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MineralMan

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25. I didn't pay any attention to the sex of the kids.

Sat Nov 1, 2014, 10:24 AM

Nov 2014

There may have been more girls than boys, and the only teens we saw were girls in groups of two or three. One pair was asking for canned goods for some charity drive, so we emptied our pantry into their pillowcases. I'll have to go to the store to restock.

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We had only 180 trick or treaters this Hallowe'en. [View all] MineralMan Nov 2014 OP

We had only about 30 and they were polite too badtoworse Nov 2014 #1

In my general neighborhood, most of the trick or treaters MineralMan Nov 2014 #8

My kids were keeping track of how many characters from Forzen came to the door Gothmog Nov 2014 #2

Thanks the gods for Halloween. I was stuck w. two giant bags of.... Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 #3

I saw this woman on the news offering to give trick-or-treaters earthworms for composting Generic Other Nov 2014 #4

Funny. We had a woman in my childhood neighborhood who MineralMan Nov 2014 #15

My daughter got Chick tracts from time to time Mariana Nov 2014 #43

Oh, Jack Chick's Tracts are a special case. MineralMan Nov 2014 #63

We had 2. FLPanhandle Nov 2014 #5

I was down from 250 to about 190. NutmegYankee Nov 2014 #6

I was sad to see that this year we lost the high schoolers who used to come Baitball Blogger Nov 2014 #7

I'm glad you had them and that you were able liberalhistorian Nov 2014 #9

We're glad to be living in an urban residential neighborhood. MineralMan Nov 2014 #11

7 here..n/t SoCalDem Nov 2014 #10

Eight bags of candy -450 pieces of candy in 2 hrs. packman Nov 2014 #12

It's a lot of work, for sure. MineralMan Nov 2014 #13

Do you live on Iroquois Street??? tavernier Nov 2014 #52

0 Tricksters At My Home cantbeserious Nov 2014 #14

Zero here, also....but we never have any. No sidewalks, no street lights and acreage between homes and... Tikki Nov 2014 #17

Single Old Male Curmudgeon - Too Scary For The Kids And Parents cantbeserious Nov 2014 #32

1 visit (four kids) for us FiveGoodMen Nov 2014 #35

The fact it was-Snowing! cut down substantially here ...one group sang we wish you a MerryChristmas lunasun Nov 2014 #16

it was chilly and occasionally a bit drizzly here, but there were tons of kids out fishwax Nov 2014 #18

We only had @ 25 - it was really cold rurallib Nov 2014 #19

My 18 year old son and his friends go "reverse trick or treating" Rainforestgoddess Nov 2014 #20

I love this TNNurse Nov 2014 #22

I had that idea this morning. WaitWut Nov 2014 #23

Clever ChazII Nov 2014 #48

We live in a nice-ish neighborhood, with lots of kids around. christx30 Nov 2014 #21

It was my first Halloween in the house I'm in... GReedDiamond Nov 2014 #51

I'm in California too senseandsensibility Nov 2014 #55

65 here. Everyone was polite. The majority were girls for some reason. FSogol Nov 2014 #24

I didn't pay any attention to the sex of the kids. MineralMan Nov 2014 #25

The Scouts were up early this morning passing out bags for their canned food drive, FSogol Nov 2014 #27

Cool. When they have that drive where the MineralMan Nov 2014 #28

Same here. n/t FSogol Nov 2014 #29

Us, too. I don't eat tuna or peanut butter, but I buy a fair amount of both! Shrike47 Nov 2014 #31

I very happily got to forget LWolf Nov 2014 #26

I didn't count, but it was a decent turnout. I ran out of candy at 8:45. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2014 #30

first time I heaven05 Nov 2014 #33

We got 30 or so, which is all I would hope for since we live on a hill. Shrike47 Nov 2014 #34

Gainesville, Florida katmondoo Nov 2014 #36

Suburbia of Los Angeles SoapBox Nov 2014 #37

I'm glad you had a good turnout. It's fun. MineralMan Nov 2014 #38

I had more than ever. lisby Nov 2014 #39

Excellent! I'm glad to hear it. MineralMan Nov 2014 #40

Only had 7. ballabosh Nov 2014 #41

Yes. Weather will cut down on the numbers, for sure. MineralMan Nov 2014 #42

I took my daughter out ballabosh Nov 2014 #59

That sounds like fun! I go to my daughter's house now, in a big logosoco Nov 2014 #44

Yes. I said "Thanks for Coming" to all of the kids. MineralMan Nov 2014 #45

We usually get 100 - 120 EileenFB Nov 2014 #46

We only had 20 or so... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2014 #47

This neighborhood is dead Islandurp Nov 2014 #49

I want to congratulate the people on this thread for being generous - hedgehog Nov 2014 #50

I chased trick-r-treaters this year Kalidurga Nov 2014 #53

i think these days a lot of people do things like parties, fairs , and other organized events JI7 Nov 2014 #54

we had 10 trick or treators MFM008 Nov 2014 #56

Was that in your home or a business? JDPriestly Nov 2014 #57

Over 300 on my end. sakabatou Nov 2014 #58

We had fewer than ten groups of kids, and those groups averaged about five kids each. Iggo Nov 2014 #60

You made all of them happy, though. MineralMan Nov 2014 #62

Oh hell yes. Double fistfuls. Iggo Nov 2014 #64

0 here, just like every year. We live in the boondocks. B Calm Nov 2014 #61

We were way down this year as well.... beaglelover Nov 2014 #65

We had maybe five groups total - so, 20 at the most. Drunken Irishman Nov 2014 #66