Now imagine going to all that trouble and not even getting one trick or treater!

Where I grew up in the 80's you could count on a few hundred kids on Halloween night. I heard from someone who lives there now that they expect less than a dozen

If you look at the statistics, there are more white people dying a year than are being born, so if you live in a white neighborhood you will likely continue to see less and less trick or treaters.

https://theconversation.com/childre...ajority-of-kids-in-many-us-states-128499

"Between 2010 and 2018, the number of white children fell by 2.8 million, or 7.1%. In contrast, nonwhite children grew by 6.1%.

In 2018, the last year for which data are currently available, the proportion of people in the U.S. under 18 years of age was just barely more white than nonwhite.

However, children under 11 were more nonwhite than white."

Keith

I had the same number that I always have, ZERO. It could have something to do with all the lights out and hiding in the garage though. I don't like uninvited guests.

You live in Little Mogadishu what do you expect? I don't go to St cloud unless I have to.

Nobody comes out here but we load up the kids (we're down to one trick or treater in the family) and go to town with friends. Halloween is alive and well in the Sooner State.

My SIL had 430 by 7 pm.

We never get any because we live further out of town.

Our town did a business T-or-T downtown and they had a great turn out. Then couple that with a bunch of trunk or treat events the kids really don't need to go door to door.

We go to the town square and Trunk or Treat. Since we are not curmudgeons, we enjoy seeing all the kids in their cute costumes. $75 in candy is ok by me to enjoy the evening out treating the town's kids.

More kids are going to church or business functions like Trunk or Treat. Law enforcement around herehas been encouraging this as there are fewer kids out after dark (safer) and less trouble makers out tricking.

This is exactly what killed Halloween. Everyone running their sissified kids to some church or town square in broad daylight to be given candy by approved candy donors.

Those kids don't even know how much they're missing. They're happy because they get candy but they have no idea how much more fun they would be having running around in the dark, seeing hundreds of hand carved Jack O'Lanterns all lit up, daring each other to go knock on the door of the house all the kids are scared to go to, getting the daylights scared out of them at certain creepily decorated homes, and looking up at the moon to check for witches.

As a kid, the creepy magic of Halloween was second only to the warm magic of Christmas. I sure feel sorry for kids today.

LOL. They still go house to house but our house is off the beaten path so we go where the kids are.

Wasn't referring to you specifically Jayme, just that trunk or treat nonsense in general. My mom lives in populated area in a rural town just swarming with kids and gets zero trick or treaters. They all get driven to the trunk or treat events at the churches around here.

I see.

Before we were married, I used to go to girlfriend/fiancé’s house. She would wear a costume and give out candy to a couple hundred kids. Later I would help her remove her costume.
In 40 some years of living in a rural area, not one trick or treater.

Wow! Look at you go with all your statistics and crap!

I live out in the country and the kids all go into the nearest village to trick or treat, it's six or seven miles away. Two families of kids did show up from two local farms. One family has seven and the other two.

I have never had any trick or treaters. But ever since I moved out on my own I have lived in the country. No kids want to walk 1/4 mile between houses.

We used to take the kids to our grandparents neiborhoods. Nice up scale homes in great areas but since we moved to the farm we have taking them to the state park. This year they spent the evening at the church trunk or treat. I would have been there handing out candy but had to work.

My wife sent me a picture of the boys loot for the evening. I have never seen so much full size good candy. Quite a tall pile. I have no idea why she let them get so much. They will have candy for the next 8 months.

The Mrs. and I spent the evening at a Trunk or Treat put together with the 4 local churches in our smaller rural community of Northern Michigan. 400 attendees from a town of 1900 is quite a gathering and many look forward to it each year.

The cars and trucks and farm wagons were all exquisitely decorated and the event included hay wagon rides through the woods, bonfires, and all manner of fellowship for kids and adults alike. It was fun to gather so much of this town together, pray together as we did for this community of hundreds, and display, if only a few moments, what unity can look like for everyone - adults, children and grandchildren alike in attendance.

Me, I ate about 15 brats and 8 bags of popcorn.

Besides, the door to door candy thing isn't even 100 years old.... basically started with the marketing gurus of the 1950's... so times change.
And I don't miss my truck getting egged EVERY YEAR and witnessing such a waste of fine toilet paper like we had growing up.

Blessings,
Mark

"waste of fine toilet paper". Lol

I had a terrific turnout in the suburb out west of Mpls Keck…
All smiles, cute kids, innocent fun, nice to see in todays messed up environment. Well worth the sugar.

Some years there were next to zero here, lately the area has turned over with younger parents. Time marches on.

Osky