Handing Out Candy This Year or "Going Dark"? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

MTI · #1 10-21-2013, 01:56 PM

Last year we had one trick or treaters, so this year we're going dark. Of course, there's nothing wrong with a surplus of Kit Kat and Nestle Crunch.

How about you?

And if you are . . what are you handing out?

E150GT · #2 10-21-2013, 02:00 PM

Last year I had a grown ass woman come up to me among the children and hold out her purse and ask for candy. I obliged and then she asked for two. She looked like she shoulda not eaten for a week,

MTI · #3 10-21-2013, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by E150GT

Last year I had a grown ass woman come up to me among the children and hold out her purse and ask for candy. I obliged and then she asked for two. She looked like she shoulda not eaten for a week,

In the past, we knew it was time to pull the plug when the older teens with no semblance of a costume and pillow cases showed up.

SwampYankee · #4 10-21-2013, 02:08 PM

We'll be bringing my youngest two around this year, with a few friends and their kids and some adult beverages for ourselves, while the older 2 go off doing lord knows what. We've always left a basket out with a note to help themselves to a couple and amazingly (almost always) come back to some candy still in it. We're usually back a little after 7 or so and will personally hand out candy until 8ish when we shut off the light.

My mom used to keep a tally. She used to get over 100 kids at their house, the last year she did it was just over 50. There definitely are fewer kids going around.

And I do collect candy tax from my kids. For their health of course.

BobK · #5 10-21-2013, 02:09 PM

I will be sitting out on the porch with the light on (hopefully in a costume) handing out the goodies. We get a lot of kids from the area and quite a few parents following in cars or walking with them. I try to keep an area clear for the parents to park for a minute in front of the house while the kids hit the half dozen houses around me. I take quite a bit of delight in some of the costumes. Some of the kids (or their parents) really do a good job. Only downside is granddaughter probably won't get to come by in her costume.

The Swede · #6 10-21-2013, 02:13 PM

Always dark, damn kids go away! Seriously, we've never had many anyhow...

MTI · #7 10-21-2013, 02:21 PM

Halloween is about the only time I indulge in the personal weakness called the "malted milk ball"

SwampYankee · #8 10-21-2013, 03:20 PM

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Halloween is about the only time I indulge in the personal weakness called the "malted milk ball"

I'm doing a little quality control sampling as I type...

nate300d · #9 10-21-2013, 03:22 PM

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Halloween is about the only time I indulge in the personal weakness called the "malted milk ball"

They are vitamins.....no guilt

nate300d · #10 10-21-2013, 03:23 PM

I am always lights out. It is rather rural. I have no idea if and what children are around.

E150GT · #11 10-21-2013, 03:24 PM

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And I do collect candy tax from my kids. For their health of course.

Ive paid lots of that tax!

SwampYankee · #12 10-21-2013, 03:25 PM

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Ive paid lots of that tax!

It's never to early to give kids a life lesson.

elchivito · #13 10-21-2013, 03:43 PM

We never get anyone as we're out here in the sticks and besides everyone knows about my scary dogs and the locked gate.
When the kids were little we took them to a nearby town for T o T-ing. The former Phelps Dodge company town of Clarkdale AZ goes all out. The fire station begins collecting donated candy months ahead of time and residents are encouraged to decorate their houses. Anyone who decorates their house, and most do, is entitled to a share of the candy to pass out. Being sort of artsy these days, lots of the residents do the costumes and decorations up big. This is a real Mayberry kind of town. Close set small brick mostly craftsman style former miner's cottages several streets deep around a central park with a gazebo. The fire department blocks off the two streets leading into town from 6 to 9 p.m. and the police are in high-viz attendance giving their best cop badlooks to the teenage spoilers. It's a place where people can still safely take their little ones out and turn them loose knowing they'll be safe.

Mr.Kenny · #14 10-21-2013, 04:23 PM

2000 pieces of candy and then we are done.

Okay;...Our cool neighborhood is 'Halloween Central'; we have a Halloween parade; the streets are closed to traffic; we pull permits & buy insurance and have police controlling the crowds. Kids are bussed in, trucked in, dropped off and adults are encouraged to join in & dress up.
It is a huge Halloween block party for 4 city blocks; haunted houses, live steaming cemeteries ; elaborate decorations; fire pits, food, adult drinks & sushi bar for parents.......our otherwise quiet streets are so crowded & surreal.
Some homes were already elaborately & creatively decorated in September.
The planning for Halloween 2014 is already going on.....
I am late in getting my own lit sculptures up.
↓This is the beginning at 5:00 before the real crush of kids & adults.↓

My Daughter Kelly's own homemade, lit up 'Samus' costume.

JB3 · #15 10-21-2013, 04:32 PM

^^^ lol, sounds like fun.

this will be the first halloween for me where I am, there are some kids, but I don't know how many. I know at least ill get two trick or treaters, the immediate neighbor, a kid that looks about 9 has already asked us what we intend to give.

We will see. Its kind of a hike up 3 staircases to our front door, so it might not be a popular stop for the kids locally

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Yes, Will Be Handing Out Treats	12	31.58%
Nope, We're "Going Dark" or Won't Be Home	21	55.26%
Haven't Decided Yet	5	13.16%
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