Trick or treating in your area

[bcla]

Double post.

 

[superme80]

I live where all the Trick or Treaters go. I never hand out candy. There were kids starting at about 5:30 and until about 8:45. We didn't have our lights on, but a few rang our doorbell.

 

[Caseheidi]

Just had a lady dressed as a witch, probably mid fifties, no kids and with a man not in costume actually come ring the doorbell and say trick or treat and stuck out a plastic pumpkin. What do you do with that? I gave her a candy bar lol.

We had this a few years ago. It was a lady who lived in one of three adult foster homes on our street. As I got to know her Bette, I realized that mentally she was a child and a real sweetheart. I was happy to give her candy and wish her Happy Halloween. I have a harder time being as gracious to the 14 - 18 yr old kids who show with no smiles. No costumes and who don't say anything or smile eve, just expect candy!

We had about 25 kids come between 6 - 8 when we turned off our light. I didn't want any knocking or door bells after putting DD to bed.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Final count. 60. The hay riders didn't come in this year.

 

[mamamary]

The recommended hours here yest were 5 to 8. Three kids showed up around 515 but the majority came after dark. We had maybe 75 kids? I have alot of candy left over. After 8 not one kid showed up. I even left my light on but that was it. There were some very large groups go by across the street but when they hit the corner they must have turned and never came back to my side of the street. It was pretty cold last night too.

 

[kamik86]

We had quite a few... I didn't count though probably between 50 and 100. Most come from 6:00 to 6:45 but officially hours our 5-7.

We didn't have any kids that truely had no costume although we had a few that were extremely simple and half normal clothes. We also had a few that had like masks but the rest seemed like normal clothes. In a few cases I think they had a shirt that was supposed to gowith it but it was so cold last night mom made them put on a jacket.

As for the smiles/trick or treat/thank you in my area it goes like this:

The littlest group, that is still mostly being carried. They don't say anything. They may give you their bucket. Mom and Dad say hello, and thank you for them. (3-5 year olds)

The younger elementary kids like 5-7 I think are all in politness training now as they either are very adament about saying it or turn back and say it when mom mentions they forgot.

The older elementary kids get one or the other. They are generally in big groups though so it is a bit hectic. So either trick or treat or thank you often not both.

Then the middle school and teens have it down, they say both, sometimes even chat abit. They start earlier though, my guess because they don't go with mom and Dad anymore so they didn't have to wait for mom to get home to have help putting on their costume to go out. They also walk faster so they are all set. We gave candy to a few in this set twice because they stay out a bit later so a few were coming back down the street again to get home just as it was ending. We gave them more so we didn't have so much extra candy. When DH called them over asking if they wanted more they were all very polite and appreciative.

 

[tvguy]

6:45 pm now. We've had 1 trick or treater.

19 total. Street was empty by 7:30 pm, blew out the candles in the pumpkins, turned off the porch light and went to bed (half an hour past my bedtime)

 

[mom2rtk]

307 trick or treaters when we ran out of candy and closed up shop. Another fun filled Halloween night! We've been here over 25 years and it's always been this way.

 

[Hikergirl]

We ended up getting a group of girls around 10 last night. I knew a few of them, I was putting handfuls of candy in their bags to get rid of it.

 

[ludari]

I'm in a secure apartment complex surrounded by several businesses and since the complex doesn't allow trick-or-treating we get ZERO visitors.

 

[soccerdad72]

I don't know how many kids we usually get because I always get walking around duty with my younger son. We bought a couple big Costco bags and ended up with most of one left, so I guess it wasn't as busy as past years. Seemed like a fair amount of kids out in our neighborhood, though - best weather we've had for it in a few years.

 

[RedAngie]

Trick or treat has been a marathon for me the past 2 years! The homes in are area are 2-4 acre lots with very long driveways. It's a lot of walking for the candy!

I loved growing up in a city neighborhood full of rowhouses packed side by side. We could fill up a bag just by walking around the block.

I have a harder time being as gracious to the 14 - 18 yr old kids who show with no smiles. No costumes and who don't say anything or smile eve, just expect candy!

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A male FB friend posted yesterday afternoon that he had two buckets of candy inside his door. One with the good stuff for the kids in costume who said "trick-or-treat." The other bucket with crap candy for those sullen teens with no costumes but plenty of attitude. He wished everyone on FB a Happy Judgmental Halloween. Of course I liked his post.

 

[CdnCarrie]

We got around 120 which was down a bit but it was rainy here. Started around 6 and was done before 8. Much quieter than usual.

 

[Magpie]

Do you typically get a lot of kids? What times are the kids allowed out in your town?

