It’s 9:27pm and no TOTers for the past 1/2 hour, so I think we’re done with the 40 or so we had tonite. It was OK, but there really aren’t many young kids in our neighborhood any more–most of them are older or grandkids of folks in the area. I will have a lot of mac nut candies to give when I am in Tampa, since we didn’t give away that much.
We will be happy to share the Milano cookies among ourselves, however long they last. They’re wrapped as pairs, so it encourages you not to eat too much at one sitting.
I love Halloween. The basic premise , a celebration of fall - pumpkins , costumes,candy, parties , etc.
I do think that some of the “trunk or treat” events have taken away a bit from the neighborhood trick or treating. Seems you could go to a different trunk or treat any night if the week ,2 weeks before Halloween! What do people do with all those treats??? My S is a junior high math teacher so he is happy to take any leftovers for his kids for incentives, etc
I had more than 25, a record for my small hilly street. At one point I was even worried I’d run out of candy. I’ve learned to buy only one or two bags. This year I bought 3 and sent a bunch to D, who is a freshman. I have five pieces left over, but sadly all the Reece’s are gone.
"Then a little kid, about 3, comes to the door, and there’s a window, so he sees me. I cannot just ignore him. I open the door and tell him it’s too late. I have no candy. A plausible lie. "
Did you really have no candy, or did you have it and just weren’t in the mood? The phrase plausible lie is confusing to me in this context.
I think the common behavior if you have lights off and don’t intend to participate in TOT is to be at the back of the house, not sitting in the window visible to outsiders. You might consider that next year if you don’t intend. But if you were visible, you could have shook your head no to the father/child versus getting up to answer the door, which would certainly make them think a treat was in store.
In my apartment building we have to sign up a couple of days in advance if we want to receive trick or treaters. We get back a standard issue flyer, which we post on our doors. The kids are given a list of participating apartments. They are very good about only ringing the door bells of the apartments on the list which have the flyers on the doors. Last night though, I had a lot of knocks–kids too little to reach the doorbell!
The most fun is when I know the mommies and daddies! A few of my trick or treaters’ parents don’t live in our building anymore. They’ve grown up and live elsewhere in NYC. But they come back to grandma and grandpa’s to trick or treat.
But none were as cute as the photos of my grandbaby !
I also noticed that my neighborhood was pretty sparse with Halloween decorations. My weird , childless neighbors who live across the street usually go way overboard with the decor …bloody limbs hanging from the trees, all kinds of strobe lights and a scary recording …this year , nada
I usually do a few jack-o-lanterns , but I wasn’t in the mood this year.
I did get a decent amount of candy , but barely put a dent in it. We had no teens at all , some of our neighbors went to other neighborhoods because of parties and didn’t see too many out of neighborhood kids either.
I don’t know what was so different this year , but even my friends from all over the country on FB were saying the same thing about lack of trick or treaters
I had about 90 which is much less than usual. I think the fact that my three neighbors to the right and two left were not home, made for less action. Or maybe because it was a Saturday night families went to parties.
Gah. Too many. I hate the disruption. I have no decorations and keep my lights off. Just now I thought it was done, so I sit in the front room with a book.
Then a little kid, about 3, comes to the door, and there’s a window, so he sees me. I cannot just ignore him. I open the door and tell him it’s too late. I have no candy. A plausible lie. His dad is hanging back. When I’m done, he calls me a bad name, the kind you won’t hear on network TV.
I don’t get this at all. I know I’m antisocial, but calling me a **** in front of his kid? I’m seriously upset. I know I did nothing wrong. I see how dad must have sensed his kid’s disappointment. But still I have feelings. I’m gonna replay this for days. Why bring your kid to my house in the first place? Gah.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Well, just a suggestion, but next year why don’t you turn off all the lights in the front of the house and hang out in a back room where you can’t be seen until much later, like 9 p.m.? Oh, and, don’t answer the door when you’re out of candy. That’s just a given.
Someone rolled up in a tractor pulling 30+ kids in a 30’ wagon and wiped us out at 7:38 p.m. We gave out 72 candy bars. They are not even neighbors.>>>>>>>>>
We ran out of candy (250 pieces, given out one at a time) by 6:50pm. I bought 100 fewer pieces because I thought it was supposed to rain. We just had a slight drizzle starting around 7pm. Nothing is worse than trying to drive to the local drug store to get more candy, when the streets are packed with kids. I bought 120 more pieces and we still ran out early.
We had about 75 at our house. S3 stayed here to man the door while H and I went over to see our 2 year old granddaughter.
The kids live in the center of a big planned community. This was the first year in their house and the neighbors and I had warned them to be prepared for an onslaught of trick or treaters. I had a feeling they would underestimate the magnitude and walked in with a bag full of candy-400 pieces. S1 and DIL were polite enough not to say anything but I could tell they thought I was nuts since they had a big bowl of candy and a few extra bags. Well…an hour and a half later we were out! We handed out about 700 pieces. It looked like a parade going down the street door to door. Everyone just hangs out on their porches handing out candy. It’s crazy and fun all at the same time. There were some incredible costumes (including dogs!) and it really is a social event. The police close down the streets to traffic. After going around a little bit, our granddaughter sat on my lap and I think had more fun putting candy in kids’ bags than she did trick or treating herself. It was perfect weather and we had a great time.
Zero, in the apartment building where I moved earlier this year. Even though there’s at least one small child on my floor, and quite a few in my building. I was surprised that there was no sign-up sheet in the lobby for those willing to receive trick-or-treaters, as there was in my last building.
Zero… did not expect any as it has been a few years since there were any in our neighborhood bu especially this year with the holiday falling on Shabbat… I did however take the Long Island Railroad into Manhattan as I had 8 PM tickets for the NY Philharmonic last night… and my train was filled with people in costume headed into the city for the parade and parties and the people in Mets gear heading to the game.
They’re wrapped as pairs, so it encourages you not to eat too much at one sitting. 
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