Spin off - how much candy do you give out?

[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!

[Seravieve]

We live in a Patio Home area... Lots of buildings with 6 attached units. No reason for people to not come by.. the front doors are 10 feet apart! That's nothing compared to when I used to go in my mom's subdivision.. where the lots are about .25-.5 acres each.

We didn't get any last year! And the year before that we had maybe 2 or 3. There's several kids around here too. And our patio home area is inside of a large, well established subdivision... so it's rather surprising to me that we don't get any Trick or Treaters. Guess it's ok though.. we sold all of our candy today at the local Flea market! =) Maybe we'll give out packs of Trident if anyone comes by.. Have a few left over from the flea market.

I always liked the people who put out a cooler and gave out sodas. Of course, that's because we never had much soda growing up, and if we did, it was always diet. Such is life. =)

[Cataholic]

I can never tell how many kids will come, and I have been here 9 years. I like Halloween, all the neighbors sit out and talk. Like the last conversation until spring.

J likes to walk up and down our block, then head back to hand out candy.