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debm55

(53,943 posts)
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 05:21 PM Oct 31

How is your flow of trick or treaters coming to your house? Mine so far, not much.

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How is your flow of trick or treaters coming to your house? Mine so far, not much. (Original Post) debm55 Oct 31 OP
It's 37F and raining. Nada. Don't expect anybody. Ocelot II Oct 31 #1
It.s very windy here, Thank you Ocelot II. debm55 Oct 31 #2
Bucks, PA very gusty winds FalloutShelter Oct 31 #3
HAHHAHHAHAHAH. Have you bought your favorite candy just in case. It's raining now with the wind. Happy Halloween. debm55 Oct 31 #10
Do I have candy? FalloutShelter Oct 31 #18
And what do plan on doing with rest???? Thank you FalloutShelter. debm55 Oct 31 #22
Offload at the gym. FalloutShelter Oct 31 #24
I gave out dollar bills. multigraincracker Oct 31 #32
Sounds like you had lots of fun. FalloutShelter Oct 31 #33
For real??? Thank you multigraincracker. You sound like a great neighbor to have. debm55 Oct 31 #34
The street behind me has a big party maptap22 Oct 31 #4
thank you maptap22. Enjoy yourself and have a great time. Happy Halloween debm55 Oct 31 #11
Consistent with previous years. Dale in Laurel MD Oct 31 #5
Thank you very much, Dale in Laurel MD. We used to get tons of kids. They have grown up and no longer trick or treat. debm55 Oct 31 #12
Zero, I have had zero each of the last 5 years remo ymor Oct 31 #6
One just came house to house on a motorcycle. Thank you remo ymor. Happy Halloween. debm55 Oct 31 #13
Zero here as well. Diamond_Dog Oct 31 #7
Bummer, Thank you very much, Diamond_Dog. Happy Halloween. debm55 Oct 31 #20
Zero, as always. SheltieLover Oct 31 #8
Oh my, Thank you SheltieLover and have a great evening. Happy Halloween. debm55 Oct 31 #19
About 50-60 so far. Cuties! Nt spooky3 Oct 31 #9
Wow!!!!! That's a lot. Were you ready for them--candywise???? Thanks spooky and Happy Halloween. debm55 Oct 31 #17
Yes, we had lots of candy. Will probably get a wave of older kids 8-9 pm. nt spooky3 Oct 31 #25
We have received 6 trick or treaters this evening Niagara Oct 31 #14
Thank you very much, Niagara. Happy Halloweeen. debm55 Oct 31 #15
Absolutely! Happy Halloween, Debbie Niagara Oct 31 #16
Forty Something With 45 Minutes To Go ProfessorGAC Oct 31 #21
We have ours from 6 to 8. We had 10. The weather is windy and light rain. Forty something is pretty good. Happy debm55 Oct 31 #23
My urologist True Dough Oct 31 #26
And the fickle finger of fate??? debm55 Oct 31 #35
I always encourage True Dough Oct 31 #36
Zero PJMcK Oct 31 #27
Thank you very much.PJMcK. You are a very kind and generous person. debm55 Oct 31 #37
Just tallied 50 a few minutes ago, in 18 separate groups. 3catwoman3 Oct 31 #28
Hahahahahha. love the cats, Thank you for sharing, 3catwoman3, You are a very kind and generous person.Happy debm55 Oct 31 #38
Small town Kansas very few if any kiddies. I live in a Senior Retirement apt complex, don't expect any... wcmagumba Oct 31 #29
Thank you very much wcwagumba for sharing that memory. Did the Senior Retirement complex have any Halloween activities? debm55 Oct 31 #39
Nope, all locked up this time of day...We oldies around here stay home but me being a night owl I'll be up late... wcmagumba Oct 31 #41
Thank you. debm55 Oct 31 #43
We have rain and 50 mph wind gusts. BlueKota Oct 31 #30
Thank you very much, BlueKota, We had 10 treaters but it was also very windy and light rain. Happy Halloween. debm55 Oct 31 #40
Slightly less but BOSSHOG Oct 31 #31
Thank you, BOSSHOG . It was very windy and rainy here in Pittsburgh. The coldest we had was was in 1973. My son was debm55 Oct 31 #42
I rarely have any trick or treaters come by. LogDog75 Oct 31 #44
thank you very much, LogDog75. That was very kind of you, debm55 Nov 1 #45

FalloutShelter

(14,082 posts)
3. Bucks, PA very gusty winds
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 05:26 PM
Oct 31

Just past dark and no kids so far. Hope we get some.
I’m hungry.

JUST KIDDING…. NO REALLY
JUST KIDDING.
Happy 🎃 Halloween!

debm55

(53,943 posts)
10. HAHHAHHAHAHAH. Have you bought your favorite candy just in case. It's raining now with the wind. Happy Halloween.
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 06:25 PM
Oct 31

FalloutShelter

(14,082 posts)
18. Do I have candy?
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 06:40 PM
Oct 31

My candy has candy.
So far about thirteen kids. Usually have about sixty by this time.

FalloutShelter

(14,082 posts)
24. Offload at the gym.
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 06:58 PM
Oct 31

No kidding… the gym my husband goes to for classes keeps a candy bowl.

Can’t make it up. Enjoy the rest of Halloween Deb.

multigraincracker

(36,793 posts)
32. I gave out dollar bills.
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 07:54 PM
Oct 31

Lots of ohhhs and awwws. Had 33 kids from 6:20 to 7:30.
I had a balls, lots of my dad jokes. Parents left happy and thankful.
I had a ball, wearing my Groucho glasses and Dairy Doo ball cap.
Looking forward to next year. But, might make it half dollars.

maptap22

(244 posts)
4. The street behind me has a big party
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 05:28 PM
Oct 31

They close down the street for Halloween. 👻 It’s wild - trick or treaters, live music, popcorn machines, adult beverages. I don’t bother getting candy because everyone heads over there. My first year, I had tons of candy and waited but no one came 😞.

