Spin off - how much candy do you give out?

**Medusa** · 10-25-2009, 09:25 AM

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** · 10-25-2009, 11:11 AM

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** · 10-25-2009, 12:33 PM

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** · 10-25-2009, 02:11 PM

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** · 10-25-2009, 02:44 PM

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*** · 10-25-2009, 03:27 PM

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** · 10-25-2009, 05:09 PM

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** · 10-25-2009, 06:08 PM

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** · 10-26-2009, 12:00 PM

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.

**IRescue452** · 10-26-2009, 01:40 PM

Anyone else give out dog treats to people who bring their dogs?

**pomtzu** · 10-26-2009, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by IRescue452

Anyone else give out dog treats to people who bring their dogs?

Believe it or not, when I was a little kid and my brothers took me out trick or treating, we came home with dog biscuits that someone was giving out in bags to the kids in place of candy. My parents were furious, and it's a good thing we couldn't identity which house they came from. Guess that's not as bad as some of the other horror stories that you would hear of - like needles or razor blades in apples, etc. Makes you wonder what makes some people tick!

When my kids were little and would go out, they were only allowed to keep things like candy bars or packs of gum - no loose candy or cookies and the like. It's a shame that's the way it has to be because of a few sickos!

**lvpets2002** · 10-26-2009, 03:03 PM

None == Never to do on Saturday Night due to more Hoodlums out then.. Pluss I Do Not Do Halloween anymore due to my Babies.. They just can not handle the doorbell & all of the noisess.. We will sit quite thru the night hopefully.. Even with the front door locked & all the lights out = there will still be some idiots slam on the door knocking & ringing the door bell..

**Trinityagain** · 10-26-2009, 03:15 PM

When we bought our house in 94 I gave out candy...and I think the following 2 years as well. We live at just about the top of a fairly steep hill. First year we got a good number of kids, the second year it dropped back a bit and the third year I froze my butt off and got about...10 kids, if that, so I gave up.

**cassiesmom** · 10-26-2009, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by krazyaboutkatz

Usually no one or they come by when I'm not at home. I live in a condo complex in a security building and the front doors are inside the buidling like a hotel. The children would have to live in the complex and there aren't very many children that live here. I never buy Halloween candy. If I did I'd end up eating it all myself.

When I lived with my parents, I used to enjoy handing it out though.

That's how my building is, too. There used to be a family with three children down the hall from me, but they've moved to a house. The family with the 2-year-old is moving to Kendall County this week, so no kids in my building. So, none.

The neighborhood my mom and dad live in has trick-or-treat hours, 3 to 6 PM. They don't answer the door before 3 or after 6. When I was little you didn't go to the house unless the porch light was on, but that rule is long gone.

**IRescue452** · 10-27-2009, 12:03 AM

Believe it or not, when I was a little kid and my brothers took me out trick or treating, we came home with dog biscuits that someone was giving out in bags to the kids in place of candy. My parents were furious, and it's a good thing we couldn't identity which house they came from. Guess that's not as bad as some of the other horror stories that you would hear of - like needles or razor blades in apples, etc. Makes you wonder what makes some people tick!

And you didn't have a dog with you? I usually hand the treats to people who have dogs with them. I get treats like Milkbone because they have the indent of the name in the treat and people typically recognize what they are so there's no confusing people who are picky about what treats they'll allow their dogs to have (I know milkbone is not the greatest but its trick or treating).