyMom	Oct 2013	#34
Because they came with their parents.......	Historic NY	Nov 2013	#97
Lots of Latinos? Seriously?...	TeeYiYi	Oct 2013	#56
Nothing goin on here either (Pismo Beach CA)	tularetom	Oct 2013	#33
None here, but I think there's a party most of them are at.	LeftyMom	Oct 2013	#35
Each year, fewer kids come.	Isoldeblue	Oct 2013	#36
So far, I've only had the doorbell ring once	AndyA	Oct 2013	#37
hhhmmm I figured most of the Trick or Treaters had already been thru	Rene	Oct 2013	#38
YoungerGreenSon braved the wind and rain and cleaned up because	GreenPartyVoter	Oct 2013	#39
Nobody here or on my street (it was last Friday).	WinkyDink	Oct 2013	#40
We had a real good night tonight:	boguspotus	Oct 2013	#41
Got slammed for us	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Oct 2013	#42
Absolutely none here in my neighborhood.	RebelOne	Oct 2013	#43
Maybe 25 kids. We take the left overs to the Food Bank.	Shrike47	Oct 2013	#44
these days Kids go to Parties and other events more than the Door to Door thing	JI7	Oct 2013	#45
0 monsters here	handmade34	Oct 2013	#46
SF Bay Area: We went through 8 bags of candy in two hours	Retrograde	Oct 2013	#47
Our neighborhood is Halloween Central.	Codeine	Oct 2013	#48
Got around 20 or so.	laundry_queen	Oct 2013	#49
only 4 knocks here so far and 3-5 kids in each group that knocked. Lots more to give in the SFV	TeamPooka	Oct 2013	#50
A few Children. I passed out Milky ways and Kit Kat and Skittles.	BlueJazz	Oct 2013	#52
kids coming	riverbendviewgal	Oct 2013	#53
We live rural and haven't had any kids	ohheckyeah	Oct 2013	#54
Feast or famine	ChazII	Oct 2013	#55
Only one knock on the door as of 9 p.m.	subterranean	Oct 2013	#58
took till about 7pm	MFM008	Oct 2013	#59
No trick or treaters here either.	dmr	Oct 2013	#60
50+ kids, not even exaggerating.	joshcryer	Oct 2013	#62
Warm here in NW Florida...and the Trick or Treaters were out in full force!	Grammy23	Oct 2013	#64
Oh I am so jealous!	mrsadm	Nov 2013	#83
I've lived in my house for over thirty years and have never had one	panader0	Oct 2013	#66
Got back from trick or treating an hour ago.	RandySF	Oct 2013	#67
In our little corner of Mass, we've been seeing...	MannyGoldstein	Oct 2013	#68
We have several community activities for kids	Mz Pip	Oct 2013	#69
Some traffic in our neighborhood but not a lot.	calimary	Oct 2013	#70
North Tacoma, Washington 70 trick or treaters between ages between 5 months and 20 years +	gopiscrap	Oct 2013	#72
No kids	proReality	Nov 2013	#73
Nuthin'	ourfuneral	Nov 2013	#74
We had that happen several years ago.	Lugnut	Nov 2013	#75
weird thing....	stevil	Nov 2013	#76
I bet that made your puppy's night!	ScreamingMeemie	Nov 2013	#89
Lots of kids here	sakabatou	Nov 2013	#78
don't live in the suburbs anymore but even when we did I noticed not as many kids trick or treat as	liberal_at_heart	Nov 2013	#79
Richmond VA -- got about 20 kids, which is low compared to last year, when	Nay	Nov 2013	#81
We had our usual hordes.	Le Taz Hot	Nov 2013	#82
I work 4-8pm at the information desk	SheilaT	Nov 2013	#84
Had about 250 children visit.	NutmegYankee	Nov 2013	#85
Hammered	FreeJoe	Nov 2013	#87
My daughter, who lives in the other half of our duplex,	Blue_In_AK	Nov 2013	#88
We had no one but	Skidmore	Nov 2013	#90
I had a bunch of kids last night, not as much as years before..	Javaman	Nov 2013	#91
I think things were active in town.	LWolf	Nov 2013	#92
Epilogue: Not One Doorbell Ring... Or Ditch... Not One Piece Of Candy Given Away...	WillyT	Nov 2013	#93
We had a few	gollygee	Nov 2013	#94
hundreds out in our neighborhood	JanMichael	Nov 2013	#95
We had over 200 kids visit our house in a 50's style	MineralMan	Nov 2013	#96
Relatively quiet in our neighborhood, which is unusual	bhikkhu	Nov 2013	#98
I gave out all my candy - first time ever.	Avalux	Nov 2013	#99
Fewer out this year	Warpy	Nov 2013	#101
Damned Obamacare!	Orsino	Nov 2013	#103
Last night was the first Halloween in 10 years	deutsey	Nov 2013	#104
300 plus kids....I gave out all my candy, mini pumpkins, etc. The kids who come to our neighborhood	msanthrope	Nov 2013	#105

