Trick or Treat woes.

[Kyree]

I love Halloween. I love dressing up, and I don't care if people knock on my door who are in their 40's, as long as they're in costume I was 19 when I stopped trick or treating, and I was sad. I had moved into an apartment, and tried putting up a sign in the laundry rooms saying that trick or treaters were welcome at my apartment...no one came. Now that we have our own house...We got 50 kids last year. When I was a kid, there were hundreds in the neighborhood. It's kind of depressing

[wheeitsme]

I'm 21, and I wear a costume on Halloween. Halloween is my favorite holiday, and while I don't go trick-or-treating (my mom never allowed me to do so as a child because she's one of those 'everything is evil!' psycho christian moms who thinks the dark powers of the Snickers gods will corrupt me into being a demonic force-Snickers don't do that, mom, that would be Whoppers) <snip>

Not the Whoppers. Or Malteasers. It's the marshmallow circus peanuts that are evil. Those and the cheap orange and black taffy mixes.

[Lady_Pigeon]

Ah, yes, Halloween...

There was one year when a carload of late-teens/young college kids stopped outside my house around 10-ish at night. They were all in costume, very polite, and wandered around the neighborhood looking for handout stragglers like myself. Considering we lived less than 2 miles from the local university, it made sense at the time.

And yes, I was the one who had to be dragged back inside about 11 pm since it was "late for kids to be going around for candy".

Hubs did the candy handing last year, since I was at work. This year it's my turn to be outside with our black cat. (Yes, he'll be safe and watched, and at the first sign of evil--erm, distress he's going back inside. )

[Amina516]

Im actually surprised some people trick or treat at ages past 13 or so. Around here, people will straight out refuse to give you candy if youre older (or seem older, sorry tall kids ), its been that way since I can remember. My sons is 11 and this is his last year, he's said.

[MoonCat]

Darn, after all this discussion, now I want to dress up for Halloween! Wonder what's in my closet...

[KellyHabersham]

Im actually surprised some people trick or treat at ages past 13 or so. Around here, people will straight out refuse to give you candy if youre older (or seem older, sorry tall kids ), its been that way since I can remember. My sons is 11 and this is his last year, he's said.

My siblings and I all trick-or-treated until we were out of high school........the one time I recall someone refusing to give us candy, it was when we were trick-or-treating with a cousin on her street, and one of her neighbors aparently had a policy of only giving candy to kids who lived in that direct area.

[Food Lady]

My Halloween costume takes absolutely no effort at all. All I need to do is put on a tye-dye t-shirt, a pair of old raggedy jeans and my old birkenstocks or go barefoot. Voila, I'm a dirty hippie. Peace man.

Isn't that what you always wear? :P

I have 2 costumes I sewed myself, one of which is maybe 15 years old and I have tons of stuff to wear if I want to go as a dancer (in rehearsal or class). One day I will have to figure out how to be a tornado. I just never have time. At any rate trick-or-treat is for kids and parties are for adults.

[Pixilated]

Weird. Over in my neck of the woods, thrift stores are busy on Halloween. One person in the group I went with to the party last night managed to put together a Flynn Ryder costume.

Sadly, some people just lack imagination. What I was really surprised at was the small-kid costumes that, as of Friday, were still hanging there. I mean, if you've got a four-to-five-year-old, and you can't afford an expensive store-bought costume (or just don't want to blow a wad of dough on one!) we had lots of them, for (by Friday) maybe 50 cents.
A few months ago I took home several items that just screamed "Seventies!!" and laundered them and stored them in my closet. They went on the costume rack. I think a couple of them were actually bought, although the long, harvest-gold dress wasn't ...

I HATE working halloween at my work (McDs). We ALWAYS get kids coming up there trick or treating (and we are NOT by any houses or other businesses, we are kind of on a corner by ourselves). We do not participate in the trick or treating, do not have candy, do not have any signs indicating that we are doing anything. We don't even decorate. Makes for some awkward conversations about our lack of candy. And no, I will not put a free cheeseburger in your kid's bag. And no, I will not give your 17 yr old ass free fries for it being halloween and you know the words "trick or treat".
Both of these examples have really happened in years prior.

Free cheeseburger?! Really?? Wow, entitlement much ...?

[Yarnil]

:'( We don't do 'Trick or Treat' here. We do someting like it at St. Maarten, in some parts of the Netherlands, but thats just walking with lampoons, not dressing up.

But there's hope...Halloween starts to get here. It's just parties or so (We went to a 'haunted castle' last weekend, it was fun) but maybe in the future...... hopes, hopes.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Isn't that what you always wear? :P

I don't wear tye-dyes every day.

Otherwise, yeah, kinda.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I stopped trick or treating when I was twelve, cuz I just didn't want to do it any more and in any case, my parents bought me a bag of sweets so that I'd have some for Halloween. XD

I adore dressing up in costume for Halloween, and I'm thirty two. ^^

[siead_lietrathua]

doubting we will get any trick or treaters other than the kids across the street, by which i mean my parents.
but i stil rocked the house as best i could this year. i don't decorate for the kids, i do it cuz i love the holiday

and yes, i dress up every year. one of the few occasions i can wear my favorite clothes without getting the evil eye from old ladies..... ok.. well as many old ladies.

[Treasure]

I am the O N L Y person in my apt complex that has decorated (the outside) for Halloween - I have black-light reactive spider webbing, and little pumpkins with faces drawn on them, votive candles (in cups) black-lights, and a window(sliding glass door) scene - all that just on my little balcony/porch... then by my front door, I have a sign that says "best witches" and in my kitchen window looking out, i have these little gummy window clings that say's "the witch is in"

Today I dressed up before going to work, in a black wrap dress and jewelry, oh an I painted my face/neck/cleavage green... and I have pointed hat.... When I get off work, I have to shower (get all the green off) and figure out what I am wearing downtown....

[maskedpuppy]

Holy Jackolanterns I did not expect this post to get this many replies. D:

Also, just to clarify, I don't have a problem with adults or older teens dressing up and taking their younger kids/siblings/friends trick or treating. I'll give 'em candy if they're chaperoning small children or even if they've dressed up REALLY nicely in costumes that obviously took a lot of work. But that group of six nineteen year olds wearing Scream masks and jeans? Nope. Buh bye. XD

I'm only 20, so I don't think I'm some jaded old lady being grumpy at the kids, but I know I would rather go to a Halloween party and eat candy with my peers and friends that we bought ourselves rather than going around in the freezing cold and begging for candy from strangers. That part of the holiday seems to be for children to me.

[Andara Bledin]

The last time I went ToTing I was ... 25, I think.

The crew would have our little party, give out candy (and scare the crap out of kids), then when the kids stopped coming by we'd go out and hit the houses that still had their porch lights on/front doors open.

Every so often, somebody would empty their candy bowl with us, 'cause they'd rather not have it there tempting them.

^-.-^