Zilch. A cross street with only like 4 houses on it and a church across the way. Poorly lit, too.

sadly, just about a dozen. was prepared for more.

Has been raining for two days prior and then the temperature dropped about 30-40 degrees and got cold. They may have kept ours away.

About 40-50. It was a quiet night.

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First year the wife and I didn't purchase any goodies for the kiddies. After having to force the goodies down ourselves for almost 10 yrs now because of zero visits, the only time we haven't wouldn't you know it we had one visit, with two smaller kiddies!

Hey Monkey...please send some of that cooler air down to this end of the state please!!!

Pretty chilly night in Fort Worth. But my small street had its fair share of neighborhood kids. I posted up in my open garage, cooler full of beverages for parents, cauldron of candy for the kiddos. Traffic dropped off by 815pm so it was lights out and a retreat inside to a warm fireplace.

5 or 6 at our house.

First one around 6:15pm .... knocked, put a package on the step and started walking away before I could even open the door. Great costume - all brown clothes and big brown truck that said UPS on the side. Come to think of it, he was about 45 years old. (I really did give him some candy).

None, zero, zilch. Although I had lit pumpkins out and the gate open, my porch light is on a sensor and only comes on when someone approaches, so maybe kids just don't come up to it. However, I didn't hear any noises of kids running around the neighborhood, either, and the 2 times I went outside to look the street was bare. It's not uncommon for there to be very few at Hallowe'en--the parents drive their kids somewhere else, it seems. It's also possible that the neighborhood decided to do T or T some other night--I live alone and don't get the "word".

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Zero. Trunk or treat has killed Halloween.

That may be the case here, too. I had no takers last night. My church did a T or T last Saturday and there were probably 200 kids there (not all from the church--the neighborhood takes part, too).

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None. Kids stopped. Now adults dress up and go to parties instead.

Zero here for the past 16 years. I heard they even canceled the town event because it rained

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I didn't even buy candy this year. I figured that if anyone showed up I'd give them a choice between an apple or a persimmon. But no one did.

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About all I had to give out were Ramen Noodles. And they're about 6 years old on the shelf...

Maybe twenty including teenagers. I even put out my vintage Federal Beacon-Ray light to draw attention to us. The rain and horizontal wet snowfall did not help matters much.

Last Sunday afternoon one of my friends club put on a trunk or treat event for kids. Bounce house, adults in costume also. Food for kids and adults. Nice day, sunny and while not real warm not bitter cold either.

I live in a mountain community where everyone has ~ 2 acres. My boys are 7 & 8, prime trick or treating ages. We have a very close family friend that live in a 'planned" development, i.e. less than 1/4 acre lots, more like 1/8 I think, about 20 miles away...Highlands Ranch from those of you who know Denver. Every since our kids were old enough to walk we've gone there for Halloween.

We show up with 2 pizzas, a six pack and a bottle of wine. We commiserate for a hour to an hour and a half, then head out with the kids. We move fast and cover over 100 - 150 houses I'd have to say. This year about 50% of the homes were dark (no lights), so we skipped them. I think the neighborhood is maturing and many of the kids have grown up and moved along, and their parents have stayed in the same house.

Out of the 100 - 150 houses we walked past, we had about 8 - 10 that just left out a container of candy with a note to take 1, or a "few" pieces. Everyone seemed very respectful and no one "raided" the containers. It is an upper middle class neighborhood. That is nice to see. Every year we hear from folks who think this practice has died.

My kids had great haul. I'd have to say well over 10 lbs between the 2 of them. They are in school now, I still need to go and "review" their loot, and confiscate the peanut butter cups. I already found a full sized kit kat bar. Not my favorite, but it was 7:30 this morning...

Only 1 group of about 5 kids, and only because we turned the porch light on for about 10 minutes because we had some guests stop by.

0. But, I'm a thousand feet from the road, with two gates. It's not like there's anyone to come up here anyway. The small lots around me are 5 acres.

Zero!! I used to get them, but the old grouches in my cul-de-sac have all started turning off all of their lights to detour the kids......pisses me off!!!

We had 2. Last year was over 100. We never know from year to year.

Haven't had any in the 17 years we've been here.

The American Legion in town was doing trick or trunk and my wife volunteered us. It was moved indoors because of the weather. About 400-500 kids showed up, about 1000 people all together.

We actually had a good time!

None. It was cold and windy here in the ATL.

I will never allow my kids to go to that stupid trunk or treat Bull shit. What a lame ass cop out.