Response to WillyT (Original post)

Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:02 PM

Go Vols (5,902 posts)

1. Wind @ 30 mph

and rain here.I prolly had 10 groups of kids.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:04 PM

JaneyVee (19,877 posts)

2. There's a huge Halloween parade going on down the block from apartment

Here in manhattan. Tens of thousands of people. Really loud.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:05 PM

Omaha Steve (77,812 posts)

3. Seven bags of assorted candy all gone

It took 2 & 1/2 hours. We turned off the porch light at 8:30 our time. We have a lot of kids in our sub-division.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:06 PM

kydo (2,679 posts)

4. wiped out

All my candy is gone. But I give the good stuff none of that stuff in the big bags. All full size candy bars. Had about 300 kids. Ok I did stash 6 of the reese peanut butter cups but the rest, gone.

Of course I go all out and the yard was all done up. People remember me from last year cause I made a "Zomeny" poster and had a romeny zombie. romeny was still there this year only he was runned over by the lawn mower and I had vultures.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:08 PM

arthritisR_US (6,914 posts)

9. Ha! Priceless :). nt

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 11:54 PM

calimary (61,210 posts)

71. Hilarious!!!

Bad lawn mower!

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:07 PM

madaboutharry (35,354 posts)

5. We had trick or treat here last night

We had at least 100 kids.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:07 PM

Daemonaquila (1,712 posts)

6. We got slammed.

I keep the porch light off until dark, because all the kids who come early are suburban kids driven in by their parents. As soon as the sun is down, our local kids fill the streets like zombie hordes, whether in groups, with a parent, or with older sibs. I lost track early on of the numbers, but we usually get 5-10 per group, and they were nonstop for about 45 minutes.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 11:10 PM

question everything (40,217 posts)

61. This is the disadvantage of moving the "fall back" a week

Used to be dark at 5:00 and kids would show up at 6:00. Now it starts at 7:00.

Still they came in large groups. Young teens with some kids in between.

We just had one bag of "nut roll" and at some point I panicked that we were running out of them but we ended up with four to spare.

Normally we buy two bags and are left with too many.

Did not know any of them. All the neighborhood kids are all grown but i think that the high school, perhaps the middle school organized groups.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:07 PM

Viva_La_Revolution (28,791 posts)

7. just one family so far

mom and 2 little ones.

We usually get no more than 5

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:08 PM

questionseverything (6,673 posts)

8. rainy and cold

but 5 bags candy gone

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:09 PM

xmas74 (28,149 posts)

10. We really don't get the door to door anymore in my town, unless Halloween is on a weekend.

The downtown area puts on an incredible trick-or-treat, even including free hot dogs and lemonade. The local churches all offer trunk-or-treat from their parking lots after the downtown is closed and lots of free parties open to the public, with bobbing for apples "bounce houses" and hayrides. The local university has offered trick or treat throughout a number of dorms, along with games. The veteran's home and the local nursing homes all offer trick or treat to the public after the downtown closes too.

The businesses have to be approved by the city council, the nursing homes work with the health department and the dorms all have their activities approved by university housing, with university staff always present.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:09 PM

frogmarch (10,966 posts)

11. Same here. My son and his wife said

it's probably because there's school tomorrow and also, a lot of parents have to work.

