[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.

[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.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by 2 Oldcrabs

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

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]

Originally Posted by Golf-Tinker

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

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]

Originally Posted by Vinny

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.