Trick or Treaters

[missypie]

Does anyone that lives in TV missing the patter of kids knocking on the door???

[Golf-Tinker]

But, I do miss the fathers with their martini glasses held out while they bellowed "trick or treat.:wave:

[Vinny]

Do not miss my dogs barking all day and teens ringing the doorbell till 9 PM.

[bkcunningham1]

I just got home from "trunk or treating" with my 3-year old granddaughter at her preschool just outside of TV. It was a real delight.

[Happinow]

I miss the trick or treaters! It was fun handing out the candy to the little ones.

[asianthree]

yes but only when the weather is good

[jblum315]

In a word, no. Liked the little ones while it was still light. Did not like the big hulking teens who I feared might do real damage.

[2 Oldcrabs]

THe little ones under 10 were cute! But don't miss it.:ohdear:

[senior citizen]

THe little ones under 10 were cute! But don't miss it.:ohdear:

I agree. We enjoyed it when our children were young and right up to our 50's when there were still children in our neighborhood. All grown up now and gone.

We had our porch lights and pumpkin lights, etc. candles and such on until 830 p.m. and then we shut them off..........from 6 p.m. for a half hour were the little tykes.........then came hordes of big S.U.V.'s driven by fathers from other neighborhoods, too lazy to walk up our hills........dropping crowds of kids off on our cul de sac. Didn't know a single one of them.

Gave out Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Kit Kats.........costumes were great but the "personal touch" was missing.......as these were strangers.

Last year in T.V. we bought Halloween cookies to pass out, just in case children did come to the door, while visiting their grandparents in T.V.
Not one child rang the doorbell. It was very very quiet.

But, we did receive tons of email photos from all our children and grandchildren and our "adopted" adult children's kids in costume from all over the world and U.S.
Halloween isn't what it used to be.

[senior citizen]

But, I do miss the fathers with their martini glasses held out while they bellowed "trick or treat.:wave:

Years ago we had one young neighbor, who happened to be the Public Defender in our town .........he'd bring his toddlers around, right up to junior high age.......and we'd ask him if he wanted a glass of apple cider or a gin and tonic........he always took the gin and tonic......and in later years would come to our home first !!! Nice family; they later moved to a town up north to open their joint law practice.....after the kids grew up.

So many of what used to be the littlest "ghosts and goblins" now have families of their own and "live away" out of state and out of country.

WE do miss the good old days of trick or treating.........

We are now the old grandparents opening the door to stranger's kids.
When ours were small, they knew all the elderly people in our neighborhood who would welcome them all with open arms...........
All the oldtimers were young at heart back then....and loved seeing the neighborhood children.

The difference is that there are no more neighborhood children as the younger folks can't afford to get mortgages........so, we are becoming our own retirement neighborhood..........sad but true.

[paulandjean]

Do not miss my dogs barking all day and teens ringing the doorbell till 9 PM.

Wow 9 p.m.

[Tweety Bird]

I enjoyed seeing the neighborhood children coming by. But, it was a bit of a PITA. Worked FT and finally sat down for dinner and getting up every three seconds to pass out candy AND the dog barking. So, NO, don't miss it. Very peaceful here in the Bubble.

[redwitch]

I may not have known the kids but they were so cute and so excited to be out in their costumes. I loved the homemade costumes most. Maybe it was my neighborhood or California, but the teens were never threatening. They were rarely over 15. They acted as if they just missed getting candy and the fun of Halloween and wanted one last hurrah before their time was up. So, yes, I miss the trick or treaters.

[graciegirl]

Loved it. We had two candy stations at our house in Ohio. The witch was at the door with the nasty scary decor and the awful halloween sounds of screams and pipe organ for the non toddler groups and Sweetie and Helene were at the end of the drive giving out candy to the little guys and stopping them from the scary witch. (And the liver with blacklights etc,etc,) Hee hee hee. ( I had a pretty good witch cackle that I used for the door opening)

Right up to when we moved last year we gave out almost 100 treats. (our area had a great school system and folks with little ones kept moving there)

Had no problem with the young teens, cute costumes and respectful. and REALLY appreciative of the BIG candy bars, lol.

[Mack184]

No..Not at all. As a couple we don't "do" halloween to begin with, and times have changed a great deal to the point where as other posters have mentioned that the arrival of unknown Jr-Sr High School kids is out of control. For 10 years we owned a home in Pennsylvania where by local statute trick-or-treating was only allowed on the Saturday prior to halloween between 4-7pm. Until our permanent move to Florida in January we now live in a 55+ community in Maryland and NO house-to-house trick-or-treaters are allowed although little ghosts coming directly to visit grandmother & grandfather is permitted.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

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[kentucky blue]

I miss the trick or treaters! It was fun handing out the candy to the little ones.