It's 8ish here in western Nebraska. A little chilly but not bad for October.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:10 PM

The Velveteen Ocelot (91,423 posts)

12. Chilly, foggy night; about 20 kids.

Lots of candy left over for me.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:10 PM

abelenkpe (9,933 posts)

13. Are you in LA

My kids would love more candy

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:13 PM

WillyT (72,631 posts)

17. Sacramento...

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 10:02 AM

warrior1 (12,325 posts)

100. same here

also in Sacramento

My neighbors had decorated their homes because they have little ones and then they went over to T street and left their porch lights off. It made the street really dark so I only had two other kids besides the two that live on this street. I let my neighbor know that also, I'm a little pissed. I had candy and toys to give out. Last year I ran out of candy.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:11 PM

WillyT (72,631 posts)

14. The Thng Is... We Are In A Really Nice Neighborhood...

With lots of kids...

NOBODY

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Response to WillyT (Reply #14)

Fri Nov 1, 2013, 04:40 AM

n2doc (47,953 posts)

86. Probably all those pics of ted cruz you put up

oh wait, that was Skinner....

We had a lot show up, but fewer than last year. weather was fine, so I don't know the reason.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:12 PM

earthside (6,937 posts)

15. In a Denver suburb ...

We've had maybe 20-25 kids.

Weather is very, very nice.

I don't know what is up this year; maybe because it is a school night?

I've been thinking all day though about how Halloween has changed. It used to be a holiday for KIDS.
Back in the 50s, 60s and 70s, maybe even into the 1980s, it was still a rather rare thing to see adults dressed-up for Halloween -- the focus was on what the kids were doing at school and in the evening.

But these days Halloween has pretty much been appropriated by adults.

I wonder if the main highlight of Halloween even twenty years ago -- that is 'Trick or Treat' -- is now something that today's overprotective parents shun and that going to costume contest parties for their kids and themselves is what it is mostly all about now.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:19 PM

TransitJohn (6,928 posts)

24. Littleton, not one knock.

I think most people take their kids to controlled environments nowadays.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 10:44 PM

backscatter712 (26,300 posts)

51. Yep. Churches and schools will do Trick-or-Treat events in their buildings...

...so the kids don't go out on the streets.

And meanwhile I see more adults in costume, which I approve of.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 01:58 AM

JimDandy (7,318 posts)

80. Was very windy and cool in the South Metro area.

Still, my d-i-l's parents have the scariest decorated house for miles and they were slammed. Candy was gone by 7:30.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:12 PM

doxyluv13 (247 posts)

16. 7:10 in Los Angeles

Had about 30 trick-or-treaters. Sort of average. We've had from about a dozen one year to close to 150 another. Couldn't figure out why in either case.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:14 PM

NYC_SKP (68,644 posts)

18. My house isn't out on a street.

But in years past I have come to learn that a lot of kids in the "middlin'" neighborhoods get over to the nicer hoods to get their treats and then come home.

Less gunfire or whatever.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:14 PM

Scootaloo (25,699 posts)

19. Well, here's my theory...

You know all those big dumb "people are poisoning your candy / kidnapping your children" bullshit stories?

My theory is those were made up (Well, we KNOW they were made up, but...) by the peopel who organize shit like halloween mall-walks and whatnot. 'cuase invariably that seems to be where all the trick-or-treating is done. No moe public space, no more neighborhood streets, you're collecting candy at the GAP and Footlocker instead.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 11:25 PM

Art_from_Ark (27,247 posts)

65. I heard those sorts of stories about poisoning/razor blades back in the '60s

long before there were Halloween mall walks.

And I remember going to several Halloween parties as a little kid, but I still managed to go door-to-door trick-or-treating as well (unless Halloween was on a Sunday, then it was discouraged).

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 01:16 AM

USAF Brat (36 posts)

77. I remember as a kid, 1st seeing the news stories about

kids dieing from eating candied apples that were poisoned or getting badly hurt from eating candy with razor blades hidden inside. For about 8 years my Mom would inspect the candy 1st to get rid of anything obviously open or homemade and then we'd go to the local hospital where they would x-ray it for free to make sure there wasn't anything but candy in the packages. So please, this don't joke about it.

And I really missed the cool popcorn balls and other homemade treats the older retired couples would give for Halloween. And all because there were a few real jerks in our country who thought it'd be cool to poison or hurt kids out trick or treating.

