Turnout for trick-or-treaters in your area

[Pink Jazz]

I would like to know, on Halloween, how was the turnout for trick-or-treaters in your area?

To our surprise, we got more trick-or-treaters than any other year. To maintain social distancing, we put a table in front of our house decorated with purple fairy lights stocked with candy bags, pink glow necklaces, and pink glow wristbands. We ran out of the candy bags that we had to throw some extra candy on the table. We were only left with a few Snickers and Almond Joy bars. We also nearly ran out of the glow wristbands. I was watching for trick-or-treaters in my pink fairy costume from the courtyard.

I wonder if it could be because Halloween was on a Saturday, and/or the new subdivision that opened in our neighborhood.

 

[Misery]

An embarrassingly high turnout here.

Were it up to me, every one of those parents involved in the groups I saw would have to stand in a line. When they reach the head of the line, a horse kicks them. This would be recorded on video and played on Youtube for maximum humiliation.

Seriously NONE of the morons had masks or displayed even a remote understanding of the concept of precautions, is what I'm saying. Yet they were outright going up and knocking on doors even at houses where there clearly was no reason to. Surprise surprise, the parents stood around looking at their phones during this (which is a running theme around here).

I'm pretty sure I lost some braincells just watching the hordes walking down the street while I was driving down it.

I can understand kids not grasping the idea.... but their parents should freaking know better. Or get kicked by a horse.

 

[tree]

Zero.
Like usual.

 

[GrownupGirl]

None. Like every year.

 

[Pats]

We never get trick or treaters here - on a busy highway. My grandkids got a bigger pile of candy than ever. I think in their neighborhood, people weren't expecting many houses to participate so they did more individually. There was lots of participation and lots of trick or treaters in that neighborhood.

 

[Tom]

None, but that is standard as I live in a nature preserve. I keep on hoping the squirrels come dressed as bear and so on, but no luck so far. My wife did bring me home a bag of halloween Dots candy though so I have got my treats.

 

[Mia]

None this year. Two last year and one the year previously. I bought small chocolate bars which my spouse ate. I'm in a covid red zone again for a second time, and most people are being careful. I saw no one out in costume.

 

[Mary Terry]

We had 12 trick-or-treaters, all arrived in a hayride organized by my brother. He drove the tractor pulling a sided trailer with haybales across our land and through the timber. Most of the kids were my great nieces and nephews, and my grandchildren, with a few neighbor kids mixed in.

I decorated our front porch with lights and pumpkins, and lined our driveway with luminarias I made with copier paper, scotch tape, and a pair of manicure scissors, LOL. I put the candy in little bags on a tray on the porch with a sign that said "take one if you dare!" , and husband and I stayed in the front yard to watch them. It was a nice, quiet, well-behaved group and all of them thanked me for the candy.

I had homemade vegetable soup, a loaf of rye bread, and some country ham slices heating in the oven so we ate dinner after the kids left. I actually enjoyed Halloween this year.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

Zero this year. Everyone went trick or treating at the mall.

 

[SusanLR]

Living in suburbia where the houses are all on large lots spaced far apart and the road is a dead end,
there are usually only 2 or 3.
This year living in a red zone area I thought there would be none.
But, the house at the very end of the road actually threw a Halloween party.
Lots of kids in costumes and parents standing around conversing and drinking.

Only one brave girl went to the door of some of the houses in the area and ours was one of them.
We didn't prepare for any due to the COVID hot spot, but, there were all these people at that one house
having a party. No safety precautions.

 

[paloftoon]

0 for me this year as every year. Glad not to have any personally.

 

[Aspychata]

Just remember being on the reservation and these beautiful bright tall intelligent Navajo teenagers came for candy and some asked for bags. That was the most interaction l had with these incredibly reserved people. I treasure this memory. When we left the res- we left bikes and cans of food in the main parking lot because many of these people struggle with poverty.

 

[Au Naturel]

I wasn't at home, I was at my daughter's wedding in a San Diego County park. Pretty lax on the COVID stuff there but it was all outdoors and spaced out so it shouldn't be a problem. That night there were scads of kids belonging to campers trick-or-treating inside the park.

 

[FreeDiver]

I got zero at my place this year and for a good reason. I keep all the lights off, lock the doors and I'm not home at that time. According to my CCTV camera in front of my house. I did see a lot of trick-or-theaters walking down the street in front of my house.