We live in the country and only our Grandkids come here.Where my older boy lives,,they have a big field just outside of town.About thirty or fourty of the folks Drive their Trucks out in the field and they do a "Truck Or Treat" for the kids.Kids go truck to truck getting candy,,and they can run around the field playing.They did it Sunday during the day so its safe for the kids.

9.1 billion in candy sales went somewhere Angela.

Yep and in another 20 -30 years that will be those kids good old days. We adults moan about the loss of what we knew as great fun. Just like our parents before us did. Saturday I noticed there was a Trick or Trunk in the church parking lot down the street. Little one dressed up running around the lot and church yard. Even if the world goes belly up like so many people think it will. That day in the parking lot might be some person good old days.

Mac

Our trunk-er-treat churchs and YMCA had over 1000 kids. Nearly every kid in 50 mile. At home we have dropped by about 70 %

I know yow to fix that.......

Friend of a friend just got sucker punched 2 days ago in st cloud and had his jaw broke in 3 places. St clouds not what it used to be.

I think you're at least half right about this - probably more. I sure loved Halloween when I was a kid. What an exciting party! It was risky and scary and maybe a little dangerous and thrilling.

Still, I guess Halloween is about second to Christmas when it comes to sales for retailers - so overall I think Halloween is bigger than ever. But nowadays I think it's less about kids trick-or-treating and more about adults getting drunk and women dressing like (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman). Maybe the grown kids of yesteryear who got the thrill of wearing scary costumes and carving pumpkins are still trying to recreate the thrills and risky behavior of their childhood.

I didn't check, but I heard Charlie Brown's "Great Pumpkin" special wasn't on TV last night. Too bad. Traditions like that used to unite us as a nation and culture.

They have been slowly trying to divide us for a long time. One is by fading out traditions & holidays. Time for a new "they"

Haven't had a t or t'r in over 40 years, most parents and kids go to the heavily built up neighborhoods, much more efficient , lol

Wife still buys candy, just in case, but it's stuff that we'll eat. Though at the price of candy now it's almost cheaper to hand out dollar bills!

My mom had over 600 at her house last night. Upper michigan

We had about 30 kids. A little more than last year, considerably more than the last 5, but way less than 25 yrs ago when my kids were little. In our case I'd definitely say it is the neighborhood turnover scenario. Recently there are lots of older neighbors passing and young families moving in. At 60 we are one of the older couples now, but, as Sam Elliot said in We Were Soldiers, "Any of you sumbitches calls me grandpa, ill kill ya". Lol just kidding of course, but I always liked the line, and Elliott delivered it perfectly. Arrowsmith

I was so disappointed last night on my way home. Only one kid on the road. I told my wife it looked like we were under an air raid, almost a total blackout. All the houses that were welcoming when my kids were young, and even the ones with decorations out, were all dark. Kids can't have fun if the adults don't participate.

We have lived in the same small unincorporated village for 46 years and the decline is almost straight down since the early 1980s. Not uncommon in the late 70s to have over 100 kids in the 3 hour time frame. The last 5 years we have averagd about 8 kids. Every town or village has slightly different time frames so they can hit up a lot of places and parents are driving them to almost all the places. The bigger towns the kids can stop at a lot of houses in say a half mile of streets, where as here they would only have a quarter of that number or less. I guess they or their parents are getting more efficient about the return on their time and effort. Also gone are most families with several kids in the family.

Bryce

I believe that is the answer to Trapper Keck's question about the lack of trick or treaters.

I was at a meeting last night. I brought up the very same question. I was told by several ladies that now there is Trunk or Treat. I asked what is that? Parents get together with their cars parked and fill their trunks with candy. The kids in their costumes go from car to car filling their bags with goodies. In one lady's town she said there were close to 70 cars. I live near a town of about 1400 population. I learned that there were 18 cars in that little town.

It's considered a safer option for the kids is what I was told.

Yep

Pine City had a lot of kids

Yeah, to trunk or treat events!

On a bright note, I am down to 26 full-size candy bars today.

Im gaining weight just looking at a bowl of candy left from Halloween.Kit Kats and Peanut Butter Cups mostly.I LUV both of those and can see myself breaking down soon.Wish me luck.

We always bluy candies we like so we can chow down on the left overs!

Bryce