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Originally posted by Prefontaine:
women using it to dress provocatively at the bars

That alone is worth celebrating.

We never celebrated it growing up and my parents would take us 7 kids to Friendly's for anything we wanted from the ice cream menu. When we'd get home, the porch and first floor lights would be turned off and anyone coming to the door was ignored.

My wife did grow up observing it somewhat, so we are taking our son over to her parents street tonight where there are lots of kids and neighbors who give out candy.

It used to be fun way back in the day. Dressing up in weird homemade costumes and coming up with routines to impress neighbors when they answered the door. Planting speakers in bushes playing eerie music as the kids approached. Carving pumpkins, etc.

But over time commercialism, vandalism, and sickos have spoiled it. I recall the first instances of the press reporting razor blades and poison in treats. That was the big speed bump on the road downhill. Parents started taking their kids to malls and churches instead of prowling the neighborhoods.

Lots of retirees where I live although there are a few kids. But none ring my doorbell which suits me just fine.

Once a year, you can eat candy corn until you're sick.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
No so much any more. We have a 100' driveway on an unlit dirt road that has all 90' or wider lots. We get so few children we stopped doing the candy thing years ago.

Didn't help we were one of the few homes on our part of the street that ever did it, in the first place.

lol they dont even show up to my house and we're in the city. we had 3 trick or treaters over a total of 6 years.

The urgent care place is offering to X-RAY candy to make sure its safe. Seems to me that if you have to xray your candy you should just do trunk or treat or skip it. When we grew up we only went to houses we knew but there were a lot.

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Originally posted by bcereuss:


Lighten up, Frances!!

I enjoy it for what it is, not what PC warriors try to make it.

Shouldn't this be in "What's your deal?!"

I’m not worked up “pyscho” and I didn’t touch you or your stuff

But seriously, it is not something that bothers me, or that I’m pissed about so it can be discussed here, as it isn’t some rant. I just choose to skip it and always have. I’m all for scantily clad women but in reality 90% of them dressed up like that are not in shape and/or fat.
Nothing like seeing some lady who eats burgers everyday dress up like cat woman. We say around here, it’s just an excuse for young women to dress up like whores. Not much trick or treating in the neighborhood and the k9 is trained to go off at the doorbell so 3 hours of that pushes me to turn the light off.

Ambivalent would be a good word.

I'll be taking my 3 year old daughter trick or treating with her dressed up as an adorable little princess. Then, I'll help her sort through her haul, taking care to "dispose" of all those chocolate pieces she doesn't like. Then I'll give her a bath, read her some bedtime stories, and tuck her in to bed with the usual multitude of sweet hugs and kisses. Then I'll join Mrs. ShneaSIG in passing out candy to the last groups of trick or treaters, and once the street quiets down, I'll flip off the porch lights and probably go for a run.


Halloween parties with friends are always fun, but I enjoy the fun my daughter gets from Halloween a whole lot more.

This and Thanksgiving are my two favorites. I still get a kick out of the little kids and I work with a ton of beautiful women

I'm going as Squishy Man. Now, gimme some candy!

Ya I'm in my mid 40s and someone at work actually asked me if I was going to dress up. I'm like, uh, no. If I had kids maybe it'd be different but I never have liked putting on costumes. Besides I'm not very creative so I don't like the pressure of coming up with something

One of my favorite Holidays all year. I don't get what's not to like. I also celebrate Samhain.

I no longer participate in any holiday. Most holidays are just another excuse for people to get drunk and be even more stupid than they are on a non-holiday.
At least on Halloween you can still get mail.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
We live a couple miles north of the Pine Hills area, also referred to as "Crime Hills."

A few years ago, vans full of Pine Hills kids and "teens" started showing up here.

Halloween used to be kind of fun with the local neighborhood kids. Now that we're being invaded from other parts of town, my wife and I leave the front light off, and go out for dinner, returning after the "festivities" are over.

We have the same issue where we live, definitely not neighborhood kids that get dropped off in large vans. They do the same thing when they want to sell things throughout the year as well.

I grew up in a small town and when I was a kid I loved Halloween. As soon as it got slightly dark, my brothers and I were out trick or treating. At midnight, the theater had a spook movie, so we went to the movie and ate our candy.

I enjoy when the little kids come to the door for trick or treats. They but a smile on my face. I never turn off my house lights so they won't stop by. To each their own!!

Fun for the little ones and a somewhat entertaining watching them, but mostly Meh as holidays go.

I enjoyed it as a kid in the Chicago burbs. Now, I enjoy seeing the little kids dressed up. Many around here go all out for Halloween. One of these days I will dress up to answer the door. Hopefully it will be over by the time Game 6 starts.

What is this “Halloween” you speak of? Today is Reformation Day (and the 500th Anniversary to boot).

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
We live a couple miles north of the Pine Hills area, also referred to as "Crime Hills."

A few years ago, vans full of Pine Hills kids and "teens" started showing up here.

Halloween used to be kind of fun with the local neighborhood kids. Now that we're being invaded from other parts of town, my wife and I leave the front light off, and go out for dinner, returning after the "festivities" are over.

The grifters are doing this to my parents' neighborhood so they quit giving out candy, and rocks.

Just had our first trick-or-treaters of the evening. I put one fun size candy bar in each of their sacks. They just stood there and looked at me, with sacks open. After I gave a second one to each as a test, they said thank you and left. I was curious to see how long they’d milk it.

I enjoy talking to the kids. Kids aren't very good at it anymore, but I humor the ones still trying.