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I hope you have some fun today. And remember to taste test the candy before giving an out.
 
I am sad this Halloween. This is the first year that I can remember when we did not have one single trick or treater. Not one! I remember years past almost running out of candy when we had like five of those giant Costco bags. Kid after kid - continuous waves coming to our door. We had lights all over the trees, decorations everywhere, a dozen carved pumpkins, spooky music played through the boom boxes we hauled downstairs and put int he windows.

And this year - not a single kid. ☹️

I'm thinking that some of this is that our neighborhood is getting older. Younger people - the kind that have kids - just cannot afford to buy a house any more, so they're just not around us. It is a bit devastating to me thinking about this. I felt genuine sadness for our giant fanged rat sitting there on the front porch, arms outstretched in menace, and not a single person coming to visit him. And it's not even a real living rat. But I'm still sad for it. The pumpkins sat there with their little tea candles flickering in the undisturbed darkness.

I nibbled a few of the excess Twix and Reeces Cups we now have sitting around, and they just don't taste good to me anymore. And the Hershey's bars? - the ones that are about 3/4" by 1/2" "fun sized" now - they were tasteless.

Halloween was a complete bust. I am depressed. 😟
 
All that happened/Changed in 1 Year...?!? :hpyhalown::brewing::trick/treat:
 
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I am sad this Halloween. This is the first year that I can remember when we did not have one single trick or treater. Not one!
We feel a little like that also- its been dwindling here for a few years, but last night, no one out. I sort of knew, and donated all the decorations (mannequins etc we would dress up), costumes and the lovely ticket booth for a scary clown and the coffin my husband made to a nearby town to use for their celebrations. I couldn't decorate inside because of the two crazy kittens. We used to go as trick or treating around a country 'block', and the older generations used to love seeing people visit. Years ago a neighbour would gather his kids and their cousins into a van and adults and children would call, and when they got to us we'd have treats and cocktail sausages, and we'd all be dressed up too. Then they'd take my children up to their grannies for a bonfire party.Miss those days. But Happy Halloween to you all also!
 
The weather here played a big part in the turnout: 72 with a light breeze. Absolutely perfect! We had around 40 groups stop by and almost ran out of candy.

After things settled down here, we visited a friend a few miles away. They must have had well over 100 kids - the whole street was packed! It's the busiest I've seen it in years. To be fair, parents often drive their kids to great neighborhoods so they weren't all from that immediate area.

Haertig's right that it's extremely difficult for a young individual or family to be able to afford a house these days. That certainly could be a reason some areas aren't seeing young families anymore.
 

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