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Posted by Marcella Peek on November 1, 2009, 10:16 pm
I love trick or treaters! Unfortunately, our street is not trick or
treat friendly - no sidewalks, big hills, a flight of stairs up or down
to each and every door is just too much work for the kids.
I was thrilled this year that we got ONE! In the past 11 years the
record is 3 and most years we have none. sigh. Hopefully the next
neighborhood we live in will be better. I just love seeing the kids all
dressed up.
marcella
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> Every year I close up my house and head to my parents' house to answer
> their door. Generally they buy the goodies and I give it out. I like
> to give the littlest ones the "good" candy and the older ones get the
> "bulk" or cheaper candy. This year with all the rain we only had about
> 40 or so kids total, (usually by 8pm we have gotten 60-75). We had
> tons of candy left over, as it started to get cold and no-one came to
> the door past 8:15.
>
> We had a neighbor years ago that gave out pencils. She was a retired
> teacher. Another neighbor gave out giant Hershey bars and Tublerone
> (sp?). A house a few blocks away gave out cider and donuts, but back
> in those days, no-one worried.
>
> I miss the popcorn balls. They were the best.
>
> amy in CNY
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Posted by Sandy on November 1, 2009, 10:26 pm
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> I love trick or treaters! Unfortunately, our street is not trick or
> treat friendly - no sidewalks, big hills, a flight of stairs up or down
> to each and every door is just too much work for the kids.
>
> I was thrilled this year that we got ONE! In the past 11 years the
> record is 3 and most years we have none. sigh. Hopefully the next
> neighborhood we live in will be better. I just love seeing the kids all
> dressed up.
>
> marcella
When we lived in our former home in a small town in Arizona, it got so
bad that I hated Halloween. Truckloads of people -- not just children --
came to the door, mostly not dressed in costume, mostly not even saying
"trick or treat", mostly just holding out a hand. It was literally a
truckload every couple of minutes for hours. Result? I turned off the
porch light on Halloween and hunkered down, except for taking our two
DDs to friends' and relatives' homes and telling those friends and
relatives to bring their children to our back door.
Now that we live here, I'm again enjoying Halloween. :) We get a lot of
children -- big and small -- at the door. Most are dressed up, and most
either say "trick or treat" or can be prompted to do so. It's fun again.
Yay! :)
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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net
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Posted by Tia Mary on November 2, 2009, 7:34 am
Sandy wrote:
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> When we lived in our former home in a small town in Arizona, it got so
> bad that I hated Halloween. Truckloads of people -- not just children --
> came to the door, mostly not dressed in costume, mostly not even saying
> "trick or treat", mostly just holding out a hand. ...<snip>....
> Now that we live here, I'm again enjoying Halloween. :) We get a lot of
> children -- big and small -- at the door. Most are dressed up, and most
> either say "trick or treat" or can be prompted to do so. It's fun again.
> Yay! :)
>
The only kids who get anything at our door without saying "trick or
treat" are the little ones who are out for the first time. If the kid
is old enough to be in school, then the kid MUST say trick or treat.
There is often prompting on our part but they say it :-).
As for the whole Lizard Land thing, we would also get loads of kids
from, hmmm how to say this nicely -- maybe from less advantaged
neighborhoods -- yes, that's it. So, truckloads of kids from "less
advantaged" 'hoods came to the door. We lived in Ahwatukee (FYI, a HUGE
master planned community where all 'hoods were middle to upper middle
class) so the kids had to come from literally miles and miles away.
Costumes were usually ragged clothes with ketchup poured on them and
lipstick used as blood on the face and this was it for being a zombie or
something similar. VBS -- all comers got candy but not without the
mandatory "Trick or Treat".
Here all the kids come in some sort of costume. The bigger kids in
the above mentioned type of "zombie" costume are usually a bit "long in
the tooth" for trick or treating so they are told to return after 8:30
PM and if there is candy left I will hand it out. I smile and joke
about it but am firm and they are happy to wait until the appointed hour.
I'm so very lucky to live in a 'hood with a lot of kids of all ages
and they are mostly pretty good, too. We decorate a LOT and are known
for giving out the Mardi Gras beads so we get to see all the kids in
their mostly store bought costumes. It's sad that kids don't seem to be
able to raid the closets and put together a gypsy or hobo or princess
costume anymore :-). My mom used to take us to the Goodwill every year
and let us cobble together a bunch of stuff for our costumes. That was
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so much fun -- great memories, too! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
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PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
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Posted by Dr. Zachary Smith on November 1, 2009, 11:08 pm
We have a similar situation. We've probably had 10 kids in 20 years,
and none most years as well. It's really hard on us too, having to
eat all those peanut butter cups ourselves year after year after
year.... :-(
Doc
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> I love trick or treaters! =A0Unfortunately, our street is not trick or
> treat friendly - no sidewalks, big hills, a flight of stairs up or down
> to each and every door is just too much work for the kids.
> I was thrilled this year that we got ONE! =A0In the past 11 years the
> record is 3 and most years we have none. =A0sigh. =A0Hopefully the next
> neighborhood we live in will be better. =A0I just love seeing the kids al=
l
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> dressed up.
> marcella
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Posted by Maureen Wozniak on November 2, 2009, 8:48 am
On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 21:16:35 -0600, Marcella Peek wrote
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> I love trick or treaters! Unfortunately, our street is not trick or
> treat friendly - no sidewalks, big hills, a flight of stairs up or down
> to each and every door is just too much work for the kids.
>
> I was thrilled this year that we got ONE! In the past 11 years the
> record is 3 and most years we have none. sigh. Hopefully the next
> neighborhood we live in will be better. I just love seeing the kids all
> dressed up.
>
> marcella
>
We don't live on a very trick or treat friendly street either. We had a
grand total of 3, all who live in this building. Unless you count the 2 or 3
kids who came up the alley and tried to steal the neighbor kid's candy before
we sent them on their way.
Maureen
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> their door. Generally they buy the goodies and I give it out. I like
> to give the littlest ones the "good" candy and the older ones get the
> "bulk" or cheaper candy. This year with all the rain we only had about
> 40 or so kids total, (usually by 8pm we have gotten 60-75). We had
> tons of candy left over, as it started to get cold and no-one came to
> the door past 8:15.
>
> We had a neighbor years ago that gave out pencils. She was a retired
> teacher. Another neighbor gave out giant Hershey bars and Tublerone
> (sp?). A house a few blocks away gave out cider and donuts, but back
> in those days, no-one worried.
>
> I miss the popcorn balls. They were the best.
>
> amy in CNY