Dale in Laurel MD

(781 posts)
5. Consistent with previous years.
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 05:33 PM
Oct 31

During the 47 years we've lived at this house, the total number of trick-or-treaters remains steadfastly at zero.

debm55

(53,943 posts)
12. Thank you very much, Dale in Laurel MD. We used to get tons of kids. They have grown up and no longer trick or treat.
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 06:30 PM
Oct 31

Happy Halloween.

remo ymor

(1,039 posts)
6. Zero, I have had zero each of the last 5 years
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 05:41 PM
Oct 31

I don't expect any tonight. No children live in my small rural neighborhood and I don't expect any to be driven over here. Not enough houses to make it worth while.

Diamond_Dog

(39,471 posts)
7. Zero here as well.
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 06:06 PM
Oct 31

We live on a busy road with no sidewalks and my driveway is long. We never get any trick or treaters.

SheltieLover

(75,580 posts)
8. Zero, as always.
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 06:07 PM
Oct 31

Kids in the Memphis region don't trick or treat. Prob afraid to knock on doors or eat what they might be given.

Very strange region.

debm55

(53,943 posts)
17. Wow!!!!! That's a lot. Were you ready for them--candywise???? Thanks spooky and Happy Halloween.
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 06:39 PM
Oct 31

Niagara

(11,271 posts)
14. We have received 6 trick or treaters this evening
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 06:36 PM
Oct 31

On average we generally received only 3.


There's a half hour left on the trick or treat hours.

🎃

ProfessorGAC

(75,521 posts)
21. Forty Something With 45 Minutes To Go
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 06:43 PM
Oct 31

It was pretty busy from 5 to 6. Probably got 90% of trick or treaters in that hour.
Since then only a few.
Really nice weather for it, too. I expected a bigger turnout.

debm55

(53,943 posts)
23. We have ours from 6 to 8. We had 10. The weather is windy and light rain. Forty something is pretty good. Happy
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 06:52 PM
Oct 31

Halloween, ProfessorGAC.

PJMcK

(24,516 posts)
27. Zero
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 07:32 PM
Oct 31

Our house is in a very rural area of the Catskills and it is no good for trick-or-teating. The houses are pretty far apart, there aren't sidewalks and it's dark at night.

We contributed to the local community center for their kids Halloween party last weekend and we bought a "goodie bag" from the high school kids ($25 for the food pantry).

When I was a teenager, my friends and I dressed up and trick-or-treated for Unicef. Good times!

3catwoman3

(28,367 posts)
28. Just tallied 50 a few minutes ago, in 18 separate groups.
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 07:34 PM
Oct 31

We had M&Ms, Reese's PB cups, mini milk chocolate bars that I get from my UU church because they are fair trade and no child labor involved, and Skittles for those allergic to peanuts. There are always a few peanut-allergic kids, and they are typically very pleased that someone has thought about that.

Our cats beat feet into the basement everytime someone knocked on the door, so they got a fair amount of exercise this evening.

debm55

(53,943 posts)
38. Hahahahahha. love the cats, Thank you for sharing, 3catwoman3, You are a very kind and generous person.Happy
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 08:19 PM
Oct 31

Halloween.

wcmagumba

(5,392 posts)
29. Small town Kansas very few if any kiddies. I live in a Senior Retirement apt complex, don't expect any...
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 07:34 PM
Oct 31

Not like when I was a kid...all the lights were on and lots of kids...dad took us on a little flat trailer he built pulled by his big green John Deere riding mower with big lights he added on...it was fun then, times have changed...

debm55

(53,943 posts)
39. Thank you very much wcwagumba for sharing that memory. Did the Senior Retirement complex have any Halloween activities?
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 08:23 PM
Oct 31

Happy Halloween. Love, deb.

wcmagumba

(5,392 posts)
41. Nope, all locked up this time of day...We oldies around here stay home but me being a night owl I'll be up late...
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 08:26 PM
Oct 31
Waiting for

BlueKota

(4,988 posts)
30. We have rain and 50 mph wind gusts.
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 07:45 PM
Oct 31

Also the road I live on is not really conducive to safe walking especially for kids. We have a speed limit of 45 mph which barely anyone follows, and only one couple in the houses closest to me have a child. So I have zero trick or treaters.

The road was much safer when I was little and there were several of us kids, but we never had many trick or treaters. I asked some of the neighbors I rode the bus with why, and they said it was because they were afraid of our German Shepherd at the time, even though he never bit anyone.



debm55

(53,943 posts)
40. Thank you very much, BlueKota, We had 10 treaters but it was also very windy and light rain. Happy Halloween.
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 08:25 PM
Oct 31

debm55

(53,943 posts)
42. Thank you, BOSSHOG . It was very windy and rainy here in Pittsburgh. The coldest we had was was in 1973. My son was
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 09:44 PM
Oct 31

dressed as a Power Ranger --can't remember the color. It snowed and he fell down the front steps of our porch. We took him to the ER and he spent Halloween there. BUT he had all the candy we were supposed to give out. Happy Halloween.

LogDog75

(1,020 posts)
44. I rarely have any trick or treaters come by.
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 11:26 PM
Oct 31

Twenty years ago I got probably 30 - 40 of them but today, nada. I did buy some M&Ms for the 15 month little boy in our condo complex. His mother took him and three of her friends young kids Trick-or-Treating about 4 pm and I made sure to gie them some candy. In our small city, the businesses in a four bloc area give out candy from 3:30 - 7:30 pm and that's where most of the parents take their kids. We do have one street that closes off both ends of the street so kids can Trick-or-Treat safely.

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