Spin off - how much candy do you give out?

[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.

[*LabLoverKEB*]

We don't get too many trick-or-treaters here... but there are a lot of younger kids here, so I don't get it! We weren't home last year, so I could be wrong for this year.

I too believe that you are too old to trick-or-treat once you hit 12-13. I hate the teenagers that dress all skanky and still ask for candy.

[Karen]

Anyone taller than me ( I am 5'6") has to be in costume, and with a younger kid, and everyone has to say "trick or treat!" - most parents make their kids say "thank you," if the kids don;t remember to do it, which they usually do!