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How sad! We haven't had a single trick-or-treater tonight!
- Thread starter starryeyedtiger
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We never get a lot, and always have too much candy -- just in case. It's now after 10 and we have not had one.
I know how it feels to have no tricker treaters. I lived for nine years on a dead end, badly lit, ten houses on the entire street, way out of the way for tricker treaters street.
We moved here a year and a half ago and I was so excited to be able to give out candy last year and this year.
Last year we got close to running out and Greg went and bought more. This year we bought some early but I was worried so I had my daughter run out and get five more bags and we almost ran out again. The only thing left was some Dum Dum suckers.
I was trying to give everyone at least one sucker and one piece of chocolate but it was slim pickings at the end. We had two kids run up just as we were turning out the lights and we had to dive into our private stash
to give them a piece of candy as my daughter had already took off with the remaining suckers.
I think my favorite were Batman and Robin, A cowboy and a small girl in a pink dragon costume.
I was glad to see the police out in full force. In the two hours from 6-8 that our city has Halloween I saw four police cars and one fire engine pass by our house.
We moved here a year and a half ago and I was so excited to be able to give out candy last year and this year.
Last year we got close to running out and Greg went and bought more. This year we bought some early but I was worried so I had my daughter run out and get five more bags and we almost ran out again. The only thing left was some Dum Dum suckers.
I was trying to give everyone at least one sucker and one piece of chocolate but it was slim pickings at the end. We had two kids run up just as we were turning out the lights and we had to dive into our private stash
I think my favorite were Batman and Robin, A cowboy and a small girl in a pink dragon costume.
I was glad to see the police out in full force. In the two hours from 6-8 that our city has Halloween I saw four police cars and one fire engine pass by our house.
We only had about 6, and then they were the kids that lived in the street
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We didn't have as many, either. We usually get between 150-200 kids. Also, they started out later this year, it seems--I even invited a friend over to help me give out candy, as in past years, it was literally so busy, I couldn't take a bathroom break. Usually, bang on 6 PM, the doorbell rings; my 1st was at 6:20 this year. Our street usually is a constant parade of kids and parents for at least 2 hours--the street (in front of our our) was bare quite a bit. It was still fun, though, and almost every kid said "Thank you". And the costumes weren't as creative this year, too. Most of my kids were teens, which is a change.
I had 12-15 kiddos show up. Mostly before dark. The bell rang once after 9 and DH and I looked at each other and said "no way".
So I have some candy left over, and there were some really cute kids. My DH got a real laugh over "one skeleton with impulse problems" aparently the kid just stuck his hand in and grabbed 5 or 6 pieces. His companions had to physically restrain him
There was one teenage girl (I honestly don't care if they're teenagers if they want to ring my bell, I'll give them candy) who said "It's not for me, it's for my daughter in the stroller"...I just didn't know what to do with that (she looked a little old for trick or treat, but waayy to young to be a mom
) I'd rather she was just looking for candy
So I have some candy left over, and there were some really cute kids. My DH got a real laugh over "one skeleton with impulse problems" aparently the kid just stuck his hand in and grabbed 5 or 6 pieces. His companions had to physically restrain him
There was one teenage girl (I honestly don't care if they're teenagers if they want to ring my bell, I'll give them candy) who said "It's not for me, it's for my daughter in the stroller"...I just didn't know what to do with that (she looked a little old for trick or treat, but waayy to young to be a mom
We had 34 trick-or-treaters. We have some candy left over, but not too much. The two year-old in the skunk costume was just the cutest!
His parents were pulling him in a little wagon and then he would walk up to the door.
We had about 100 kids I would guess. I loved the little guy with the wolf's head - it was great.
No cute little trick or treaters here.
Mike said his parent's house had lots of them though. He was pulling up at 4:45pm and there were lots of trick or treaters out.
Last year we were at the mall on trick or treat night and there were so many great costumes! My favorite was the the pregnant mom who was dressed as a cow. It was a great costume. I think her youngster in the stroller was a little cow.
Last year we were at the mall on trick or treat night and there were so many great costumes! My favorite was the the pregnant mom who was dressed as a cow. It was a great costume. I think her youngster in the stroller was a little cow.
