We got 52. 3 of them were teenagers who weren’t even wearing costumes. I was in a good mood so I gave them candy anyway.
We ran out of candy at one point, so we sorted Dominic’s out into “stuff we like” and “stuff that sucks” and put the “stuff that sucks” into the bowl and handed that out to the rest of the kids that came by. Heh.
Before I replied to this thread, the number of replies equaled the number of kids I got. Zero!
Now, true, I was at the doctor’s office getting therapized till 7:30ish, so I probably missed kids coming by. But still . . .
I gave out no candy. I now have a lot of candy.
Hehe…
We might have gotten 20. Most were the really little kids from the street. A couple were teens, including a boy dressed as a woman, sorta - he was a hoot! Everybody got candy. I only had one bag of mixed stuff, and half of it came to the office with me this morning. Engineers will eat almost anything, especially if it’s free, so it should be gone before nightfall.
None.
And that’s fine with me. 
My mother did call last night - they actually had three. The first trick or treaters they’ve had in years.
Exaclty as many as we’ve had the previous 5 years.
Zero.
That’s why we hold those parties for Halloween.
And Opal, please tell Dominic I’m sorry I couldn’t find his stuff. I looked all around the grounds.
About 15, I’d estimate, same as last year.
All of the girls, I swear, were dressed up as witches.
In Tucson, there is a neighborhood called Winterhaven. Part of the homeowner’s association rules are that you HAVE to decorate your place for the winter (whatever holiday you want, but it has to be something). There are busses, horsedrawn wagons, carriages, and also just people in cars that drive through nonstop for the entire month of December and more. They have parades in there, and everything. They have awards for the best yards. People spend thousands of dollars on their decorations.
Well it’s sort of obvious that a neighborhood like this also gears up for Halloween. A friend of my mom’s lives in there and my mom went over last year to help hand out candy. Every house has A LINE outside. Like 20-30 kids in line. It is a constant stream of kids. You basically sit outside your door with a 50gallon drum of candy for 2 hours. I forget how much she said her friend spends on candy for Halloween but it’s A LOT. I can’t even imagine.
We got even less kids this year than last, maybe 15 altogether. Last year, the parents said everyone was scared to go out because of 9/11. I don’t know what happened this year, but it was pretty disappointing.
Of course, the town had a big Halloween celebration this past weekend, with contests for costumes, and most of the merchants handed out candy. But they did that last year too, and we still got more kids. So, although we have candy at home now, I’m still disappointed.
I don’t know how many we had. I went to the gym. I was hoping my teens would be home, but they went off …
So, I did that thing where you put the bowl of candy out, and hope the honor system works.
Of course it didn’t. I left at 5 and returned at 7 to an empty bowl. sigh. Someone, somewhere has 150 dum-dums.
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That was at 7:30. right before they were supposed to stop.
Thats also because we went out treating, and werent home.
They were big and one was turning 17 that night.
We got mostly snickers.
Two, and I had no candy so I ended up giving them beef jerky. I felt pretty bad about that but I’ve never gotten any here before so I wasn’t expecting them.
Beef jerky!
Why didn’t you just give them tofu and really piss them off?
At least the beef jerky you can pawn off on someone else as “something good” - imagine if you got a shiny new penny!
Actually, we got about 40-50, and for the first time I cna remember, actually ran out of candy. We’re in a neighborhood that’s pretty populated with kids. Since there’s three schools within walking distance of our house, it doesn’t surprise me.
Started a thread in IMHO, didn’t notice this one. Oops!
105, give or take a few. A little more than last year I think.
Exactly 13!
We have plenty of Milky Ways and 3 Musketeers left over.
None.
I didn’t get any which is actually a good thing since all the candy I bought a couple months ago was already gone. Yeah, I’m a pig. OINK!
Same as dan, Jonathan, and Johnny L.A., none. Of course, I live in an apartment with electronic entry, so it might have only been kids from the building. Also, I didn’t get home until 6, then immediately went out to the grocery store, changed clothes, and went out to a Halloween party. By then all the little ones should have been home sorting the loot.