# Are you handing out candy this Halloween? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 28, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-handing-out-candy-this-halloween/601075 "2011-10-28T14:25:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-handing-out-candy-this-halloween/601075/141 "2011-11-01T16:54:12Z")
Yup, it was a slow year. We had 35 or so kids - I’d say we had at least twice that last year. We didn’t decorate the front yard nearly as much this year - maybe that makes a difference. If we hadn’t had so many kids last year, I’d say it was just a factor of our house having a big hill to climb up in the front yard (kids in my neighbourhood really earn their candy). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-handing-out-candy-this-halloween/601075/142 "2011-11-01T17:38:03Z")
I checked a few times and didn’t see any movement on our block. No visitors at all at our place. Six unopened bags of fun-size Kit-Kat, Twix, and Peanut M&M’s. MINE! ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-handing-out-candy-this-halloween/601075/143 "2011-11-01T17:40:22Z")
I didn’t give out candy; I just got back from vacation later in the evening and I didn’t have the time or energy to go buy some. We don’t get many kids on our street anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-handing-out-candy-this-halloween/601075/144 "2011-11-01T17:52:33Z")
We had a decent time at the block party. I had a nutritious dinner consisting of potato salad, potato chips, and macaroni and cheese, washed down with a couple glasses of wine. Our neighbors actually set up a projector and screen in their yard and showed The Goonies. We had lots of little Trick-or-Treaters, and only one costumeless teen (well, he was the only one I saw). Also, a dog dressed up as a shark, or possibly it was a costume of a dog being eaten by a shark. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-handing-out-candy-this-halloween/601075/145 "2011-11-01T18:03:39Z")
While cleaning up the front porch I found a bag of Peanut M&M’s. It only lasted a moment. ---
**Author:** ![Orionizer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orionizer/32/4442_2.png) [@Orionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orionizer)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-handing-out-candy-this-halloween/601075/146 "2011-11-02T17:02:18Z")
I never have anyone in my neighborhood and it disturbs my dogs. If I had enough kids, I’d probably try to put the dogs in the backyard and hand out some… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-handing-out-candy-this-halloween/601075.md?page=7)