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Response to USAF Brat (Reply #77)

Fri Nov 1, 2013, 10:55 AM

Scootaloo (25,699 posts)

102. And those stories were actually made up

Seriously, it's fake. These stories were nonsense, cooked up in large part by sources like The Watchtower, chick Tracts, and other "Jesus people" sources of the time (not the malls, as I joked.) You know, the same sources that told you that trick-or-treating was a worship of the "pagan satan", Sam Hain? Alternately it could just be an attempt to make halloween "Scarier" by some people who are bad at thinking.

Whatever the source, it's certainly helped contribute to the institutional paranoia that defines American culture these days

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:15 PM

dem in texas (2,447 posts)

20. Kids seldom come down our street

We have had only a few children come for trick and treat, mostly in the early years when more young kids lived around us. I think it has been five years since we had any trick or treaters. I still get a few bags of candy just in case.

You are wondering why they don't come here. We live up on a hill and they don't want to climb the steps to get up to our house. Our neighborhood is hilly, so lots of walking involved. Guess the kids go to neighborhoods with more houses and easier walking. If know if I was a kid, I wouldn't treat or treat around here, too much effort.

Now this is a great place for a Halloween party, and we have had them before, real blowouts, topped by a midnight visit to the old cemetery down the road.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:15 PM

Brother Buzz (28,753 posts)

21. Zip, Nada, Zilch

Last edited Thu Oct 31, 2013, 10:48 PM - Edit history (1)

Maybe five last year, and ten the year before. For the last couple of years, our Downtown Business Association has been sponsoring a trick-or-treat thing with all the local merchants in the afternoons for the little ones, and it has really caught on.

Looks like I've got the basket to myself, and that fine with me.

On edit: Eleven kids ultimately showed up. Light go dark in another few minutes.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:18 PM

JesterCS (1,787 posts)

22. Weather here

We had prob 2 dozen kids while we had a quick break from rain. Otherwise its been pouring all day, windy, and thunderstorms still otw

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:22 PM

Aerows (39,961 posts)

30. Southeast?

We are getting enough rain to float.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:19 PM

haele (9,880 posts)

23. Depends on where you are. Around here, the churches are all having halloween parties.

We are in the 'hood, there was some police activity earlier, and all the kids I've seen walking around have been around the churches or near gated apartment complexes.
We were also gone until 5:30 at a doctor's appointment, so we missed the few little ones who might have gone by.
We might get some kids between 8pm and 9:30 - they'll all be the older kids.

Haele

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:20 PM

840high (17,196 posts)

25. Not even one family.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:20 PM

Aerows (39,961 posts)

26. I made little bags with candy and toys

and we got wind and a deluge of a thunderstorm that still hasn't let up

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:20 PM

ScreamingMeemie (68,918 posts)

27. Warm night here in Houston. Dozens and dozens of kids tonight.

I did not think we would have that many because we only had a few last year.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:26 PM

Aerows (39,961 posts)

32. You missed the deluge

It's raining so hard here on the Gulf Coast to your east, that you could drown if you look up.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 11:00 PM

dixiegrrrrl (59,455 posts)

57. Our rain in SW Ala. has just started....but ZERO kids again this year.

My lil town has a 7:30 curfew on Halloween.
But even the kids on our street do not trick or treat anymore, the parents tell me they do a chruch function for them.
Plus, we live down a long dark driveway so anyone not familiar with the area would not come to our house.
Still, for the last 2 years have not seen or heard any trick or treaters.

none the less, Mr. Dixie , AKA Mr. Sweet Tooth, insisted we buy 2 big bags of the "good" candy bars.
He is SO transparent.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 11:21 PM

ScreamingMeemie (68,918 posts)

63. We had that all morning until about two-ish.

Flood warnings and the whole bit. It's a bad one
Be safe.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:21 PM

Tx4obama (36,974 posts)

28. Only four houses with lights on my street this year - I got a total of 23 kids

Had enough candy for 150.

What a bummer

I'm gonna have to eat all the left-overs

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:22 PM

woo me with science (32,139 posts)

29. Only two kids, no costumes. :(

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:23 PM

Historic NY (33,859 posts)

31. Big surge, candy went fast between 6 and 7:40 I was out...

we get a lots of Latinos from the nearby city. Everyone polite lots of little kids.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:29 PM

LeftyMom (49,212 posts)

34. Why is the race of the kids at the door even notable?

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 09:11 AM

Historic NY (33,859 posts)

97. Because they came with their parents.......

and they aren't from my town. They come because it safer. You apparently have the problem.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 10:53 PM

TeeYiYi (8,028 posts)

56. Lots of Latinos? Seriously?...

Maybe you could make us a Trick or Treat pie chart or a Halloween demographics by ethnicity bar graph to go along with your candy report.

