I gave up parties, going out, and friends, in favor of staying home with my son. I quite like it, and I think he does as well. We just moved to a new place that has private entrances to the units. Also, I’ve noticed a good amount of kids in the neighborhood. I figured that there would be at least some amount of trick or treating.

I ended up picking up a bag of 210pc fun-size Hershey, Reese’s , and KitKats—ya know, the good stuff—at BJ’s the other day. Also, I got some Halloween light decorations to get their attention as well. I was going to chill out front with a Pikachu costume on, passing out candy. I love kids. Engaging with them, making them laugh or feel cool is so much fun for me.

I have no idea when it would start around here, so I setup a webcam in one of the windows with a live view, so that my son and I could watch scary movies until kids start coming around. Not a single one. I don’t mean that they skipped my place. It was like a ghost town. So now I have a bowl of like 175 pieces of candy. I’m going to take most of it to work, otherwise I will eat it.

My son grew out of trick treating at a very early age. He really looked up to my younger brother, and when lil bro was done with costumes, so was my boy. Darn it.

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[–] 12 points 1 week ago* (7 children)

I did a tally this year - 26 trick or treaters. Last year we had closer to 50, and it wasn't 1)the weekend 2) Daylight savings cutover.

The only thing I can think of is that most kids last year were driven from house to house, and gas prices are insane compared to 2025.

We plan to put out all the extra candy for delivery drivers/USPS employees. That way we don't eat all the extra and some adults get candy too.

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    Yeaaaaah.

    On my street there's about 25 single family houses, and maybe three (including me) hand out candy. Most of the homeowners seem to either be retired, or with kids in college.

    We resort to putting our house on the nextdoor "treat map" to try and get traffic - but at most a parent may slowly drive behind their kids as they walk from the one house three doors down to ours, then pick them up for the stop.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    Putting the candy out for delivery/USPS drivers is a cool move!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    It also lets us do science! For instance, based on last year's results, nobody who delivers to our address likes Three Musketeers, so this year we made sure to avoid multipacks containing that candy.

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