Spin off - how much candy do you give out?

[Medusa]

I decorate my house more for Halloween than I do for Christmas. I have decorations all over my lawn, too. My neighbor dresses as a scarecrow and hangs himself from his lamppost and when people walk by, he scares them. He really scared me last year!

Beggars night lasts two hours here. If I run out of candy again this year, I think I'll keep the lights out and not pass out candy next year. Too expensive.

[Freedom]

Well over 300 IF I wanted to! I stop at 75. That is usually the local children, and the youngest ones.

We have them come by th ecar loads from down city PRovidence, up to age 18 and NO costumes. I refuse to cooperate.

I do not give out candy, never have. High bounce super balls, wooden airplanes, toothbrushes (NOT a big hit except with the parents!), activity books, stickers, coloring books. I order on line in Sept while the prices are still discounted.

[Medusa]

Anyone still give out popcorn balls? Gawd, I hated those things when I was a kid and soon learned which houses to avoid. Maybe they did it on purpose?

[Alysser]

We get alot of kids here, ALOT of kids. Our neighborhood is very popular, this year I planned on sitting outside with Mikey and giving out candy because I didn't think I made Fright Fest, and I didn't want to trick or treat. I did last year though But low and behold I DID make Fright Fest and am working this halloween. I get paid to scare the crap outta people all night, sounds much better then what I originally planned even though I love my pup.

My mom lost count last year of how many people we got. She stopped somewhere around 66

[Pinot's Mom]

We live in a medium sized development, BUT, our driveway is a private road with four houses and it's a pretty good pitch downhill. It gets pretty dark down there for kids, I think, and we don't get a huge number. The neighborhood has a party at the playground/park area and then the kids go from there, but it's supposed to be over by 7:45 I think (we have no children).

My husband usually buys about 4 bags of candy bars; we generally go through most of that. He sits out front with his monster feet and hands on, with a big metal bowl of candy; I feel bad for him when we get basically no kids - he really looks forward to it!

[kokopup]

I live on a country road with a lot of distance between houses. Our house is also a good distance from the road and not visible either. When we first built our house 15 years ago we had a few kids come by but they have since grown up and now we don't get any trick or treaters. My wife decorates for ALL occasions and usually goes all out for Halloween. She buys all kinds of candy that is eventually eaten by her since I can't eat it. I ask her why we bother with buying candy when we have no takers, but she insist that you never know , therefore the candy is there.

[Medusa]

I become annoyed at teenagers w/no costumes. They just stand there, don't say "trick or treat", as though they just expect me to run to the door and bestow candy upon them. I always loved Halloween and I was 14 the last time I went begging. W/out exception, every adult reemed me for it, told me that I was too old and and to grow up. I felt awful because I didn't know there was an age limit. (Now that I think of it, I don't know how they guessed my age. I was still under 5' tall and weighed around 89 lbs. then.) I was very inventive w/my costume, too. I went as a clown but you should've seen my make up. Outstanding! Anyhow, now I know how they felt except that I said "trick or treat", I didn't just stand there as though I was brain dead, and I always said "thank you". Most of the kids here are polite, I must add, but there are the exceptions and it makes me wonder if I don't give candy to them that I may find my windows soaped and my trees TP'd next morning.

[sirrahbed]

We have a pretty steady stream for the two hours they call "Beggar's Night" in or community. On my block there are mostly retirees but the surrounding platte has lots of young families. We also have an abundance of grandparents who take their grandkids around I like the holiday and it is fun to hand out candy especially if the weather is nice - hubby and I will sit on the porch with our pumpkins. I usually but about 5-6 big bags of candy.

[Edwina's Secretary]

We have three big bags of candy. I enjoy giving it out. Some of the kids are from the neighborhood, some are not. I insist they say "Trick or Treat."

I also give name brand candy. Two reasons - it is what I liked when I was a kid and I think it a good thing if the neighborhood kids think "nice" people live there...

[Genny]

We've had a few trick-or-treaters, but we usually aren't home cause we carry my little brother and niece to trick-or-treat--so we don't ever buy extra candy to give out-if some kids happen to stop by we just hand out candy that we had bought for ourselves which is usually candy bars and m&m's!!!

[IRescue452]

I just moved into my complex this year so don't know how many kids, but I'd guess a few hundred. I was going to get candy, but then of course the neighbor kids above me are loud and annoying as heck far too early for me and their parents don't seem to make any attempt to be respectful to their neighbors. Probably lived in a single house for a long time before this economy struck. I'm not rewarding their kids.