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November 2, 2009 at 1:22 am #681387
JulieMemberBest Halloween in years here: I decided to make homemade cookies instead of handing out commercial treats, recognizing that some possibly-large percentage would get thrown away. But most of the kids I see are with their parents, and most are from our neighborhood, so I put a sticker on the packet “Made by your neighbor”, my first name, address, and ingredients (for allergy reference). I’m pleased to report these were very well-received; most parents and children seemed not to be buying into the Halloween “dangerous treat” paranoia, and gave enthusiastic thanks. So I feel I did something to reclaim Halloween.
All in all, we had 58 trick-or-treaters, almost all costumed with some effort, and more creative and home-made costumes than in the recent past. I’m happy.
November 2, 2009 at 1:58 am #681388
flowerpetalMemberWe had very few trick or treaters in our Westwood neighborhood. Very disappointing. We only saw older kids come to the door; and I was fine with that. They were polite and had feeble attempts at costumes. When the last ones came by I dumped the remaining candy between their three bags.
What I didn’t get to hand out was wine! We buy a box of wine every year and pass out cups of vino to parents who accompany their children. Sometimes in past years we have had repeat visitors…usually prompted by the parent wanting another sip. Not this year. We didn’t see one adult. I’m looking for recipes which require wine; lotsa wine!
November 2, 2009 at 5:05 am #681389
guidosmomMemberWe live near high point and had maybe 10 trick or treaters. We were begging for more. We now have way too much candy left. I was generous handing it out but would have been way more generous had I known that was all we’d get.
November 2, 2009 at 5:35 pm #681390
sacatoshParticipantWe had somewhere in the neighborhood of 70 kids. We handed out 40 full size candy bars, and two bags of snack sized bars, plus about 5 boxes of “movie theater” non-chocolate treats.
datamuse, what part of Highland Park are you in? We’re near Trenton and 16th, and it was a steady stream all night. Most of the kids were really sweet and polite and said thank you. There was the occasional one who was grabby or pushy, and one who said “I don’t like any of these. Do you have anything else?” Hrmph! :-)
November 2, 2009 at 8:29 pm #681391
SueParticipantIn the 4 years I’ve lived in West Seattle, in 2 different places, we have yet to have a trick-or-treater come to our door. The first year we bought treats, and the next 3 years we’ve bought nothing and it’s never been needed. The only thing I can think of is that in both homes I’ve lived on busy streets (Delridge and now Fauntleroy) and maybe parents don’t want their kids on the busy streets that they’ll have to cross.
I was on the phone with my sister in New York on Saturday when her doorbell rang. She came back to the phone and said that 2 little kids were there, dressed up, held out their bags, and didn’t say a word – as if they just expected you to hand over the candy without asking, and without saying thank you when they got it. The only thing they did say was “can we have more?” Nice.
November 2, 2009 at 9:38 pm #681392
JoBParticipantit takes a village to raise a child…
it doesn’t take much to remind kids that they need to have manners to play at your house.. even on Halloween.
November 2, 2009 at 9:46 pm #681393
luckymom30ParticipantSo true JoB! We have a hard fast rule in our household on showing people good manners, and yes that does include Halloween night of saying Trick or trick and thank you!
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