were there lots of trick or treaters?

[HollyDay]

We had quite a few more than last year. I didn't buy candy until late today when it went 1/2 price. Last year we had 8. That's it. This year we had at least 20, maybe a few more.

[Julie Smith]

We just left out a bowl, so I dont' know for sure. But the neighbour said she had 1.

 

When we got home we had 1 person come by an adult from up the street. He said, "I'm X from number 14. Wife said I was suppose to give this to your boys. But I didn't when you came by earlier today. So here". It was two extra big chocolate bars that they like.

 

So we gave one person candy, and took candy from one person. Does that mean + 1 - 1 meaning a total of 0?

[Lara in Colo]

We had three---that's a lot for us!!

[Lady Florida.]

We had a lot, but we always do. Ours is a fun neighborhood for TOT. Most houses participate.

[KungFuPanda]

Hundreds! But I went out with the kids and skipped handing out candy this year. We live in a suburb and can hit a LOT of houses in a one-mile loop. People who don't even live here come to trick-or-treat.

[newlifemom]

Tons. Had to go to the store and buy more candy. About to turn out the light now.

[Live2Ride]

I get 0 where I live (the country, lol) but we go into town and TOT. But the cities only allow for certain times 6-8 in most cases...Man I remember going late when I was a kid and dropping into bed so tired! Our neighborhood was hilly and fairly big.

[Tap]

Fewer than usual. Maybe a dozen or so. I did put out a basket with about 30 pieces in it when we left for the church, it was empty when we got home, but it is hard to say if it was one person or a crowd. LOL

[QueenCat]

We had tons. We live in a large subdivision with lots of kids. This year, more neighbors went "all out" with fun decorations and music.

[MollyAnn]

There were tons of kids in our neighborhood; looked like how it does in the movies.

[PinkInTheBlue]

No! It was terrible and I live in what I would consider a pretty great neighborhood for it. The trick or treaters were drastically down but a few more neighbors than usual were participating. Also only one of the houses was a bowl stuck on the porch. But very, very few treaters. Disappointed :(

[Crimson Wife]

We live on a side street up a steep hill, so we don't usually get more than just the neighborhood kids. I saw maybe 5 or 6 groups going around while we were out. Most of the houses we stopped at were dumping candy in my kids' bags so I don't think there was a big turnout.

 

When we went to the downtown shopping center earlier this afternoon, there was a higher-than-normal turnout. It started at 4 P.M., and most of the shops ran out by 4:30 or so. In previous years, most of the shops still were passing out candy even by the end.

[Bassoonaroo]

We handed out candy and cider and not everyone took the cider. We went through over 100 foam cups (sorry, environment, really I am) so we probably had 200 kids (and adults -- the parents often were happy to have the cider...)

 

We live in a neighborhood that has a lot of interconnected streets. My friend who lives on a cul de sac road (maybe 7 houses?) never gets any TOTers because their little road is sort of in the middle of nowhere.

 

It was a perfect night -- when we shut down at 8:30 or so, the thermometer said 50. And it got up to 72 here. Beautiful...

[Unicorn.]

Almost none. Last year we had a bunch, the year before that hardly any. You just never know. I did have a group of high schoolers come by near the end, and everyone of them was dressed up! Oh, and my dds said they saw two police cars while they were out, and the policemen were giving out candy.

[myfunnybunch]

We had a few more than usual. Our candy bowl is nearly gone (darn!), and that's unusual.

 

There were also more families out with their young children this year, and a few more houses lit up. It was nice to see.

 

Cat

[Joshin]

It was average. Ours is a big trick or treating neighborhood. When Halloween falls on a weekend we easily get a couple of hundred kids and it goes on until about 9:30. When it falls on a weekday we get about 75 kids and it's over by 8:30. Most houses participate in out neighborhood.

[lynn]

As a neighborhood we were disappointed that we did not have as many as we usually have. Our neighborhood is just getting older, "all" the kids or atleast a good majority are now older teens and young adults. I was worried we would run out of candy and told ds to be careful but we were giving handfuls around 7:30 and still had a bag left. Now I need a good Resee's peanut butter cup recipe

[MelAR05]

We had tons. We live in a large subdivision with lots of kids. This year, more neighbors went "all out" with fun decorations and music.

 

Same here. Probably will go down as my favorite Halloween to date. :D

[Hoot]

We never have very many, but this year we seemed to have even fewer. Maybe a total of 15 or 20. I started with 2 bowls of candy, gave out handfuls to all the kids and was still left with 1 full bowl plus about 1/3 of the other bowl.

[Pawz4me]

Our neighborhood is very popular for trick or treating. We gave out 223 pieces of candy. Most kids got one piece, but some of the younger ones and kids with really good costumes got two.

[gingersmom]

No power

 

Trick or treating was cancelled for now

[catz]

We had small numbers and usually we have huge numbers of kids. I suspect there were too many lights out on our side of the street because our neighbors across the street had the regular (huge) number.

