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I love little kids.(mine are young adults)
I enjoy seeing the little ones all dressed up in their little costumes..I only had one kid and he was a teen..(he dressed as the ghost on Scream..(orginial..huh?)
Halloween sure has changed over the years. Used to be a ton of kids out and about and was relatively safe.
Oh well. More m&m's for me!
:D
beladonna,
We don't even turn on our light anymore. It has gotten to be nothing but older teens coming around, and last year we knew of several small children who had their candy stolen from them by these older kids!!
We now help out at our church with a "Fall Festival" on Halloween. There was a great turnout but only younger kids. I don't think any of them were over 9 or 1o!!! Still, we had a great time!!!
It's sad that most parents don't feel safe taking the kids out anymore. What a sign of the times and the society!!
Marlene
Hello
I agree. We went to a state park that does a hugh Halloween Festival on Oct. 10. It was so much better than last night. The girls were so tired becasue every other house had its lights out. Finally got home after a 2 hour trek and no one came to our house. What is really strange about all this is I live in a really safe, Christian town.....Well maybe that is the problem. Well Happy Halloween anyways.
M
bela,,,,,,,I had alot of kids I have to say more older ones,,at one time 11 kids came to the door,,,,,and tryed for seconds,,,as i give the kids i'm eating the candy also....lol,,,,,,when i was a kid,,,we filled those pillow cases up and cryed with toothaches the next day!!!!!!!!
hahaha- there werent many ppl out and about last night for halloween here in canada either... but- there's one main reason: it was -17 celsius!!! (reallly really cold!!) ... but - me and about 10 of my friends went out and had a blast... then we had hot chocolate , watched a movie, and we were awake till 3:15a.m. ... (which sucked- because i had LAJ dress rehearsal at 9 am!!)
KJ
We haven't had trick or treaters for years because we lived so far back off the main road. This year we are in a new house in a fairly young neighborhood, so I bought a TON of candy. I decorated the house and the yard,expecting lots of kids. We did not get even one, so now all that chocolate is just going to get spread on my hips. Bummer :mad:
Well, Im sad to see the era of trick or treaters ending..at least for most of us. I always thought it was fun.
With the exception of ARL, who had a gazillion kids..lol..seems most of us were left holding and eating the candy..
Now, I must go and jump on my elliptical..
:rolleyes:
We didn't get one trick or treater! I don't know if the fact that we turned off every light in the house, lit a tiny candle and had a glass of wine in almost total darkness had any thing to do with it! :D
hahaha- cathy- was there maybe more of a reason than that?? was the house shaking? or weird noises coming from inside??
heehee
KJ
Too funny Kimberlyjoy!!:D :D :D
Originally posted by beladonna
Well, Im sad to see the era of trick or treaters ending..at least for most of us. I always thought it was fun.
With the exception of ARL, who had a gazillion kids..lol..seems most of us were left holding and eating the candy..
Now, I must go and jump on my elliptical..
:rolleyes:
Not so fast!
We had a lot of kids! Also had great weather (about 65 Degrees FH) which is not typical here in the north east. My 3 1/2 year old who was dressed like the cutest kitty, spent about 3-4 hr.'s trick or treating. She had such a blast!
Thats great Steve,
I bet your daughter was adorable.
I always get a kick out of kids costumes...No matter what they are.
Nice to hear the holiday is still alive.
I may have to borrow some kids next year and take them around. next year. ;)
We only had 2 groups of small kids. So disappointing. I used to dress up with my sons and go out all night long. One year I sewed nylons stuffed with pillow filling to look like intestines hanging out of my son's body. I rigged a ball on a string painted to look like an eyeball hanging from his face. We rigged a hatchet in his head with fake blood coming from everywhere. My little guy was a surgeon, equally gruesome. (They are 19 & 25 now and so totally normal. Thank God.) One year I hosted a haunted house in town, 750 people attended. We had a funeral home, an evil dentist, a demented classroom. What happened to good old Halloween???
Donna,
You still had one more than we did....yep that's right, not one showed up to our house. Gosh darn it..I guess I'm gonna have to all those Reese's myself. ;)
We too had quite a few kids out. The older ones didn't show up until later. We dressed up our bassett hound in his tux and he met the kids at the door. My wife and I had a blast with all of the kids. It was cold here also, but the kids still had a good time it seemed.
Paul
Well Chaim, Guess with all the no shows, we can enjoy the extra goodies...I usually bring mine in to work...My co-workers..who constantly diet, hate me for it.
Paul,
Bassett hound with the Tux sounds great. Now, that is an original. Does he fetch your slippers with the tux on? Kind of like your own little butler...
:D
Marlene.
Its good to see you here again..Its been awhile..welcome back!
:D
We live to far out in the country to get any trick or treaters! I miss them!
I found this one the net- thought it was pretty funny!! lol
20 Ways To Confuse Trick Or Treaters
~~1~~
Give away something other than candy (Toothpicks, golf balls, bags of sand, etc.).
~~2~~
Wait behind the door until some people come. When they get near the door, jump out, wearing a costume, and holding a bag, and yell, "Trick or Treat!" Look at them, scratch your head, and act confused.
