How many trick-or-treaters did you get?

Webhead1968 · November 1, 2006 1:42AM

The numbers a dramatically down from when I was a kid, How was it by you?

lawnmowerman · November 1, 2006 1:44AM

zero!

Griffins · November 1, 2006 1:46AM

about 100. Up from the last few years, but down a bit from 5-7 years ago.
Weather was good in LA, that helped.

drewsef · November 1, 2006 1:46AM

35 or so, would have been more if I didn't live on a cul de sac

Brian48 · November 1, 2006 1:48AM

The number of kids went up for me.

We just renovated our house and added a second floor. Now it's the best looking home in the neighborhood so I suppose everyone wanted a peek.

zef204 · November 1, 2006 1:56AM

zero as well.

phreakydancin · November 1, 2006 2:01AM

Zero. We live at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac on a street with no kids. Usually we get one or two parties stopping by, but nothing this year.

PlayBall · November 1, 2006 2:14AM

We only got about 10. It doesn't help that the neighbors on my street turn off their lights and hide in their basements all night. That doesn't give kids much incentive to come down our street. All the action in my town happens in a place called Fischer Woods. It's an upscale development that probably draws about 2000-2500 kids. Giving out candy is basically an assembly line.

FavreFan1971 · November 1, 2006 2:23AM

We had well over 250. We have a local church that you give $$ to and they buy all the candy. The city blocks off the streets and the kids go nuts. I had a bonfire, the Colts Broncos game on and an open bar for the parents that came up. For some reason I was the most popular house

Stone193 · November 1, 2006 2:30AM

I like to scare the crap out of the little boogers.

Treat comes at a price on my block.

EagleEyeKid · November 1, 2006 2:44AM

I'm hoping none. I went out and saw a movie.

Goodsport40 · November 1, 2006 2:45AM

Only two this year with enough candy for 100!

Robert

Bunker · November 1, 2006 2:47AM

My wife and I moved a 1/2 mile from where we used to live about a month ago. In our "old" house we had about 20, this year we had close to 300, needless to say we were not prepared and had to go get more candy within the first 20 minutes.

80sJunkie · November 1, 2006 2:47AM

Well I cleaned house and gave out candy and packs of cards seems like i had alot of boys coming back twice

overall had about 150 or so

zef204 · November 1, 2006 2:48AM

<< Well I cleaned house and gave out candy and packs of cards seems like i had alot of boys coming back twice

overall had about 150 or so >>

Great Idea! I have tons of garbage packs and will do that sometime in the future.

Stone193 · November 1, 2006 3:20AM

When I was a kid, we used to get packs of BB cards from some of the neighbors.

When I was little - I felt cheated - when I got a bit older - I thought it was cool.

mike

AkbarClone · November 1, 2006 3:28AM

Zero--like it has been for 3 of the last 4 years. I have found that the trick is to go ahead and buy some candy--then no one will come and I can snack on the candy myself. That one year in the last 4 when I didn't buy any--sure enough that was the time I had multiple visits.

gameusedhoop · November 1, 2006 3:43AM

200-300. I am in Salem, Massachusetts. Most that come here are under 14, everyone else is up the street about a quarter mile with the other 60,000. We have 40,000 living here and 60,000 to 100,000 on Halloween. Normally the weather is chilly about 30-40 degrees, last 2 years it has been 70 and 65 degrees. It really brings out the crazies.

lostdart58 · November 1, 2006 3:59AM

......just one......................he was dressed like Will Farrell and was banging a damn cowbell!!!!!........................

RipublicaninMass · November 1, 2006 4:04AM

one ninja loked like he was 17 years old

Knuckles · November 1, 2006 4:06AM

got zero, damn condo living.

larryallen73 · November 1, 2006 4:10AM

50-60?

coachh · November 1, 2006 5:13AM

About 40.

cohocorp · November 1, 2006 5:24AM

just 3. i think the rest were afraid of the "beware of rottweilers" signs. i have two rotties. but i did sit outside with my chick so i could meet them at the perimeter fence. the dogs were inside. nonetheless only got 3.

Tabe · November 1, 2006 5:58AM

<< one ninja loked like he was 17 years old >>

Back when I was in high school, I helped my parents give out candy - because I was too old to go out myself. Invariably, we'd get "kids" that were 18,19, 20+ years old. And not exactly the types that you'd say "nah, you're too old" to, either

Tabe

magellan · November 1, 2006 8:13AM

not a one.......we sit back from the road-probably kinda spooky and neither of us got home until well after dark.

Knuckles · November 1, 2006 8:19AM

I had to stop going very early because people thought I was way older than I was due to my height... they would give me nothing and tell me that I shouldn't be trick or treating any more! Guess I can't blame them, with a mask on and all I probably looked like an 18 year old.

nearmint · November 1, 2006 9:47AM

My wife planned for 100, and we got about 40. I've got some eatin' to do!

onlyanumber · November 1, 2006 10:02AM

zero. But my aim is getting better.

roastedcat · November 1, 2006 10:09AM

zero- we had a bowl full of quarters to pass out, but didn't get any trick or treaters on our block...Must be due to the Pumpkin shortage, not many people had pumpkins in the front yard.

fiveniner · November 1, 2006 10:21AM

15

scottopotamus · November 1, 2006 12:01PM

We had about 20-25 kids...about half of which spoke a little of English!

