do you get many trick or treaters?

and are you expecting a lot this year?

I live in the centre of the city, so get a fair few trick or treaters. I didn't last year, (because of covid), but the government is allowing it this year so will probably have a fair few

I usually leave a tub of candy treats outside my house for the kids to help themselves too, and it's not often I show myself. (usually curtains are closed and I'm watching a movie or something!)

what about you

I live alone.
Normally just turn the porch lights out and pretend its any other day.
Been contemplating sitting on the front porch with a large bowl of candy this year.
No idea how many will show up,
But feeling the need to see the kids smile.

BOM

None.....farm country with farms 1/4 mile apart is not an inviting kind of environment for them. They go to town & the businesses are open & give out candy

At my last house no. We’d buy one bag of Reese’s and end up eating most of them ourselves. Last year of course we turned off the porch lights and didn’t even leave a bowl of candy out. I’m not sure what to expect this year though. I live on a good long block so I could get a lot.

I don't get any. The kids in my apartment complex go to wealthier neighborhoods to trick or treat.

Same. I've lived here 13 years and never had anyone stop. Which is fine by me.

In the last two years a bunch of families with little kids moved in to the neighborhood so I’m expecting a lot. Plus the area across the street used to be cornfield is now a new suburban tract with lots of young families. So I’m expecting a lot this year despite delta and unvaxed kids.

Ugh I didn’t even think that most of the kids would be unvaccinated.

well pretty much all the kids under 12 are unvaccinated. I think the FDA just got emergency approval for Pfizer to kids 5 to 11. But we'll see how many parents get their kids vaccinated.

I'm in the same situation as Eskie. Live in the boonies. Parents load kids in cars and take them into town. Won't get any trick or treaters. The redneck adults will be shooting off guns though. Any excuse to get drunk and shoot.

We used to get a fair few when I was a kid myself, but that seemed to peter out as I got to my teens and we haven’t had a single one in years. So, not expecting any this year.

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Originally Posted by lizardlady I'm in the same situation as Eskie. Live in the boonies. Parents load kids in cars and take them into town. Won't get any trick or treaters. The redneck adults will be shooting off guns though. Any excuse to get drunk and shoot.

We don't get that on Halloween but it has happened other non-Holiday times of the year just driving down the road shooting.

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Originally Posted by eskielover We don't get that on Halloween but it has happened other non-Holiday times of the year just driving down the road shooting.

I have some trashy neighbors who use any excuse to get drunk and shoot guns. As far as Im concerned booze and guns don't go together.

No, I live in an apartment complex, we don't get any, The apartments are inside a building, like you go inside the main building and all the apartments are inside. You can't get inside the building unless security lets you in or you have a key fob, or if a person calls your apartment number from the camera box thing outside and the person who lives here unlocks the door for them remotely from their apartment security system/camera thing.

I no longer live in the US, and the country I'm in doesn't really have trick or treaters. They have other autumn festivities, though. When I was in the US, we got maybe 10 or so where we last lived. Eventually my husband turned into a scrooge and wanted to stop offering candy, so we got none. A tradition we always had was to have our first fire in our fireplace for the season on Halloween night. We loved that! Now we have no fireplace in our new home We miss it. Very few houses have working wood fireplaces in my new country, though many have wood stoves, but ours doesn't. Wood stoves are better house heaters, but less romantic.

My parents never got any, except maybe my nephews and younger cousin. They lived sort of in the country. Most trick or treaters only went downtown where houses were closer together.

Non ever as far as I can recall. I live in a quiet spot, and there are about 5 homes on my road, which is 1 mile long.

My neighborhood used to be a destination for trick or treaters. No matter how much candy I bought, I'd run out. Now we just see them occasionally at my end of the street.

When I was a kid my sister counted how many trick-or-treaters we got one year. 236!

Times sure have changed. My husband and I used to take our kids out, but that was a lot of years ago. Now there are not many kids out - if they are, they go to the shops on Main Street, because they hand out candy every year.

I also live in an apartment. I decorate just a little bit and will probably leave a bowl of candy out, mostly for my neighbors.

We never had many trick or treaters at the other house. And we have next to nothing here. They never come visit us or something.

I live in an apartment building with shared air space in the halls, with hospitals still under crisis standards of care, and with locked entrance doors that require a FOB for entry. We never get any trick-or-treaters - especially now, during these pandemic times.

I suppose if I lived in a townhome or house, I would leave treats outside and stand or sit in my window to wave hi to all the trick-or-treaters! If I had the money, I would also leave coloring books and crayons out there for the littles under 10 years old. I'd use the honor system, in hopes that they don't run out, but I'd replenish them every hour or two (with my full PPE gear on). I probably would be dressed up inside. I would even decorate the outside of my house if I were allowed. I liked that one idea with multiple skeletons scaling the roof and the sides of the house. I always got a kick out of that one. It reminded me of my time in service when we had to repel. I would probably also have a Casper ghost outside blinking, as well as non-threatening artifacts like pumpkins and what not.

But I live in an apartment, so all I can do is dream about the above.

I look forward to seeing the stories here though.