I haven’t tried enough of those sauces to have an opinion.
I assumed that not decorating included only putting out a jackolantern, as that didn’t seem to be an option.
I always have some candy, and would be happy to hand it out; but most years nobody shows up here.
I rapidly and sketchily carved a pumpkin, put a candle in it, and put it out on the (open, no roof) front porch, as I do every year. This year it was raining and windy, and I couldn’t get the thing to stay lit, though I tried several times. Hope that’s not an omen.
Sorry, that wasn’t meant to exclude decorating with a single jack-o’-lantern. Just that “jack-o’-lanterns are at least one of the types of decoration you used”.
Feast or famine when it comes to T&T’ers it seems. I never get anyone here 3 years running now (tho I tried to put on my outside light only to note it is burned out), but this is a complex of mostly older people, tho there are residential neighborhoods nearby.
I actually calculated how many trick-or-treaters I got. I had a bag of 75 pieces of candy. I gave each trick-or-treater 2 pieces, and I had 17 left. Therefore I had 29 trick-or-treaters at that point. Then 2 more came after that, so 31 total.
They came in onesie / twosies at first, then 2 big groups of kids, then the 2 individual kids.
We have one of those plastic dachshund skeletons that Target sells. We hang it over our front door where it hangs in front of the very dark brown (almost black) beam that frames the door. The beam makes the white really stand out, and our porchlight shines on it so it almost glows. We hang it with fishing line, and it looks like it’s actually floating.
Re: tattoos. At the Holloween party last night I was talking with a neighbor I hadn’t met before. She had some of the most attractive tattoos I’d ever seen (most I’ve seen are lame). She’s Phillipina and told me that they’re cultural/tribal tattoos with a deep meaning for her. They were geometric designs along the outside of her calves and on the inside of her forearms. I mentioned that if I ever got a tattoo it would be of a dachshund, and she was really encouraging me to do it. I’m tempted.
To be honest, my wife does most of the seasonal decor, but I do help. She enjoys doing it.
This year we had tiny flashlights also for the kids (and water bottles for the adults)- the flashlights were super popular, a couple kids came up just to ask for one. Plus there was a bowl of candy and another bowl full of cheap toys- a kid could grab whatever from those two bowls.