~~3~~
Fill a briefcase with marbles and crackers. Write on it, "Top Secret" in big letters. When trick-or-treaters come, look around suspiciously, say, "It's about time you got here," give them the briefcase, and quickly shut the door.
~~4~~
Get about 30 people to wait in your living room. When trick-or-treaters come to the door, say, "Come in." When they do, have everyone yell, "Surprise!!!" Act like it's a surprise party.
~~5~~
Get everyone who comes to the door to come in and see if they can figure out what's wrong with your dishwasher. Insist that it makes an unnatural "whirring" sound.
~~6~~
After you give them candy, hand the trick-or-treaters a bill.
~~7~~
Open the door dressed as a giant fish. Immediately collapse, and don't move or say anything until the trick-or-treaters go away.
~~8~~
When you answer the door, hold up one candybar, throw it out into the street, and yell, "Crawl for it!"
~~9~~
When you answer the door, look at the trick-or-treaters, act shocked and scared, and start screaming your head off. Slam the door and runaround the house, screaming until they go away.
~~10~~
Insist that the trick-or-treaters each do ten push-ups before you give them any candy.
~~11~~
Hand out menus to the trick-or-treaters and let them order their candy. Keep asking if anyone wants to see the wine list.
~~12~~
Get a catapult. Sit on your porch and catapult pumpkins at anyone who comes within 50 yards of your house.
~~13~~
When people come to the door, jump out a nearby window, crashing through the glass, and run as far away from your house as you can.
~~14~~
Answer the door dressed as a pilgrim. Stare at the trick-or-treaters for a moment, pretend to be confused, and start flipping through a calendar.
~~15~~
Instead of candy, give away colored eggs. If anyone protests, explain that the eggs are the only thing you had left over from Easter.
~~16~~
Answer the door dressed as a dentist. Angrily give the trick-or-treaters a two-hour lecture on tooth decay.
~~17~~
Answer the door with a mouthful of M & M's and several half-eaten candy bars in your hands. Act surprised, and close the door. Open it again in a few seconds, and insist that you don't have any candy.
~~18~~
Hand out cigarettes and bottles of asprin.
~~19~~
Put a crown on a pumpkin and put the pumpkin on a throne on your porch. Insist that all of the trick-or-treaters bow before The Great Pumpkin.
~~20~~
Dress up like a bunny rabbit. Yell and curse from the moment you open the door, and angrily throw the candy at the trick-or-treaters. Slam the door when you're finished.
KJ
I enjoy seeing the little ones all dressed up in their little costumes..I only had one kid and he was a teen..(he dressed as the ghost on Scream..(orginial..huh?)
Halloween sure has changed over the years. Used to be a ton of kids out and about and was relatively safe.
Oh well. More m&m's for me!
:D
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beladonna,
We don't even turn on our light anymore. It has gotten to be nothing but older teens coming around, and last year we knew of several small children who had their candy stolen from them by these older kids!!
We now help out at our church with a "Fall Festival" on Halloween. There was a great turnout but only younger kids. I don't think any of them were over 9 or 1o!!! Still, we had a great time!!!
It's sad that most parents don't feel safe taking the kids out anymore. What a sign of the times and the society!!
Marlene
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Hello
I agree. We went to a state park that does a hugh Halloween Festival on Oct. 10. It was so much better than last night. The girls were so tired becasue every other house had its lights out. Finally got home after a 2 hour trek and no one came to our house. What is really strange about all this is I live in a really safe, Christian town.....Well maybe that is the problem. Well Happy Halloween anyways.
M
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bela,,,,,,,I had alot of kids I have to say more older ones,,at one time 11 kids came to the door,,,,,and tryed for seconds,,,as i give the kids i'm eating the candy also....lol,,,,,,when i was a kid,,,we filled those pillow cases up and cryed with toothaches the next day!!!!!!!!
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hahaha- there werent many ppl out and about last night for halloween here in canada either... but- there's one main reason: it was -17 celsius!!! (reallly really cold!!) ... but - me and about 10 of my friends went out and had a blast... then we had hot chocolate , watched a movie, and we were awake till 3:15a.m. ... (which sucked- because i had LAJ dress rehearsal at 9 am!!)
KJ
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We haven't had trick or treaters for years because we lived so far back off the main road. This year we are in a new house in a fairly young neighborhood, so I bought a TON of candy. I decorated the house and the yard,expecting lots of kids. We did not get even one, so now all that chocolate is just going to get spread on my hips. Bummer :mad:
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Well, Im sad to see the era of trick or treaters ending..at least for most of us. I always thought it was fun.
With the exception of ARL, who had a gazillion kids..lol..seems most of us were left holding and eating the candy..
Now, I must go and jump on my elliptical..
:rolleyes:
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We didn't get one trick or treater! I don't know if the fact that we turned off every light in the house, lit a tiny candle and had a glass of wine in almost total darkness had any thing to do with it! :D
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hahaha- cathy- was there maybe more of a reason than that?? was the house shaking? or weird noises coming from inside??
heehee
KJ
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Too funny Kimberlyjoy!!:D :D :D
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Originally posted by beladonna
Well, Im sad to see the era of trick or treaters ending..at least for most of us. I always thought it was fun.
