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Happy Halloween! I'm expecting the usual 60 - 75 children. How many do you get?
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barbara-in-va
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6 smileys/frown.gif Now what to do with all that candy.................
mariadnoca
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Lots, went through about 10 bags of candy
We got - none. Our neighborhood shopping village closes the street and the stores give out candy
so over the years we've gotten less and less coming to the door. This year, there were none. My kids were happy because they get to have the entire Costco sized bag of treats to share between them.
so over the years we've gotten less and less coming to the door. This year, there were none. My kids were happy because they get to have the entire Costco sized bag of treats to share between them.
richard-in-cincy
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Zero as usual...
our little village likes to keep things feeling "rural" although we're nearly surrounded by the city of Cincinnati. No sidewalks, no street lights, dense forests, greenbelts, parks, and tree landscaping on large lots, houses far apart, etc. etc. It's a trick or treating no man's land.
The first Halloween after we'd moved here from the city where we typically had hundreds running nonstop to the door, we were all prepared to welcome trick or treaters. It was a warm night, opened the windows, black lights, spooky organ music playing on the stereo, glowing skeletons hanging in the trees, dressed in my phantom of the opera full length cape and mask, boxes of candy bars and M&Ms to pass out. I'm sure all the neighbors were thinking, "ha, check out the newbies!", and...
we waited. And waited...
It was like giving a party and no one showing up.
We had a year's suppy of candy bars and M&Ms that were unfortunately things I liked. There were lots of candy bar cookies that year for Christmas! LOL
our little village likes to keep things feeling "rural" although we're nearly surrounded by the city of Cincinnati. No sidewalks, no street lights, dense forests, greenbelts, parks, and tree landscaping on large lots, houses far apart, etc. etc. It's a trick or treating no man's land.
The first Halloween after we'd moved here from the city where we typically had hundreds running nonstop to the door, we were all prepared to welcome trick or treaters. It was a warm night, opened the windows, black lights, spooky organ music playing on the stereo, glowing skeletons hanging in the trees, dressed in my phantom of the opera full length cape and mask, boxes of candy bars and M&Ms to pass out. I'm sure all the neighbors were thinking, "ha, check out the newbies!", and...
we waited. And waited...
It was like giving a party and no one showing up.
We had a year's suppy of candy bars and M&Ms that were unfortunately things I liked. There were lots of candy bar cookies that year for Christmas! LOL
Lol, our new neighborhood solved that problem. The kids were loaded on trailers and pick-up truck
beds and escorted around the neighborhood. We who gave treats had to be at the end of the driveway and treat them from there. I think the kids had a lot of fun, they were given a hamburger/hot dog cookout complete with a bounce house first.
beds and escorted around the neighborhood. We who gave treats had to be at the end of the driveway and treat them from there. I think the kids had a lot of fun, they were given a hamburger/hot dog cookout complete with a bounce house first.
richard-in-cincy
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We used to have bonfires and hayrides...
Willl never forget the magic of those nights.
Willl never forget the magic of those nights.
I would have had hundreds, but for the last few years I've ditched my neighborhood and gone to a
friend's party. In past years I have bought up to 30 pounds of cheap candy, passed it out one crumby piece at a time, and still run out by 7:30! So few houses in my neighborhood are open to trick-or-treaters, so those that are get mobbed,
But I kind of miss it. Maybe next year I'll try again but have an escape vehicle idling in the alley for when I run out.
friend's party. In past years I have bought up to 30 pounds of cheap candy, passed it out one crumby piece at a time, and still run out by 7:30! So few houses in my neighborhood are open to trick-or-treaters, so those that are get mobbed,
But I kind of miss it. Maybe next year I'll try again but have an escape vehicle idling in the alley for when I run out.
Just returned from a week away so no candy at our house. And you know what? I really don't miss
having had it around the house. It's a first, for sure, but it feels pretty good to have the house be sugar-free right now. I really hate the sugar highs and lows of all that cheap candy. It messes with my body. smileys/wink.gif
having had it around the house. It's a first, for sure, but it feels pretty good to have the house be sugar-free right now. I really hate the sugar highs and lows of all that cheap candy. It messes with my body. smileys/wink.gif