TYY

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:28 PM

tularetom (23,664 posts)

33. Nothing goin on here either (Pismo Beach CA)

This area is filled with cranky senior citizens, real get-off-my-lawn-you-kids types. So there aren't any local kids walking around, and I guess the people who have kids stayed in their own neighborhoods.

So now WTF are we going to do with all this candy?

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:31 PM

LeftyMom (49,212 posts)

35. None here, but I think there's a party most of them are at.

And I got home too late for the daylight toddler trick or treaters.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:32 PM

Isoldeblue (1,135 posts)

36. Each year, fewer kids come.

Our four grandkids and maybe a total of 10 other kids came. That's it. We have lots of organic lolly-pops and peanut butter crackers left over. We live in a nice, small development with other ones around in NW Fl.. The weather was great. But there were few houses giving out treats as well. Our kids going around the circle was the fastest ever.

Halloween sure isn't like it was when we were kids.... I don't get it.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:42 PM

AndyA (16,993 posts)

37. So far, I've only had the doorbell ring once

It was a group of ORU (Oral Roberts University) students asking for donations of canned goods. Not a single trick or treater. Last year we had one.

My house sits back pretty far from the street, so that could have something to do with it, although I haven't seen anyone going down the street, either.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:44 PM

Rene (1,183 posts)

38. hhhmmm I figured most of the Trick or Treaters had already been thru

I couldn't hear any chatter on any nearby streets anymore, so I figured no one else was coming by..........so I put my orange pumpkin with all the left over candy on a shelf on my porch and went out for a quick errand to the store... Gone less than 15 minutes. I came back and the plastic pumpkin and all the candy it was full of, were gone. I had mostly little tots with parents in two come by....with ONE group of older boys. we're an isolated neighborhood...and this would have been their route back home. damn little thieves. Now we have no leftover candy to nibble on .....I sure am hankering for some of that chocolate. damn. I guess some people will take anything not nailed down, and they're starting early/young. I've always wondered how people can take and use stuff that they've stolen without their conscience biting their butts all the time. It's only a pumpkin filled with candy....but heck......it's symbolic of not being trustworthy. I've xxx'd that little family of rugrats off my friendly neighbor list.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:44 PM

GreenPartyVoter (70,043 posts)

39. YoungerGreenSon braved the wind and rain and cleaned up because

so few kids were out.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:45 PM

WinkyDink (51,311 posts)

40. Nobody here or on my street (it was last Friday).

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:53 PM

boguspotus (240 posts)

41. We had a real good night tonight:

My wife and I live in the Bancroft neighborhood of South Minneapolis, MN. It's somewhat close to some scary areas (38th and Chicago). But the neighborhood has only gotten better over the years. It's a place now where younger families can afford a house in the city making the area so much better. It's funny, I commented to the wife tonight that it is so cool that the Bancroft neighborhood is so diverse. So many cute kids with totally different ethnic backgrounds - the kids, the parents - everyone being so friendly and nice - it's really great. We went through $35 worth of candy - for us that's pretty good. And less leftovers the better!

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:54 PM

ProudToBeBlueInRhody (16,399 posts)

42. Got slammed for us

6:30 until 7:45 we got about 30 kids who almost wiped me out. Then a large group came by near nine and finished us off.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:59 PM

RebelOne (30,947 posts)

43. Absolutely none here in my neighborhood.

That's OK because I bought Reeses Pieces, my favorite candy, so all the more for me.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 10:00 PM

Shrike47 (6,187 posts)

44. Maybe 25 kids. We take the left overs to the Food Bank.

I give them money, of course, but I figure they can find a home for chocolate.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 10:16 PM

JI7 (82,555 posts)

45. these days Kids go to Parties and other events more than the Door to Door thing

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 10:17 PM

handmade34 (20,470 posts)

46. 0 monsters here

good thing… all I had for treats is Rum Balls and the kid's parents might get pretty upset??

