I've got half a bucket left because of rain and our stupid baseball team
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How many trick-or-treaters did y'all get this year?
- Thread starter TheAbsolution
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Haha, of course. Next generation it'll be instacart with the delivery guy in a costume.
That is certainly a part of it and pretty much it I think. Halloween has always had it's neighborhoods, but it has changed.
It was a little wet and cold here but I still got about 15 to 20. It was my first time passing out candy and I passed out too much out early on and ran out. The last two kids to come to my house got a bag of chips and some caramel popcorn that I hadn't opened because I would have felt bad not to give them anything.
Zero. A bunch of hungover (or still drunk) people wearing very little clothing this morning though.
Japanese Halloween is so weird
Activity started for my neighborhood about an hour ago. I've gotten on average 50+ kids each year over the last four years, but so far this year seems like it's off to a slow start. It doesn't seem like I'm going to come close to going through all my candy, so I've doubled or tripled the amount of candy that I'm giving to each trick-or-treater. Hopefully I don't get a big rush later this evening.
Feels like a far cry from my memories of the glory days of Halloween when I was younger.
Feels like a far cry from my memories of the glory days of Halloween when I was younger.
It's more the parents.
A lot of fear about getting some piece of candy with a razer blade or pot or going to a house with a pedophile in it because of random isolated news stories that pop up every year, so they generally prefer to have parties with their friends kids instead where they can keep a closer control on the candy stash. I mean, no kid is going to turn down the mountain of candy we had growing up. There's just less door to door traffic.
But yeah, my doorbell rang 4 times all night, probably about 30 kids in total. To be fair, I don't really decorate or anything but like we were home, the lights weren't out. You just had to put in the basic amount of effort of ringing the bell and waiting 30 seconds.
About 10 groups of 3-4 kids per group on average. West Michigan area, first snowflakes this morning, chilly but not too bad during ToT time.
Kept telling the kids to take more but they were all too polite and modest. Dutchland!
Kept telling the kids to take more but they were all too polite and modest. Dutchland!
zero in the last two years. we must have a bad reputation, haha. suits me. it was never crazy busy here where I live in the UK anyway.
None.
There are only a few kids that live over here but I guess they did their trick or treating elsewhere.
There are only a few kids that live over here but I guess they did their trick or treating elsewhere.
Only had to open the door roughly 5 times. Each time there were 2-3 kids. Going to be returning a couple bags of candy back to the store tomorrow.
Enough where I ran out of candy. Twice. I keep it lit with a strobe light and spooky sounds blaring. Gave the kids an old school Halloween. They were terrified.
None because it freakin' snowed! I didn't even get the usual teenager. (I'll give candy to anyone who knocks.)
Lol really dawg
I don't gets kids since I live in a apartment building.
Live in New Zealand so it's not really something that gets much celebration around here anyway.
Live in a suburb down a quiet street thats about 5 ish minutes walk from a small school... got 0 kids this year.
Not that it mattered anyway as I didn't have any candy to give, after last year and hearing all the spoiled kids swearing and throwing rocks at people who didn't give candy I feel kinda relieved
Live in a suburb down a quiet street thats about 5 ish minutes walk from a small school... got 0 kids this year.
Not that it mattered anyway as I didn't have any candy to give, after last year and hearing all the spoiled kids swearing and throwing rocks at people who didn't give candy I feel kinda relieved
None.
I'm actually stunned, considering my house is located in a massive suburb, with 2 highschools and a middle-school nearby.
The number of people showing up every year has been declining considerably, but the fact that it actually reached zero caught me off-guard.
Located in the Greater Toronto Area.
I'm actually stunned, considering my house is located in a massive suburb, with 2 highschools and a middle-school nearby.
The number of people showing up every year has been declining considerably, but the fact that it actually reached zero caught me off-guard.
Located in the Greater Toronto Area.
I thought it was common knowledge that if you don't want trick or Treaters, you don't turn on your porch light? We hit 10+ homes with porch lights on, but no one answering
Same!
Several years ago, the streets were packed, but that hasn't been the case for a while now.
GTA not giving a shit anymore about Halloween, apparently.
Funny enough, same situation in Houston. I was born in Iowa and lived there for the first 9 years of my life, we definitely had the cliche midwest Halloweens that you would see in something like... Halloween. Neighborhoods were always busy. My family moved to Houston in '99 and I feel like it was just never really a thing. We would always get a few trick or treaters the first few years, but most families (especially after 9/11) would just take their kids to malls or churches to get their candy fix. Always disappointed me because Halloween is my favorite holiday and trick or treating at a mall just isn't the same.
I live in a small apartment complex so no trick or treaters despite the bowser jack-o-lantern. More candy for me :)