[TravelingChris]

None, this year. Last year, we had about five groups. My two dd's went out doing can o'treating-(asking for canned and dry goods for the local food bank) and they got a lot of cans.

[Matryoshka]

Halloween was postponed in our town for the second year in a row (this year: Sandy and downed power lines, last year: ice storm, ditto).

 

One dd was going to go with friends in town, but they switched to a different friend's neighborhood in a different town when my town postponed. And the older two went with a friend in a neighboring city - I went with them, it was one of those neighborhoods that people drive over to. There were lots of kids out, but they said it was way less than usual.

[wendyroo]

Fewer than normal.

 

Most years we get about 300, but this year it was windy, rainy and about 38 degrees. Only about 200 kids came by.

 

My three year old begged to go, so we tromped around for 30 minutes in the rain, but he refused to go up to any of the houses. At every house he told me he didn't want to trick or treat there because they only had two lights on or because their door was red or because he was worried they might have a pet snake. One lady actually brought her candy bowl down to the sidewalk for him, but he just hid behind me. His loss; I said trick or treat and she gave me the candy instead!

 

Wendy

[Meriwether]

I was ready for them. I bought a huge bag of candy. I tidied up the house (finally wiped down Dd's handprint from the glass door). I even got dressed. Hey, yesterday was a rough day. I turned on the light and puttered around by the front door for half an hour. No one came. I figured they must be coming after supper. Dh and the older kids were gone so I decided to wash the kitchen floor. It was close to the front door but out of sight. Perfect. I put on some Casting Crowns and washed the floor. Dh got home and took Dd2 out. I checked the WTM forum and turned the news on. Dh came home with Dd2 and said that they were the only ones who went to four of the houses. She got two king sized candy bars. I guess you can afford to give those out when you only have one kid come. Dd2 did trick or treat me when she got home. Dh went to get the kids while Dd2 ate tootsie rolls. My older kids trick or treated me when they got home. I love my kids, but I was hoping for more of a crowd. We lived in the country for three years. I was looking forward to having kids come now that we are in a community. I guess it isn't a big deal here.

Edited November 1, 2012 by Meriwether

[AngieW in Texas]

We generally don't get many on our street. We had a total of maybe 20 kids here, about half were teens. The teens really went all out on their costumes. Our neighborhood used to have a lot of young kids, but they've all grown up. Now most kids are teens. We did about the same as most years.

[Farrar]

Eight. But we were gone trick or treating ourselves from about 5:15 until 8:30, so that seemed like a lot.

[elegantlion]

We had a few maybe 20 knocks, but not like last year. Last year I was sick in bed, but saw streams of kids out, lots of knocks at the door. We gave out a ton of candy. This year there wasn't so many. I noticed fewer smaller children. Most of our ToT were teens, which I paid attention to after the conversation yesterday. All of them were dressed and were polite and spent some time discussing their costumes.

 

There must have been something for the little kids going on elsewhere.

[ByGrace3]

I would venture to say we were in the thousands. I ran out of candy by 7:30 and I had several LARGE bags. I barely could drive down my street...

[chiguirre]

We had more than last year and gave out almost all of our candy. There were also more houses participating this year so the kids got lots of loot.

 

We had a great time.

[TrixieB]

Zero trick-or-treaters came to our door. I don't think we got any last year either, but some years we get a few.

 

At most of the houses where my child trick-or-treated, folks handed out ample+ amounts of candy. Some people gave big bags of gummy bears, full-size candy bars, paper bags with multiple granola bars + candy inside. We saw only a few other trick-or-treaters while we were out. Everything was pretty much quiet by 8 PM.

 

The thing that struck me was that only about 1/3 of the houses in the area we went had their lights on. It used to be a lot higher percentage.

Edited November 1, 2012 by TrixieB

[Amy in NH]

When we got home we had 1 person come by an adult from up the street. He said, "I'm X from number 14. Wife said I was suppose to give this to your boys. But I didn't when you came by earlier today. So here". It was two extra big chocolate bars that they like.

 

 

 

:) My sister buys candy to pass out on Halloween, but my BIL insists on getting full-sized chocolate bars for the kids he likes.

 

Because we live in a rural area we don't get any trick-or-treaters at all.

[RoughCollie]

Because we live in a rural area we don't get any trick-or-treaters at all.

 

Neither do we, but I still buy candy for my kids. They are too old to trick-or-treat, and with that and the orange spider/bat tablecloth I've had on the table all month, Halloween is done.

[TammyinTN]

Three trick or treaters...that was it. I have a mountain of candy now...maybe I'll make a candy wreath. ;)

[AngelaNYC]

We got over a hundred. We almost ran out of candy. It was really great - my neighbors across the street heavily decorate and play a Halloween CD loudly so they pretty much summon the neighborhood to my block, lol.