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 10:24 PM

Retrograde (7,541 posts)

47. SF Bay Area: We went through 8 bags of candy in two hours

I think they're still roaming around, but we turned off the light when we ran out. Mostly kids in groups of 6-12, ranging from just barely able to walk to maybe 12. Mostly homemade costumes, including 3 representations of Munch's Scream, 4 Heisenbergs, a thunderstorm, and the Declaration of Independence (who gave me some candy).

ETA: last year they started at about 5, but this year we had no one until the sun went down.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 10:26 PM

Codeine (25,586 posts)

48. Our neighborhood is Halloween Central.

I went out with my kids and the crowds made walking difficult in some spots.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 10:27 PM

laundry_queen (8,646 posts)

49. Got around 20 or so.

But I'm in a new area and many houses on my street aren't done yet so people don't bother. Next year we'll probably have more. We know people in more established areas in town that got over 100 kids. I don't think the weather slowed them down any - it's super windy and pretty chilly but I live in an area where it isn't unusual to have a blizzard on Halloween so windy and chilly is 'not bad' trick or treating weather, lol.

I have a ton of left over candy, but I also have 4 kids so it'll disappear fast.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 10:40 PM

TeamPooka (18,603 posts)

50. only 4 knocks here so far and 3-5 kids in each group that knocked. Lots more to give in the SFV

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 10:46 PM

BlueJazz (25,348 posts)

52. A few Children. I passed out Milky ways and Kit Kat and Skittles.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 10:48 PM

riverbendviewgal (3,988 posts)

53. kids coming

from 5:30 - 7:30. We had about 50 kids which was better than last year. It warm about 8C but there was some drizzle. When we ran out of chips we shut the lights.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 10:50 PM

ohheckyeah (9,314 posts)

54. We live rural and haven't had any kids

trick or treat here for years. It's a long walk up the hill to the house.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 10:52 PM

ChazII (4,750 posts)

55. Feast or famine

This year over 100 kids with parents.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 11:00 PM

subterranean (3,232 posts)

58. Only one knock on the door as of 9 p.m.

Weather is not a factor. There just aren't many kids in my neighborhood.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 11:05 PM

MFM008 (18,792 posts)

59. took till about 7pm

then we had a number of them, might have been more if no rain.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 11:09 PM

dmr (27,643 posts)

60. No trick or treaters here either.

It's been raining for hours, temps in the 50s.

When I was a kid, the rain and much colder temps never stopped my friends and I. But that was in the 'olden' days.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 11:11 PM

joshcryer (61,591 posts)

62. 50+ kids, not even exaggerating.

Glad I bought 6 bags of candy.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 11:23 PM

Grammy23 (5,435 posts)

64. Warm here in NW Florida...and the Trick or Treaters were out in full force!

We probably had the most kids we've had in years. The weather is nice (but rain on the way) so they lucked out tonight. A few more hours later and it would have been miserable.

I bought two bags of Kids Mix and was modest in what my husband and I gave out. Two or three pieces to each child. Some of them came with pillow cases nearly full of loot!!! Tootie Rolls, Tootsie Roll Pops, Dots and several kinds of taffy were what we gave out. We ran out around 8:30 so we turned off the light and unplugged the electric jack o' lantern. Probably had 40 + kids....some teens, but mostly 12 and younger. All polite and said thank you. Even the older ones. Lots of great costumes, too....many home made and very clever. Gotta love it!

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 03:46 AM

mrsadm (684 posts)

83. Oh I am so jealous!

What a nice evening! We are in a very rural area, and I miss the kids!

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 11:30 PM

panader0 (21,770 posts)

66. I've lived in my house for over thirty years and have never had one

kid on Halloween. I'm in the boonies in the "last house on the left".

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 11:33 PM

RandySF (36,080 posts)

67. Got back from trick or treating an hour ago.

Went to the Laurel Heights neighborhood in San Francisco where there were so many kids that you could not walk on the sidewalk. Of course, we had perfect weather for it, too.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 11:41 PM

MannyGoldstein (34,589 posts)

68. In our little corner of Mass, we've been seeing...

For the past few years, kids tend to get driven to certain areas that have a good reputation for candy... and adult fun. One neighborhood has a number of houses giving out alcoholic drinks to parents. A few years ago, one had an open bar on the porch but that got a little weird.

For those of us not in the anointed neighborhoods... bubkes.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 11:51 PM

Mz Pip (26,141 posts)

69. We have several community activities for kids

The stores on the main drag and at the local shopping center have trick or treating and the schools often have something going on.

