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liberal_at_heart

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38. We will for a few hours

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 10:11 AM

Oct 2012

then we will put a bowl of candy out and then we're going to watch a Halloween movie with the kids. We've never had a problem with people getting hurt opening the door. Of course of I were a single mother I may feel different. I have turned people away when I was alone who say they are receiving help from a charity that requires them to go door to door to earn some money. I don't like opening the door if I am home alone. I need to finish decorating too. I had a window display that I used last year that doesn't fit in the window of our new place. I want to put some kind of decoration out. I think it's sad how little decoration people put up for Halloween these days. There's always plenty of decorations up for Christmas.

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Will you open your door for trick or treaters tonight? [View all] fried eggs Oct 2012 OP

WTF? Brickbat Oct 2012 #1

Where do you live? sadbear Oct 2012 #2

IT likely lives in the soul-sick Republican "Homeland" -- the Home of the Fearful and Hateful Berlum Oct 2012 #34

+1 Go Vols Oct 2012 #74

If I was afraid to open my door after looking outside and seeing little children dressed up former-republican Oct 2012 #50

+1 -- this exactly obamanut2012 Oct 2012 #69

hell yes I will :) demwing Oct 2012 #3

Absolutely - it will be a big night in Denver tonight. kstewart33 Oct 2012 #4

Of course. I like my neighbors and their kids. n/t FSogol Oct 2012 #5

No, cancelled here as the conditions are unsafe Throckmorton Oct 2012 #6

sorry to hear about the bad conditions etherealtruth Oct 2012 #79

Yes. But I can see people feeling anxiety. When I am home alone, I don't open the door if there LiberalLoner Oct 2012 #7

Where I live it's something like a big neighborhood party deutsey Oct 2012 #8

Of course! txdemsftw Oct 2012 #9

Yes, I will be ready ellie Oct 2012 #10

Our complex has a huge party, does yours? catbyte Oct 2012 #30

Yes, and I'll send my kids to knock on other people's doors too gollygee Oct 2012 #11

Absolutely! Dulcinea Oct 2012 #63

No sidewalks, no street lights, acreage between homes...no children ever come by... Tikki Oct 2012 #12

Same here: we used to get trick or treaters, but the neighborhood has aged, hedgehog Oct 2012 #44

Yep. Le Taz Hot Oct 2012 #13

Trick or treat is rarely on Halloween here. nt Comrade_McKenzie Oct 2012 #14

I can't remember the last time we had a trick or treater here tularetom Oct 2012 #15

Yes, we're expecting about 250 Lisa D Oct 2012 #16

Whoa! That's awesome! Llewlladdwr Oct 2012 #81

Nope but we're leaving a big cauldron of candy outside. justiceischeap Oct 2012 #17

yes after our kids go out and do their thing then they like to hand out the candy to others lunasun Oct 2012 #18

Not only will I open my door... Javaman Oct 2012 #19

I live on a mountain Livluvgrow Oct 2012 #20

For the first time in many years, no... luvs2sing Oct 2012 #21

We have a dog issue also. badhair77 Oct 2012 #42

Usually, I sit outside and wait for them Maeve Oct 2012 #22

Agreed! luvs2sing Oct 2012 #33

Howdy from Licking County... a la izquierda Oct 2012 #77

Of course. Last year, we had over 150 trick or treaters. MineralMan Oct 2012 #23

Of course. This 'it's not as safe' stuff is made up, you have zero statistics to support Bluenorthwest Oct 2012 #24

My fun neighbors and I sit out front with a small fire pit, WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2012 #25

Where do you live, in Bladerunner? obamanut2012 Oct 2012 #26

Nah, I bought a shitload of candy when we moved into the apartment complex catbyte Oct 2012 #27

Thank you for your responses! I will participate! fried eggs Oct 2012 #28

Of course! sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 #29

Absolutely. SalviaBlue Oct 2012 #31

I sit in the yard by the sidewalk rurallib Oct 2012 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author Dash87 Oct 2012 #35

I pay my butler to do that. reflection Oct 2012 #36

I will be taking down the 8 signs in my yard for Democratic Candidates RomneyLies Oct 2012 #37

We will for a few hours liberal_at_heart Oct 2012 #38

Oh yeah! Makes life worth living. nolabear Oct 2012 #39

Nothing's the same as it was twenty years ago. Iggo Oct 2012 #40

No. I hate Halloween and purposefully avoid being home. n/t MadrasT Oct 2012 #41

Trick or treaters can't find my door. NV Whino Oct 2012 #43

We gather in the cul-de-sac hamsterjill Oct 2012 #45

My neighborhood is still without power and I'm running on generator but if kids come of course former-republican Oct 2012 #46

Oh, sorry (re the no power) n/t etherealtruth Oct 2012 #76

porch light off justabob Oct 2012 #47

Of course, I will. ieoeja Oct 2012 #48

I spent a week getting my house and yard decorated. Solly Mack Oct 2012 #49

Actually it's probably a lot safer now than it was 20 years ago. NYC Liberal Oct 2012 #51

Seriously. It's sad it took this many replies before someone pointed that out. Posteritatis Oct 2012 #64

People like to remember "the good old days". They never existed. NYC Liberal Oct 2012 #66

No, but not for that reason. Habibi Oct 2012 #52

The SF con in town schedules itself just before Halloween to try to kickstart that sort of thing Posteritatis Oct 2012 #67

No. I'll be at a party at someone else's house. slackmaster Oct 2012 #53

Not exactly - we have over 300 kinds in an hour - we just sit outside and hand out candy. cyberswede Oct 2012 #54

Sure. I figure if they can make it past the barbed wire, the pungee sticks, the moat, and Buns_of_Fire Oct 2012 #55

if it's a kid, they get candy, if it's a teen or older they get a toothbrush... LanternWaste Oct 2012 #56

nah, my house lights will be off here shanti Oct 2012 #57

Yes, if I get any Spirochete Oct 2012 #58

I wish Faith9326 Oct 2012 #59

We never get them. Very few permanent residents in the area where we live. Lucinda Oct 2012 #60

Absolutely FreeJoe Oct 2012 #61

We usually block off the den and have a 'haunted' house maze. woodsprite Oct 2012 #62

We're getting Sandy remnants now so I'm not expecting much of anything this year Posteritatis Oct 2012 #65

No. It's easier to sit on the porch with the candy. gkhouston Oct 2012 #68

not sure yet PD Turk Oct 2012 #70

Huh? Of course I will. Zoeisright Oct 2012 #71

Trick-or-treating took place Sunday afternoon in my neck of the woods. City Lights Oct 2012 #72

My wife Go Vols Oct 2012 #73

I have been handing out treats since ~ 6:00 PM etherealtruth Oct 2012 #75

Not without my fucking Glock cocked and ready quinnox Oct 2012 #78

What trick or treaters? nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #80

In a word, yes. Chorophyll Oct 2012 #82

Of COURSE we will open our doors Stinky The Clown Oct 2012 #83

We will. Llewlladdwr Oct 2012 #84

I always do Mz Pip Oct 2012 #85