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Used to be I was crazy-busy on Halloween carving pumpkins, walking kids around the neighborhood, fixing costumes, watching those not old enough to go out, yadda yadda yadda.
Now I got one kid driving herself to a party and two others walking the neighborhood on their own trying to get as much candy as humanly possible - on their own.
I'm left here to dole out candy, drink wine and spam the board.
We are in a similar situation. Different, but nice. Also, we're just outside of a very busy Halloween town, nobody stops here when the pickings are so good in town, so its even quieter. If I didn't have a calendar, or hear about it on the radio, I'd never know that it was Halloween tonight.
Chuck, last night I was on the opposite end of things. I don't think I sat down until 9:30 when I finally got to roast my own campfire hot dog. I trick-or-treated about 2 miles, the last 3/4 of a mile whith a 5 year old white tiger on my shoulders. By the time my group was tired enough to give up on collecting candy, and I got the fire pit ging and all the kids set roasting hot dogs the rest of the neighborhood was done trick-or-treating too. I didn't get a chance to hand out one peice of candy (don't worry, I left an honor system bowl of candy out on the porch). It's too bad too because here in St. Louis, kids tell jokes to get candy. The next day work conversation is always about the best and worst halloween jokes you heard the night before.
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My 3rd grade daughter is getting more discerning in her trick-or-treating. She used to want to scour the neighborhood until cold and tired, getting as much loot as possible, but now she's satisfied doing a two-block sweep and then coming home to hand out candy herself. I think she's just getting wise to our business agreement: she keeps a dozen of her favorite pieces, and then we pay her $5 for the rest (or she gives it to the candy-for-troops program), so why walk for an hour when you can cut the time in half for the same payoff!
Our neighborhood is a big destination on our end of town. We live on an approximately 4 square block flat spot near an elementary school on an otherwise very hilly area, AND we have sidewalks. Folks are pretty generous, too, sometimes handing out full candybars and drinks for the parents (not at our house!). If we didn't turn out the lights at 9:00, they'd keep coming.
So, Chuck, are you saying that you didn't dress up as Zombie Lacrosse Coach?
Hmmm, mixing jokes with Halloween- an interesting concept. Here's the funny one I read yesterday....
Excerpt from a doctor's autopsy report on a 52 year-old white man: "Cause of death- patient laid down the boogie and played that funky music till he died."
I left an honor system bowl of candy out on the porch
Does that work for you? Here, the first kids to the bowl just empty it and everyone else just sees an empty bowl.
No smashed pumpkins in the road this morning!!
Yep Chuck there are a number ouf houses in my subdivision that do this if they are not going to be home (some with some pretty nice stuff too). It works out fine; Though I have thought about putting out an empty bowl and sign and keeping the candy for myself.
Mark, it is a St. Louis thing (and a few other towns I have heard of). I think they may also do it in Des Moines. every kid tells a joke or riddle before they get candy. Over the years I have learned a ton of jokes and if I know the answer to a riddle I tell the kid they have to give me candy (joking of course). The older kids have to keep trying until they stump me or give up (if they give up they get candy anyway).
Last year's favorite:
Why does Snoop Dogg wear a rain coat?
Fer-drizzle
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Take care of your feet and your feet will take care of you.
So, Chuck, are you saying that you didn't dress up as Zombie Lacrosse Coach?
No, but that is a very good idea. It would go over well.
I just kept my end of the bargain, and did some serious damage to a good bottle of pinot noir. Thus, the stream of annoying posts