Carew29 · November 1, 2006 12:15PM

A whopping two kids (from the same family). Back in the late 60's i remember filling two pillow cases one night. Going out twice in two different costumes helped

Stone193 · November 1, 2006 12:18PM

When I was a kid - the day after Halloween was All Saints Day - a holy day of obligation - so we had off from school.

Sweet!

NewJerseyMeatHook · November 1, 2006 4:34PM

About 40.

Some little hooligan kicked in the face of my Gene Simmons Jack-O-Lantern.

hardcorehockeyfan · November 1, 2006 5:08PM

No kids! One reason being, kids are so fat nowadays and they are too lazy to walk up my long driveway. Secondly, I do not give out anything, last thing I need is to aid into the growing obesity epidemic in this country!

Webhead1968 · November 1, 2006 7:06PM

Wow, I have to admit I'm shocked about how many 0's there are. I was only home for 20 minutes before I had to run out with my own son to take him trick or treating and we had a few come by. This was my son's first "walking" Halloween and he has never had so much fun try to keep up with the "older" kids while dragging his pumpkin bag around. I guess neighborhoods and attitudes are changing about Halloween. I really miss the days of shaving cream, eggs, candy and scaring people...ahhh the good ol' days!

Munson15 · November 2, 2006 3:23AM

We had about 75...and we gave out the good stuff, no fun size at our house this year!!!!

<< When I was a kid - the day after Halloween was All Saints Day - a holy day of obligation >>

It actually still is.....

Estil · November 2, 2006 3:37AM

For those of you who did get trick or treaters (we did not), I wonder if anyone here ever thought of using really cheap baseball card wax packs (like late 80s/early 90s Topps, Donruss and such) as the treats? I think that would've been really clever and creative! And who knows, it might get a few new collectors into the fold.

Estil · November 2, 2006 3:38AM

<< Wow, I have to admit I'm shocked about how many 0's there are. I was only home for 20 minutes before I had to run out with my own son to take him trick or treating and we had a few come by. This was my son's first "walking" Halloween and he has never had so much fun try to keep up with the "older" kids while dragging his pumpkin bag around. I guess neighborhoods and attitudes are changing about Halloween. I really miss the days of shaving cream, eggs, candy and scaring people...ahhh the good ol' days! >>

TPing, don't forget TPing a house of someone you really didn't like.

Webhead1968 · November 2, 2006 3:43AM

Oh yeah, TPing! They seem to do that now by me to people that they like. It's some kind of football or homecoming thing.

onlyanumber · November 2, 2006 8:34AM

<< For those of you who did get trick or treaters (we did not), I wonder if anyone here ever thought of using really cheap baseball card wax packs (like late 80s/early 90s Topps, Donruss and such) as the treats? I think that would've been really clever and creative! And who knows, it might get a few new collectors into the fold.

>>

I did a few years ago. Damn kids littered my lawn with those cards

I guess if it's not pokemon or magic the gathering, they don't care...

DeutscherGeist · November 2, 2006 12:07PM

A kid kicked the face of a pumkin?--that's not cool at all. If I ever had a kid and he did that, his halloween would stop there and an apology the next day to the home owners.

Giving out cards for Halloween....not so many collectors out there....its too targeted of an audience. At least candy and quarters can be used.

How old is too old to trick or treat? If I saw teenagers at my door front, I would welcome them and give them candy---I have no problem with that.

No one showed up because I live in an apartment in the LA area. Of course, I went to the parade on Santa Monica Blvd where there were a half million people. It was awesome and people get really creative with their costumes. Pirates were big this year (maybe because of the Pirates of the Carribean movie).

Estil · November 3, 2006 6:01AM

<< 

<< For those of you who did get trick or treaters (we did not), I wonder if anyone here ever thought of using really cheap baseball card wax packs (like late 80s/early 90s Topps, Donruss and such) as the treats? I think that would've been really clever and creative! And who knows, it might get a few new collectors into the fold.

>>

I did a few years ago. Damn kids littered my lawn with those cards

I guess if it's not pokemon or magic the gathering, they don't care... >>

Figures.

Why do kids these days have to have these fads as their "hobby" when they could be in sports cards, a time honored tradition for many, many generations of boys and girls for over 120 years? I guess you've got the trading card companies and their $2 minimum packs with 10 cards or less to thank for that.

How can kids today get into the sports card hobby when packs are so much more expensive than they were even 12 years ago? Sometimes I wish it was 1994 in the hobby again; IMO that year they had just the right balance of cheap/middle/expensive product and while you had a pretty good selection, it wasn't an overwhelming selection.

Am I wrong?

How many trick-or-treaters did you get?

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