I had one group of four kids. Last year I had none. But we don't live in a central location and kids have to walk up a steep hill to get to our street.

I buy a couple of bags just in case and end up eating it myself, so I always buy the good stuff. 🎃👻

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 11:53 PM

calimary (61,210 posts)

70. Some traffic in our neighborhood but not a lot.

All the little kids that used to swarm this area are grown up. We had several large groups of teenage girls from a local school, though...

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 11:58 PM

gopiscrap (21,486 posts)

72. North Tacoma, Washington 70 trick or treaters between ages between 5 months and 20 years +

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 12:11 AM

proReality (1,628 posts)

73. No kids

Pounding rain and wind gusts up to 55 mph.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 12:33 AM

ourfuneral (150 posts)

74. Nuthin'

Not one person!

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 12:45 AM

Lugnut (9,791 posts)

75. We had that happen several years ago.

I bought bags of candy and made up little bags for the kids. Nobody showed up. I got candy we liked just in case and we ended up having to eat it. That was it!

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 12:57 AM

stevil (1,336 posts)

76. weird thing....

Not ONE trick or treater in the 25 years living in this house. Tonight we had a family with triplets come by, I just happened to have three full size candy bars available and the kids made friends with my awesome Golden Retriever who lost his best buddy (our other Golden) a week ago.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 06:44 AM

ScreamingMeemie (68,918 posts)

89. I bet that made your puppy's night!

I'm so sorry for the loss of your dog.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 01:28 AM

sakabatou (37,857 posts)

78. Lots of kids here

Must've gave out over 150 pieces.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 01:34 AM

liberal_at_heart (12,081 posts)

79. don't live in the suburbs anymore but even when we did I noticed not as many kids trick or treat as

they use to. I wonder if it's because parents just don't want to bother taking their kids trick or treating anymore. I've spent the last 17 years trick or treating with my kids. This was the first year we didn't because my youngest is 15. It was a lot of fun when my kids were small and even when my kids got older I still dragged my butt out there every year because I knew how much fun they were having. But parental involvement isn't what it used to be. I could count the number of parents I saw at curriculum night and parent teacher conferences on both hands. Also noticed people don't really decorate their houses for Halloween anymore. Every house on the block is decorated for Christmas but no one seems to want to go through the hassle for Halloween. It's kind of sad. We need a Halloween Renaissance.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 02:34 AM

Nay (11,519 posts)

81. Richmond VA -- got about 20 kids, which is low compared to last year, when

we got about 50. It varies so much year to year that I can't really figure out the reasons. The weather was perfect.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 03:19 AM

Le Taz Hot (22,271 posts)

82. We had our usual hordes.

Not as many as in years past but I find it varies from year to year so you never know. The older "kids" (20+????) got ONE candy each. The little guys get the handfuls but they're so CUTE!

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 04:02 AM

SheilaT (23,156 posts)

84. I work 4-8pm at the information desk

of my local hospital. Since I get home after most of the trick-or-treaters are done for the night, I buy candy to give out at work.

This year I also decorated my desk, had hair decorations for myself, and non-candy treats (including homemade play-dough) to give out. What's fun is that lots of adults help themselves to my candy. Next year I'm going to make a lot more play-dough.

I bought ten bags of various "fun" sized candies and gave away all but about ten pieces by 8pm. I also gave away most of the non-candy goodies.

I love Halloween.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 04:22 AM

NutmegYankee (14,589 posts)

85. Had about 250 children visit.

Normal for the area.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 04:52 AM

FreeJoe (1,036 posts)

87. Hammered

We ran out of candy and had to start giving out other things we had on hand...juice packets, bags of chips, fruit.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 05:00 AM

Blue_In_AK (46,436 posts)

88. My daughter, who lives in the other half of our duplex,

got a couple, but we didn't see any. I'm used to not having trick-or-treaters. Our unit is in the back of the building, through a gate. Almost all the kids on this street have grown up, as well. When my daughter was young, there were a lot of kids her age. Now they're all grown and gone.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 06:55 AM

Skidmore (37,364 posts)

90. We had no one but

we also have no smaller children in the village now. Most of the kids are high schoolers this year and they don't make the rounds any longer.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 07:06 AM

Javaman (56,569 posts)

91. I had a bunch of kids last night, not as much as years before..

I attribute it to it being a thursday.

