Trick

[vaneramos]

I bought a package of 250 lollipops and a package of 40 Tootsie Rolls, intending to hand out one of each to every kid to came trick-or-treating. By 6:40 the Tootsie Rolls were gone, so I started giving two lollipops to each visitor.

The households in our neighbourhood seemed to be trying to outdo one another in decorating for Halloween. There was a giant glowing rooftop pumpkin. Another house had bright orange lights flashing behind all the upstairs windows like the whole place was on fire. Cobwebs and body parts were everywhere, lots of pumpkins but few were carved. "Your pumpkin is really nice," a couple girls said. Even after the troops of small children diminished, the street was a madhouse of people milling around, enjoying the spectacle.

At the end of the evening we had 20 lollipops left. We must have had more than 130 visitors in two hours.

Comments

[apel.livejournal.com]

That's a lot of trick-or-treaters. Did you get any at all in the apartment where you lived before?

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

No. Even at the previous place where I had a street level entrance, I couldn't attract trick or treaters because there were no other houses on my side of the street. I'm making up for at least 15 years of not being able to give out Halloween candy!

[fivecats.livejournal.com]

it was cold and raining just outside of raleighwood. i got home late and saw one family, in costume and in raingear and holding umbrellas -- but we still had zero trick-or-treaters knock on our door.

a record year!

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[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Ironically, here we had the most pleasant Halloween weather I can remember in many years. It was mild enough that I left the front door standing open about half an hour to watch the comings and goings. I suppose the weather encouraged trick or treaters.