With the exception of ARL, who had a gazillion kids..lol..seems most of us were left holding and eating the candy..
Now, I must go and jump on my elliptical..
:rolleyes:
Not so fast!
We had a lot of kids! Also had great weather (about 65 Degrees FH) which is not typical here in the north east. My 3 1/2 year old who was dressed like the cutest kitty, spent about 3-4 hr.'s trick or treating. She had such a blast!
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Thats great Steve,
I bet your daughter was adorable.
I always get a kick out of kids costumes...No matter what they are.
Nice to hear the holiday is still alive.
I may have to borrow some kids next year and take them around. next year. ;)
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We only had 2 groups of small kids. So disappointing. I used to dress up with my sons and go out all night long. One year I sewed nylons stuffed with pillow filling to look like intestines hanging out of my son's body. I rigged a ball on a string painted to look like an eyeball hanging from his face. We rigged a hatchet in his head with fake blood coming from everywhere. My little guy was a surgeon, equally gruesome. (They are 19 & 25 now and so totally normal. Thank God.) One year I hosted a haunted house in town, 750 people attended. We had a funeral home, an evil dentist, a demented classroom. What happened to good old Halloween???
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Donna,
You still had one more than we did....yep that's right, not one showed up to our house. Gosh darn it..I guess I'm gonna have to all those Reese's myself. ;)
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We too had quite a few kids out. The older ones didn't show up until later. We dressed up our bassett hound in his tux and he met the kids at the door. My wife and I had a blast with all of the kids. It was cold here also, but the kids still had a good time it seemed.
Paul
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Well Chaim, Guess with all the no shows, we can enjoy the extra goodies...I usually bring mine in to work...My co-workers..who constantly diet, hate me for it.
Paul,
Bassett hound with the Tux sounds great. Now, that is an original. Does he fetch your slippers with the tux on? Kind of like your own little butler...
:D
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Marlene.
Its good to see you here again..Its been awhile..welcome back!
:D
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We live to far out in the country to get any trick or treaters! I miss them!
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I found this one the net- thought it was pretty funny!! lol
20 Ways To Confuse Trick Or Treaters
~~1~~
Give away something other than candy (Toothpicks, golf balls, bags of sand, etc.).
~~2~~
Wait behind the door until some people come. When they get near the door, jump out, wearing a costume, and holding a bag, and yell, "Trick or Treat!" Look at them, scratch your head, and act confused.
~~3~~
Fill a briefcase with marbles and crackers. Write on it, "Top Secret" in big letters. When trick-or-treaters come, look around suspiciously, say, "It's about time you got here," give them the briefcase, and quickly shut the door.
~~4~~
Get about 30 people to wait in your living room. When trick-or-treaters come to the door, say, "Come in." When they do, have everyone yell, "Surprise!!!" Act like it's a surprise party.
~~5~~
Get everyone who comes to the door to come in and see if they can figure out what's wrong with your dishwasher. Insist that it makes an unnatural "whirring" sound.
~~6~~
After you give them candy, hand the trick-or-treaters a bill.
~~7~~
Open the door dressed as a giant fish. Immediately collapse, and don't move or say anything until the trick-or-treaters go away.
~~8~~
When you answer the door, hold up one candybar, throw it out into the street, and yell, "Crawl for it!"
~~9~~
When you answer the door, look at the trick-or-treaters, act shocked and scared, and start screaming your head off. Slam the door and runaround the house, screaming until they go away.
~~10~~
Insist that the trick-or-treaters each do ten push-ups before you give them any candy.
~~11~~
Hand out menus to the trick-or-treaters and let them order their candy. Keep asking if anyone wants to see the wine list.
~~12~~
Get a catapult. Sit on your porch and catapult pumpkins at anyone who comes within 50 yards of your house.
~~13~~
When people come to the door, jump out a nearby window, crashing through the glass, and run as far away from your house as you can.
~~14~~
Answer the door dressed as a pilgrim. Stare at the trick-or-treaters for a moment, pretend to be confused, and start flipping through a calendar.
~~15~~
Instead of candy, give away colored eggs. If anyone protests, explain that the eggs are the only thing you had left over from Easter.
~~16~~
Answer the door dressed as a dentist. Angrily give the trick-or-treaters a two-hour lecture on tooth decay.
~~17~~
Answer the door with a mouthful of M & M's and several half-eaten candy bars in your hands. Act surprised, and close the door. Open it again in a few seconds, and insist that you don't have any candy.
~~18~~
Hand out cigarettes and bottles of asprin.
~~19~~
Put a crown on a pumpkin and put the pumpkin on a throne on your porch. Insist that all of the trick-or-treaters bow before The Great Pumpkin.
~~20~~
Dress up like a bunny rabbit. Yell and curse from the moment you open the door, and angrily throw the candy at the trick-or-treaters. Slam the door when you're finished.
KJ
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