Next year, I expect a ton of them.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 07:16 AM

LWolf (46,178 posts)

92. I think things were active in town.

There aren't any trick or treaters on my little private, dead end dirt road. There never are. Many of our families live semi-rurally outside of town, so they go into town for trick-or-treating. Downtown businesses stay open, have scarecrow contests, and pass out candy; there's a large crowd of families making their way up and down main street. There are also some "trunk or treat" events, where people show up with their car decorated, and pass out candy from their trunks; in a parking lot or field, it doesn't matter.

Listening to the grapevine at work, plenty of kids had something planned.

Up here, though, people usually try to be done by dark, and it's dark before 7. It can be COLD out there. It's not unusual for costumes to be hidden under winter coats.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 08:33 AM

WillyT (72,631 posts)

93. Epilogue: Not One Doorbell Ring... Or Ditch... Not One Piece Of Candy Given Away...

I almost wanted to egg my own house...

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 08:33 AM

gollygee (22,243 posts)

94. We had a few

rain and wind so way down this year.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 08:36 AM

JanMichael (22,727 posts)

95. hundreds out in our neighborhood

that we SAW...and we are not even on the "popular" street. I have never seen so many-- we were out of candy before 8

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 08:54 AM

MineralMan (135,900 posts)

96. We had over 200 kids visit our house in a 50's style

blue collar neighborhood in St. Paul, MN. We handed out full-sized candy bars, and we know how many we had. All of the trick-or-treating happened between 6 and 8 P.M., like it usually does. No early birds and nobody after 8 P.M.

Our 5-year-old beagle-basset mix had his first Halloween with us. I had him on leash, and he got to go to the door to visit all of our costumed guests. Dude, the dog, loves children, and stood there patiently in the open door for each group of kids, letting them pet him and feel his long droopy ears. He was beside himself with joy, his tail spinning around like a helicopter rotor.

Many of the local kids already know Dude, and greeted him by name at the door.

Our busiest Halloween since we move in in 2004.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 09:38 AM

bhikkhu (10,534 posts)

98. Relatively quiet in our neighborhood, which is unusual

Big crowds have been the norm for years, though we are just off the beaten path. Weather was perfect too.

Notable this year was babies - several moms out with their babies, who weren't nearly old enough to eat candy. Showing off cute baby costumes, I suppose.

Also notable was the lack of late-night teenagers. Every year the regular crowd would taper off around 8:30, then there'd be another hour or two of older kids - as much out screwing around than really dedicated to candy-gathering. This year, 8:30 was it, and there were no older kids out late. Maybe they had better things to do.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 09:49 AM

Avalux (35,015 posts)

99. I gave out all my candy - first time ever.

I live near an elementary school and middle school and usually have a good many kids show up; last night there were a lot more than usual; mostly in groups. Great costumes. I gave the last of my candy out around 8:00 to some middle school boys dressed in their football uniforms. After that I turned out all the lights and locked the door, but felt bad because I didn't have more candy - I could still here kids going up and down the street.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 10:23 AM

Warpy (99,221 posts)

101. Fewer out this year

probably because my porch light was one of the few that was on. I got about 6 big groups of kids out with parents and a couple of groups of teenagers.

I live in a poor area where kids wear homemade costumes instead of store bought Walmart costumes.

I think there might have been a big Halloween party at one of the schools to cut down on the number of trick or treaters. I do know that this is one of the few times a year the kids get to chow down on lots of candy.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 10:57 AM

Orsino (37,416 posts)

103. Damned Obamacare!

I'm sick and moving to a new place, so I kept the lights out. Just one knock on the door--sorry, kids.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 11:02 AM

deutsey (20,166 posts)

104. Last night was the first Halloween in 10 years

where our candy supply wasn't wiped out.

We usually have two large bowls of candy and by the end of the night both are empty. Last night, however, only one bowl was empty.

There also didn't seem to be the same kind of spirit (so to speak) that usually goes along with Halloween in our neighborhood.

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 11:12 AM

msanthrope (37,549 posts)

105. 300 plus kids....I gave out all my candy, mini pumpkins, etc. The kids who come to our neighborhood

know we go all out....I rise from a coffin to hand out candy...

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