Our development usually gets non-stop trick-or-treaters passing through, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. In anticipation of this, we bought lots of candy, because we didn't want to run out, like we have previously. Well, tonight, we must have 2/3 of the candy we bought left, and it's well after 8:00.
Just what we need, more empty calories!

 

We had a total of 6 kids. We are on a dead end street so a lot of kids just passed our street by.

 

We had a fair amount of kids. The weather was beautiful. Around 8:15 I answered the door and it was a group of teens. All polite and all in costume. BUT when the trick or treaters aren't kids and it's after 8:00 PM lights are going out. I was passing out the fun size M&Ms. Went through about four bags of them. I've got left overs but that's OK...I won't pig out on those.

 

"fun size M&Ms. I won't pig out on those." Easy for you to say! I've just devoured about 4 bags.

 

Neighbor brought over his 2 youngest. We buy a 6-pack of full size Snickers bars every year. Each girl got one, Dad got one for bringing them over, we sent one home for the older sister. That left one for each of us. Door closed, lights out, Halloween is over!

 

We had 103 youngster tonight. The most we ever had was two years ago 172 and the least was 4 years ago 34. I hand out full size Hershey bars so I make a lot of kids happy.

 

Leave it to Glenn to count the kids.... not 100 or 110... but 103!

We had fewer than normal... maybe 150 or so?

 

Only three or four groups of older kids. Maybe 1/3 of what we had last year. Lots of leftovers.

 

For the second year in a row we had zero trick or treaters. I bought some Reese's Minis and some Kit Kats just in case. Three years ago with had five. We live in a rural conservation area of Fairfax County out side of the town of Clifton and the only street light around is at the end of our driveway at a "T" intersection.

P.S. FWIIW: If you do have them knocking, after they say "Trick or Treat"? Ask them if I don't have a treat, what is your trick? It totally befuddles them! Perhaps, their first lesson in "thinking on their feet" or in critical thinking? When they are speechless, I gave them a treat and told them to think about it.Maybe that is why we don't have trick or treaters? But, we do have some candy to eat.