Community Chat

[nekodaisy]

We did not have as many as in years past. I usually bought 4 bags of candy from Sams Club and ran out pretty quick and this year I got 6 and handed out 5. We did wrap up a little early because my son had just gotten back from taking my grandson out and had to spend some time with him.

By a little after 7 it got real quiet here on the streets and it was really getting cold and really dark so it was time to quit. Not many people handing out candy either here like when we first moved here. My Grandson came home with his pumpkin half way filled and I had loaded him up before he left.

He did come into the driveway hollering trick or treat so I filled it up to the top for him. He is 4 now and was so excited. I gave the kids between 1 to 4 pieces of candy depending on there age and also if they even bothered to dress up.

[ROMARY]

I mentioned somewhere on another thread that this year was a more rambunctious group, many adults, teens, loud and noisy. Kind of scary. Lots of unknown cars parked on our streets. We haven't been answering our door for several years. I'm sure their are other more peaceful areas where the younger children enjoyed their evening.

[kdgn]

How can one know if the parents and kids are fat enough if the poster didn't participate therefore she wouldn't have seen them?

We kept the lights out so I have no idea what the kids looked like. Don't particularly care anyway. It was Halloween.....

[Marienkaefer2]

There haven't been trick or treaters in the areas I've lived for the last fifteen years, at least. I've lived in smaller towns and cities that do a good job of providing activities. The downtown merchants have done a trick or treat, and community groups do parties for kids.

[Moonchilde]

Just another poster who clearly enjoys injecting venom for its own sake into any thread that provides an opportunity. The posts, and of course the posters, stand out like a sore thumb. After a certain point, when other posters begin to recognize their posting habits, they become old news. And then - no more shock value. *Yawn*

[RetRN]

On 11/2/2014 brii said:

What's with the cracks about kids and their weight. That's just mean.

Wisdom and common sense are so lacking in this country. NO, I don't anticipate that these people will ever change their attitudes.

[chickenbutt]

I saw a piece on my home page yesterday about a couple of guys who did a hit-n-run on three girls who were trick or treating. They were all killed, but it seemed like there were enough witnesses that they, hopefully, found the guys in the vehicle.

Two of the girls were twins and the third girl was their friend.

This was down in So. CA - I want to say it was out in Orange County. What a horrible thing!

[Jig Saw]

Just like any other night to us because we live high upon a hill and the strenuous walk is just not worth it to kids nowadays.

[Marienkaefer2]

On 11/2/2014 chickenbutt said:

I saw a piece on my home page yesterday about a couple of guys who did a hit-n-run on three girls who were trick or treating. They were all killed, but it seemed like there were enough witnesses that they, hopefully, found the guys in the vehicle.

Two of the girls were twins and the third girl was their friend.

This was down in So. CA - I want to say it was out in Orange County. What a horrible thing!

Oh, that is such a tragedy. A similar story in a way here..last year on Halloween twin sisters and their friend were driving and hit head on by a drunk driver. The girls were all in high school..16 or 17 years old. The twins died, I think.their friend was injured badly but recovered. The accident occurred around 6pm. To make the tragedy even.more sad, the twins had an older sister who had also been killed in a car accident a few years before. I think their parents still had one child left. I don't think you recover from that.

[Burnsite]

I remember the death knell of Halloween being sounded every year as far back as the later 1950s. Children then were also injured in the dark, found razors in the candy, etc.

When I was small and people didn't answer the door on Halloween night, I didn't think much of it. I knew some were not well, were struggling. One household on my street had a polio patient they were caring for (though they were into the holiday and did give out treats).

But I did resolve way back then that when I was a grown up, I would always give out treats on Halloween, even when times were hard. And I always have. The kids don't show up every year, but mostly they still do. I don't see a big change from earlier days, but I live in a quiet suburban setting where the neighbors all know each other.