Six treat-or-treaters. Six.
That's all we had at my house. Admittedly, I live on a sparsely populated street, where apparently not too many households got into the Halloween spirit; most cars in the neighborhood were staying on the lake's main drag, on the other side of my property. But...geez. My front yard rocked...thanks to Fellow Traveler, a host of carved, candle-laden pumpkins glowed in the night at the entrance to my driveway and up to my front door. I'd invested in a couple of green party lights, which I strategically placed in front-window lamps to cast an eerie glow. And -- not to brag, but I had a pretty decent cache of candy and snacks too.
Oh, well. It's a rebuilding year.
We took photos. I'll post them as soon as I find a camera cable.
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We got no beggars either. I really didn't expect any as there were two events open for the children in town. We didn't decorate one whit either, so I'm glad I saved the time and money.
While traveling in Wisconsin last week, I noticed that decorating for Halloween is the BIG IN THING. I don't relate to that at all, but I admit that it could be fun if done with friends.
When I was a kid we used to get over 100 kids out. The neighbourhood was crawling with trick-or-treaters. Now my folks (still in the same home) say they get a handful.
Where we live now we had 13 in total but when I was out with the kids there were a lot more out there they just weren't making it to our section of the block.
Our 3 oldest kids each carved a pumpkin.
We had 3 trick-or-treaters. Hubby dearest claimed that my newly made paper mache jack-O-lanterns and ghosties attracted them. One even commented that our decorations were nice. ;) Living outside of town in a sparsely populated area is a real bummer for a person whose greatest joy on halloween is giving away handfuls of candy.
See, lutheranchik, Outer Podunk must not be as isolated as you think! Even though we live in a thriving So. Cal. suburb, we got 0 trick-or-treaters, as it's quite the hike up the mountain to our house-- not worth it for just one candy bar, even if it's full sized. But down the hill the neighbors had closed off streets for a massive block party that really rocked-- great treats and homemade scary tableaus abounded. The place was packed with 100s of families from nearby inner city area-- one family told us they ran out of candy, even after spending more than $100 to stock up! So I guess it's all location, location, location...
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