Our first Halloween in this house it was hard to judge because we had just moved in and we were unpacking and in and out. Last year we got a ton of kids, we easily went through 300 pieces of candy though I do give more than one per person. This year we are off to a slow start but the weather is nice so I'm hoping we get a lot of kids - I am prepared! Trick or treat hours are from 4-7 without and adult, 4-8 if you are with an adult.

It's completely random. We've had years when we get only three or four kids. But last night we got about 30. "Trick or treat hours" are whatever people want them to be. The kids without adults usually come by later. We turned off our lights at about 10:30, and the street seemed to be empty.

Makes it a bit tricky, figuring out how much candy to purchase!

 

[Music City Mama]

We normally get at least 100 -- usually around 150, but even though it was so nice outside last night (mid 70's), we got a less than usual -- I'd say less than 100 for sure. Maybe because it was a Monday? I saw a lot of kids not in costume at all. I'm used to seeing that here and there with some older kids, but there were several elementary kids that came to my door with no costume. Kind of perplexing. Then there are always the people that decorate their houses all Halloweenish, but never have their porch light on for trick-or-treaters -- never got that either. The big rush was between 6:15-7:15 and I don't think I got anyone after 8:00.

 

[Music City Mama]

I live where all the Trick or Treaters go. I never hand out candy. There were kids starting at about 5:30 and until about 8:45. We didn't have our lights on, but a few rang our doorbell.

Just curious, but why do you not hand out candy? I see in your signature line that you have young kids. Do you all just not celebrate Halloween? Many people in our community don't celebrate for religious reasons, so I was just wondering. I'm not trying to offend, just curious.

 

[bcla]

We normally get at least 100 -- usually around 150, but even though it was so nice outside last night (mid 70's), we got a less than usual -- I'd say less than 100 for sure. Maybe because it was a Monday? I saw a lot of kids not in costume at all. I'm used to seeing that here and there with some older kids, but there were several elementary kids that came to my door with no costume. Kind of perplexing. Then there are always the people that decorate their houses all Halloweenish, but never have their porch light on for trick-or-treaters -- never got that either. The big rush was between 6:15-7:15 and I don't think I got anyone after 8:00.

We saw a few of those. Figured maybe they wanted to get in the spirit but went to a party. Some leave candy out, which strangely enough isn't totally cleaned out by a few kids. The honor system seems to work well some places.

I mentioned we started late. My kid wanted to help hand out candy while we were still at home. It was kid of fun when one of my kid's best friends from school showed up. I had no problem when this kid asked for "no nuts", although our stash was filled with peanut butter cups and Snickers. I wasn't there all night, but from the looks of what was left of our candy, maybe 20 showed up? We live in kind of an isolated area. It's densely populated, but kind of hilly. The rain might have reduced numbers.

It's completely random. We've had years when we get only three or four kids. But last night we got about 30. "Trick or treat hours" are whatever people want them to be. The kids without adults usually come by later. We turned off our lights at about 10:30, and the street seemed to be empty.

Makes it a bit tricky, figuring out how much candy to purchase!

Well, in our area it got interesting because the school district gave students the next day off for some teacher work day. I have the feeling that a lot of younger kids were allowed out later than usual because of this.

 

[prprincess]

Hubby stayed home while I went out with our sons, and he said that only two trick or treaters came by. That's the worst turn out that we've had since we moved to our neighborhood 10 years ago.

Our township sets trick our treat hours to 4:30-8pm, but I saw children out well before the start time.

This year we tried trick or treating in this one area of town that's known for homeowners who go to extremes when decorating--I'm talking homemade mazes, huge light displays, etc. While it was great to see all the decorations, it was a bit too hectic for my taste and I think we'll stick to my quiet neighborhood next year--I felt like I was at a crowded theme park, and was a bit uncomfortable since it was dark due to a lack of street lights.

 

[bcla]

I guess this leap year skipped over Sunday for Halloween. Last Halloween was a Saturday, which is kind of the ideal day since afternoon events can be attended by adults who work weekdays, and parents don't worry so much about kids being up late.

Also, anyone get any special requests?

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

We had kids starting at 5:30 (only a couple, started getting busy around 6:30) and were done by 8:20.
I went through 97 full size candy bars/bags, 26 packs of cry baby gum, and 1/3 bag of dumdums. Only handed out 10 nonfood goodie bags.
ETA: I handed out dumdums to babies and "grown up kids with beards". The gum went to teenagers (no little kids), who weren't in costume at all or who didn't say ToT.

And to the kid dressed as Negan, complete with Lucille and bloody scalp...well done, sir...well done. He ended up with 2 full size candy bars, a pack of gum and a goodie bag.