Halloween Treat thread

[Kellieintx]

Mmmm.... Reese's....

[luvsluvin]

Our neighborhood is celebrating trick or treat TODAY! (this afternoon) How crazy is that??? LOL

Anyway... I'm stocked up.... lotsa Reeses cups, Butterfingers, Kit Kat bars and Smarties. Who wants to come to my house this afternoon?

[billynomates]

Don't mind the kids coming round with adults but come about 8.00 all the hooligans come out, not bothered about knocking on doors just intent on causing mayhem, they think it's a night when they can cause damage and vandalise all they like and use the excuse 'We're only having a bit of fun on halloween' last year I had a broken window and 4 eggs thrown at another one.

[calgaryjimbo]

We usually get a couple bags of candy for Halloween -- usually something chocolate and yummy. Then we go out for the evening so we don't have to give it to a bunch of kids and can keep it for ourselves.

[calgaryjimbo]

Originally Posted by billynomates

Don't mind the kids coming round with adults but come about 8.00 all the hooligans come out, not bothered about knocking on doors just intent on causing mayhem, they think it's a night when they can cause damage and vandalise all they like and use the excuse 'We're only having a bit of fun on halloween' last year I had a broken window and 4 eggs thrown at another one.

That sucks!

[Niccivan]

Originally Posted by Savannah D

First off... I LOVE Halloween... Always have... When I was a kid I couldn't wait to make or put together a costume and go scrounging for free candy... And heaven help the poor SOB who had other plans, because me and my little crew would come prepared to soap windows, TP houses, etc., should we ring a bell and NOT get an answer... All in good fun of course.

As I got older of course some things changed, but some things stayed the same. I STILL love Halloween, I still love making or putting together my own costume... Actually the only thing that's really changed is my taste in candy...

See, that first year I was at my place (just six short blocks from where I grew up, and where Halloween used to be HUGE) I bought LOADS of standard, garden variety, candy from the grocery store. I must have bought about 30 pounds ... I was actually really looking forward to being the person giving out the candy, and I planed to be the best house in the neighborhood, since I remember how great a really good "score" made me feel when I was a kid. (that and I remember how damn hard it is to scrape Ivory soap, melted with lighter fluid, off windows)

The night arrived, I was in costume with 30 pounds of candy and ready to get into the swing of things....

And, I got just a handful of trick or treaters all night...

Not being big on cheap chocolate and the other garden variety sweets I loved as a kid anymore, most of it got thrown out.

The same thing happened the next year as well... I got all excited, decorated the house, double checked that the porch light was burning bright, carved and put out a jack o lantern, had on my costume for the night, etc, etc, etc.... Another 30 pounds of candy down the drain... (actually, now that I think about it, that year my ex ate most of it ... in a matter of two weeks, with the expected results... I'm not sure which year I was more pissed about actually ... but that's a different story...)

In the last two years I've come up with a much more successful system.

I buy smaller batches of ONLY the chocolate that I actually like. On the 30th I make sure I get a haircut, manicure, etc. Then, on Halloween, around 4pm, I start getting ready like I was about to get married... I shower, shave, etc., and get dressed in my best dark suit, with a nice red shirt, a black tie, I make sure I look and smell great before I answer the door, even though this means getting undressed and then into costume at 10pm when it's time for me to hit the bar's Halloween party. (this year I'm going to the bar as Hunter S. Thompson)

ANYWAYS....

I STILL only get a handful of trick or treaters each Halloween, but almost every trick or treater is accompanied by a single Mom or two... Many of them are rather attractive...

And when I answer MY door, there I stand in a suit and tie, perfectly pressed, dressed, and groomed ... holding a crystal bowl of Godiva individuals and Dove miniatures (and a stack of business cards. You know, just in case they ever have a locksmithing emergency ... and since we're neighbors and all...)

Like I said, I STILL love Halloween.... it's mostly just my taste in candy that's changed...

That's awesome!!!! Gotten any locksmith emergency phone calls from this tactic???



As for me, we do a community "trunk or treat". We have a street where there are two churches, one on each end. Cars park on both sides of the street and hand out candy from their trunks. A few smaller streets that branch off of the main street have cars lined up on them as well. One person fills up at least 2 pillow cases full of candy. Last year, we had to go empty our bags in our car twice, just to make room for more candy. I think this year we will fill up once, and call it a night. It's an awesome event. A safe place for all the kids to go trick or treating. There are a unch of bands that play, activities for the kids and parents. It really is a good time.

[htxtim]

Sounds like fun.

[shebully]

we dont celebrate it in Australia, but sounds like fun

[OutFishin]

If they appear to be under 12 i give out M&M's but if over 12 then condoms.

flavored of course!

[shebully]

Originally Posted by OutFishin

If they appear to be under 12 i give out M&M's but if over 12 then condoms.

flavored of course!