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Haven't had kids come by in the last several years but the local dads drive to my place and we have a little party at the side of the road and wait. Beers, small fire, music...

Not sure what the wives all do but it's not outside.

Didn't even buy candy this year. If we get kids, I'm giving them each a dollar bill.
 
Nothing, got tired of "driven in" kids, and families with kids sending the kids out and not sharing candy.

The village up north has a few places to visit and pick up treats, and the local FD and church have spots to reserve to pass out candy if you want.
 
Halloween has not been a part of my life since I was 16 or 17. Started out collecting candy, then committing vandalism, then I couldn't have cared less or used it as an excuse to get loaded and wake up with a sexy [insert costume here]. This year I am embracing it and have a candy bucket and a sign on the door in the hopes some of the complex children come knocking. Otherwise I will just be sitting here in the apartment alone with a huge burrito and a bottle of Ghost tequila. Felt apropos.
 
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Neighbor boy Levi comes for dinner. We typically make pizza, watch a scary movie, and he and little granddaughter eat all the candy they want. Husband and I help.
I noticed signs at the churches in the bigger town that there's a number of "Fall Festivals" happening November 1st.
There's also no school on the 1st. That's probably smart.
 
2 More Days,errrr, Evening/Night :

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One year when Halloween was on a weekend I had little candy bags for a few kids I knew in the area..but most times I'm working or sleeping.
I think the local towns had a trick or treat thing in town last weekend anyway..
The one year I was at my brother's place and we both got into it..decorated the porch, had tons of candy..neither of us had done anything like that in years because of work. But he had just retired n it was right b4 I got out here. Almost a decade ago..it was fun!
 
we used to have Halloween parties at my friends house mostly in Florida. It was always fun. We lived close to a neighborhood in Orlando that did a huge amount of decorating and giving out really good candy.
Now, nobody around here does Halloween
I am going to bake a Halloween pizza and we'll play some games , I'll take a photo of it
might make a graveyard dessert too
 
I showed up at church on harvest party night, no one else dressed up that time!! You know me, wearing all black clothing, weird hair braids, black makeup on my face around my eyes. Most didn’t recognize me. Ha! It was after a commitment with my job.
This past Saturday I was expected to wear a costume, same event. Wore all black and elf/Vulcan/fairy ears.
Traveling on Halloween this year.
 
dademoss said:
Nothing, got tired of "driven in" kids, and families with kids sending the kids out and not sharing candy.

The village up north has a few places to visit and pick up treats, and the local FD and church have spots to reserve to pass out candy if you want.
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Yeah, that got outta hand when I was in Bama. :(
They industrialized it....
When a 4-wheeler pulling a hay-trailer stops in front of your house, and 30 kids hop off and line up at your front porch, it ain't fun nomore.:mad:
You got 20 pounds of candy??? ...you're gonna need it.:(
 
It used to be great fun to go door to door. Then it was realized little kids were out there alone. Candy was being tampered with. People would travel to get to the nice neighborhoods.
There should be a new tradition.

Our one tradition is usually to have Chinese or Japanese food for dinner. We quit answering the door years ago.
 
We are out of town so no trick or treaters here. My folks count every year- usually about 80 kids. Pretty good for their little town. I put my Halloween napkins on the table and a couple autumn table toppers. Will bring in the few little autumn things soon.
 
Ain't had a trick or treater in a decade or more, since my great nephews were little kids. They are married now.

Covid put a stop to little festivals in the area. I noticed a neighbor put up a huge spider web on his shed across the road from his house, at least 30ft long. Don't know what it's made of, looks cool though. That's the only decoration I've seen within miles aside from a few pumpkins or a bale of straw here or there.
 
We have dog who totally freaks when someone is walking down the street. If someone comes to the door she gets out the heavy artillery (herself). We can't hardly get her away from the door to either shut it or go out the door to speak to anyone, let alone try to greet little trick or treaters. She is not exactly friendly to strangers. This is why we don't answer the door. Plus I don't have a few hundred dollars for candy.
 
Funny… went trick or treating with older cousins one year. I was the little kid, they’d make me go to the doors first. We were scared of the dogs! Everyone out in the country had outside dogs in those days.

Knocked on a door, we could hear music so they yelled from the car and made me knock again… A soaking wet naked lady in a tiny towel opened the door, saw me and said wait! The door opened again and she drops an apple in my bag then slams the door again. At the time I was just confused, must have been taking a bath.. Of course my older male cousins were fighting to knock on the next door!!! 🤣
 
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I am not a fan of Halloween. I just don't like it at all. That said, my children love Halloween. My oldest son and his wife won funniest costumes in the party they go to every year. They were David and Moira from Schitt's Creek.

I'm glad they enjoy it.
 
Patchouli said:
It used to be great fun to go door to door. Then it was realized little kids were out there alone. Candy was being tampered with. People would travel to get to the nice neighborhoods.
There should be a new tradition.

Our one tradition is usually to have Chinese or Japanese food for dinner. We quit answering the door years ago.
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...Imagine today, the adult answering the door says: "we don't have any candy, but we have these THC gummies that you will really love!😁"
 
Patchouli said:
Geesh, @Supervisor42 maybe tomorrow. I mean, this is tomorrow now. Better you have gummies than broken glass and xacto blades. Eh?
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My 'ammo' for this year, dozens of each kind!
...Nothing but the best for our kids!😍
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At one point it was announced that I was too old to trick-or-treat. I was put in charge of the candy bowl. I was just as happy.

We haven’t had any monsters knock on our door in over thirty years. The wife insists on being ready, just in case. She eats all the Halloween candy and then buys more.
 
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