We had a grand total of four Trick Or Treaters show up at our house!
We had zero!
The Church's in the area got together this year and did an Orange (color)Festival. They had face painting, hay rides, pumpkin tossing, a few music groups, skits, and over 300 cars lined up for what is called Trunk or Treat. It took up 4 or 5 streets. It was a very big production.
The Church's in the area got together this year and did an Orange (color)Festival. They had face painting, hay rides, pumpkin tossing, a few music groups, skits, and over 300 cars lined up for what is called Trunk or Treat. It took up 4 or 5 streets. It was a very big production.
i had 4 trick or treaters, all at once to. The little boy was the cutest, he was a punk, mohawk spiked hair colored every color of the rainbow, rips in his jeans w/safety pins holding them together, and a flannel shirt on. He just stared at me with these big old eyes and held his pumpkin up for me to put candy in. I could of eatten him alive he was so damn cute. I wish we had more i love Halloween.
We had zero kids come.
I blame it on the churches here, as both the Lutheran and Catholic Churches have been railing about how Halloween is a "pagan import" with no tradition in Germany. Yesterday was Reformation Day in the predominantly Lutheran states, and today (All Saints) is a holiday in the mainly Catholic states.
Our mayor, and his counterpart in the next town, apparently got sick of the complaints, and organized a lantern procession (with a police escort) through the middle of town for the younger kids, ending at town hall, where refreshments were served, and the kids got treats. The older kids got a Halloween party with live music in the neighboring town.
Our mayor, and his counterpart in the next town, apparently got sick of the complaints, and organized a lantern procession (with a police escort) through the middle of town for the younger kids, ending at town hall, where refreshments were served, and the kids got treats. The older kids got a Halloween party with live music in the neighboring town.
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This was the most bizarre Halloween ever! DH and I LOVE Hallloween, and we go all out -- it takes us an entire weekend to decorate the house! So, when it got dark outside, we waited for the kiddies to arrive (we usually get anywhere from 150 - 200 kids). And, we waited, and waited, and waited! Finally, somewhere around 8 pm a few kids came around. If I had 40 children last night, I'd be shocked.
Where were all the kiddies?????? What's up with that?
Where were all the kiddies?????? What's up with that?
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There were a decent amount of kids out. We went through almost 5 bags of candy, but the kids (my 13 year old handed it out) was giving the kids 2+ pieces at a time.
I do think part of our problem is the churches. The church I go to had a Harvest festival last night. I help out with MOPS childcare and had to go in this morning. One of the janitors said we had over 3000 people there
And we had that many, I can almost bet that the other 2 churches that are in the same area had a ton of kids too. Granted, our church backs right up to a subdivision, and there's a decent sized apartment complex across the street, but they all couldn't have come from there.
And I guess that's not a bad thing. The church celebrations aren't scary at all, which is good for the smaller kids. I saw a couple of houses on our street that had gore that I just didn't think was acceptable. And the houses where someone runs out and scares you- well that's going to turn a lot of smaller kids parents off, and I saw an awful lot of babies-preschoolers out last night.
I do think part of our problem is the churches. The church I go to had a Harvest festival last night. I help out with MOPS childcare and had to go in this morning. One of the janitors said we had over 3000 people there
And I guess that's not a bad thing. The church celebrations aren't scary at all, which is good for the smaller kids. I saw a couple of houses on our street that had gore that I just didn't think was acceptable. And the houses where someone runs out and scares you- well that's going to turn a lot of smaller kids parents off, and I saw an awful lot of babies-preschoolers out last night.
we only had a few, but most our town has a big family event, the local campground, get lined with lite jackolanterns,and hugh decorations. every campsite has a bonfire, and give their candy out there, tim hortons give free hot chocolate and cookies,most bussiness have something they give away. then we have fireworks, it is a fun event, loads of candy, and lots of cool costumes, we had a great time
I had no Trick or Treaters again this year!
I had about 10 trick or treaters
, Which suprised me since i live in a very family orientated community just outside of the city.It was a really nice night for it too.No snow and warm out.