We had over 200 kids last nite,i kept a count,they drive them in from all over Lexington, to our neighborhood.They are soooooooooooooooo cute,one little one had an 80 lb burlap feed bag that he said he was going to fill up to the top.Sharon, my better half, usually gives out the candy while i sit on the couch watching television with my bottle of red wine and dark cholocate.But she is in TV playing golf and pickleball,how fair is that?Our basketball coach John Calipari opened his home to trick or treaters this year and the neighborhood streets were completely blocked .That man could run for Govenor of Kentucky,and nobody would dare run against him,he is that popular.

[Taltarzac725]

Miss the treak-or-treaters a lot. Never got that many when I lived in Palm Harbor except when I housesat for a fellow Palm Harbor library volunteer friend who also lived in Palm Harbor. She lived on a street where it seemed every other occupant was an active police officer of some kind so the kids were always very well behaved. And, if not they were arrested.

Funny thing that there was a bank robbery one night and the police chased the robbers fleeing in their car and then on foot to this neighborhood with all the cops. Talk about stupid criminals. They ended up on the roof on a house two doors down from a Florida Highway patrolman on one side and three doors down from a Pinellas County cop.

There was even a police copter involved which followed the robbers with its light to roof where they were nabbed.

[billethkid]

Years ago we had one young neighbor, who happened to be the Public Defender in our town .........he'd bring his toddlers around, right up to junior high age.......and we'd ask him if he wanted a glass of apple cider or a gin and tonic........he always took the gin and tonic......and in later years would come to our home first !!! Nice family; they later moved to a town up north to open their joint law practice.....after the kids grew up.

So many of what used to be the littlest "ghosts and goblins" now have families of their own and "live away" out of state and out of country.

WE do miss the good old days of trick or treating.........

We are now the old grandparents opening the door to stranger's kids.
When ours were small, they knew all the elderly people in our neighborhood who would welcome them all with open arms...........
All the oldtimers were young at heart back then....and loved seeing the neighborhood children.

The difference is that there are no more neighborhood children as the younger folks can't afford to get mortgages........so, we are becoming our own retirement neighborhood..........sad but true.

this may be true for some areas, however if you venture outside the bubble you will quickly find that your last few sentences are really designated for perhaps some specific place you know.

Last night we went to my son's house who lives in one of the fringe neighborhoods of TV....dare I say where the younger folks (i.e. 50 and below).....starting at 6 PM tractors pulling wagons, golf carts pulling trailers, ATV's pulling both, station wagons and SUV' following their kids....all having a good time....many teen agers....

By 8 PM we had gone through 30 pounds of candy....6 of the big 5 pound bags from Sam's Club.

We had a card table set up at the end of their driveway, with candles and spooky sounds....what seemed like an endless barrage of all sizes of kids....while we were sipping our "beverages"......no brreaking of pumpkins or eggings or tricking of any kind.

A real testament to the fact that it is just like it was in the old days....better actually. Some of the costumes and creativity could have never been matched in the old days.

The young parents not only could afford a mortgage, but the impressive list of vehicles that hauled them around.

There is a bright side to what is going on around us....it just never gets as much play as the dreary, dull, dumb, low percentage incidents.

We had a ball and do it every year.

btk

[Indydealmaker]

this may be true for some areas, however if you venture outside the bubble you will quickly find that your last few sentences are really designated for perhaps some specific place you know.

Last night we went to my son's house who lives in one of the fringe neighborhoods of TV....dare I say where the younger folks (i.e. 50 and below).....starting at 6 PM tractors pulling wagons, golf carts pulling trailers, ATV's pulling both, station wagons and SUV' following their kids....all having a good time....many teen agers....

By 8 PM we had gone through 30 pounds of candy....6 of the big 5 pound bags from Sam's Club.

We had a card table set up at the end of their driveway, with candles and spooky sounds....what seemed like an endless barrage of all sizes of kids....while we were sipping our "beverages"......no brreaking of pumpkins or eggings or tricking of any kind.

A real testament to the fact that it is just like it was in the old days....better actually. Some of the costumes and creativity could have never been matched in the old days.

The young parents not only could afford a mortgage, but the impressive list of vehicles that hauled them around.

There is a bright side to what is going on around us....it just never gets as much play as the dreary, dull, dumb, low percentage incidents.

We had a ball and do it every year.

btk

:coolsmiley:

[Cantwaittoarrive]

No I LOVE grandkids even more now that they live a 1000 miles away