60+ kids last year, 5 this year.

[irisblue]

Those 5 got a lot of KitKats.
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[Ohiya]

1. Same here, I'm blaming TRump!

[bearsfootball516]

2. When I was growing up

My parents house used to get hundreds of kids a year. They had to buy 9-10 bags of candy. Over the last few years, they've gotten 0. They stopped buying candy completely.

[Submariner]

27. A little old lady used to make a caramel corn square with a marshmallow on top

and a little chocolate covered mint pressed into the top of the marshmallow. A little homemade candy treat.

Every year for about 5+ years I couldn't wait to get back to her house down the street for that special treat. That's 60+ years ago and I remember that Halloween treat every year like it was yesterday.

I don't think folks make homemade Halloween treats anymore, since some genius invented putting razor blades in apples one year way back when.

[Phoenix61]

3. Only a few here

There were a lot more last year.

[Kaleva]

4. 18 this year. About the same as last year.

The first year I moved to the town, I didn't know the local customs in regards to Trick or Treating. Halloween day I was working late and stopped at a store on the way home and spent a lot on candy. Got home about 7:30 and not one trick or treater showed up. Found out from my neighbor the next day that trick or treating was done between 4 and 6 pm, that a house with a porch or entry light on was a signal to trick or treaters that there was candy there and that very, very few kids came to the part of the town where I lived because it was mostly old people who didn't give out candy that lived there.

I was eating candy all the way to Christmas that year.

[GP6971]

5. Almost 6PM here on the West Coast

No one yet.

[cilla4progress]

7. Was that game a classic

or WHATTTT???!!!

(your avatar... ) Haha

[GP6971]

8. It was

the Hawks always make it interesting, but very frustrating to watch.

[Siwsan]

6. I've got lots of leftover candy. Glad I bought the good stuff, this year

I've noticed fewer and fewer, every year. Last year it rained, and I still had more kids than this year. I think more and more are going to those parking lot 'Trunk or Treat' parties.

[GP6971]

12. Our little city's

business area (about 4 blocks) opens its doors for the kids. I came home at 5 and the area was a zoo.

[Laffy Kat]

9. Much fewer this year.

It's pretty cool here and it is a school night. I'm probably average four door bells an hour. Still a lot of candy left although my porch light is still on and it's only a little after 7:00 here.

[rurallib]

10. Our town moved the treating to the local walking trail.

This started 2 years ago.
Didn't hear about it the first year - we had @30 at our house.
Last year we had maybe 10.

This year I went to the trail. Gave out @ 300 pieces in half an hour and was wiped out.
I am willing to change my ways. Treating is done in the light so it is easy to see the costumes and recognize people. So next year I will go fully prepared.

Go with the changes, I guess.

[benld74]

11. We went through our usual 8 bags of candy

[sakabatou]

22. How many pieces per bag?

[benld74]

28. Not sure wifey buys them

30+??

[sakabatou]

29. We had at least three, 150 piece bags that were given out (450 kids at the very least)

[NRaleighLiberal]

13. we had three doorbell rings - 6 kids total. Lowest ever by far.

the kit kats, snickers, pb cups and mounds are now in the freezer....

[GP6971]

18. We had 53

7 of which were the grandkids, Down from 80 something last year.

[Awsi Dooger]

14. Opposite with me in suburban Miami

I don't know why it was higher.

Didn't stop until 9:30

[Grammy23]

15. We had 20 or so...maybe a few more. But Who is counting?

Seemed less than last year. They started around 6 and came in groups until 7:30 or 7:45. My policy is to close down at 8 or when the candy runs out .. whichever comes first. We had one kid at 7:59. Then I turned off the decorative string of pumpkin lights, the lighted pumpkin and the porch light. Closed the door. I have noticed in past years the only kids after 8 were high school kids, far too old to be trick or treating. Most were rude and pushed and shoved like the heathens they were. LOL. So that is when I decided 8 p.m. was about right. Two hours from 6 - 8 is long enough.

I bought 6+ lb. of Kids Mix candy. Tootsie Rolls, Tootsie Pops, DOTS and flavored taffy. We still have probably half that bag so I will give it to my grandkids when we see them at Thanksgiving. If there is any left...heh, heh, heh...

[TomSlick]

16. Trick or Treat is a real pain but I do love it so.

It seems that every year that passes since my son was a child, the more I enjoy seeing the little guys in their costumes and the parents just a few steps back beaming.

[Laffy Kat]

17. Turned my porch light out at 8:00 p.m.

It had been 25 minutes since the doorbell rang and I wanted to do other stuff. I'm pretty sure that was it. Lots of candy to take to work tomorrow.

[orleans]

19. from 60 to five? that's a big drop

the last halloween i was at my house (2015) i had about 150 kids
for the last two or three halloweens i was there a couple neighbors moved my little fire pit in the front yard when it got dark out and we were making smores for the parents and kids (along with dropping candy into the trick or treat bags). i had warm apple cider on the stove and would bring out trays with cups of cider for the neighborhood.
there were years of simply magical halloween afternoons and evenings
then i moved to condo land
0 trick or treaters--and i used to love answering the door, giving away candy, etc.
usually this neighborhood has kids floating around, playing after school, people out walking but today when i took my dog out (after school hours) it was like a freakin ghost town
very lonely halloween compared to what i'm used to.
i stopped across the hall and visited with the neighbors for awhile.

[Fla Dem]

20. Big "0" until 8:15. Then one group of 3 little kids. They too got lots of Kit Kats.

Here I think it's because a lot of churches hold some Halloween events. But this was the fewest I've ever had.

[sakabatou]

21. We had over 300 (went through at LEAST two 150 piece bags)

[FSogol]

23. I had about 65. I give out 2 pieces to each kid, but this year, I gave one choclate bar and one bag

of Utz pretzels. I expected to be derided for the pretzels, but many kids seemed happy about them.

One little girl told me she watched a youtube video on how to get more candy on Halloween, but wouldn't give me any details because her brother was listening.



Didn't have to open the emergency bag of Reeses peanut butter cups, so win win for me.

[Coventina]

24. We had 40

They made out like bandits!!

[Jokerman]

25. 180 here. About average for our neighborhood.

[Doreen]

26. Years ago I went to my friends house for Holloween and there were hundreds of kids.

She lives in an upper scale neighborhood who have a lot of children living in it and of course the neighborhoods near by came also. The last few years I have been volunteering at a haunted house that uses the money for donating to some charity ( can not remember which one this year ) but it is fun. I was a screamer this year and made one teenage girl pee herself.

[Rhiannon12866]

30. It rained here so there were only seven.

I don't know what's changed, but there are fewer every year. I remember one year I actually ran out of candy, had to jump in my car and drive ten minutes to my mother's since she was closer than the store. So now each kid gets a handful since there are so few. We had KitKats, too...