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One last trick or treat question

13 years ago

I just remembered that we used to collect quite a bit of change when I used to trick or treat. My mom used to give a nickel (or 5 pennies) along with a candy treat and she wasn't the only one. Anyone else?

Proably not. I think I grew up in some alternative Halloween universe. We used to trick or treat over 2 nights, we were expected to sing at every house and now I remember this about the money too!

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User
13 years ago
I used to get some coins also. One lady used to have a tray of change and you had to pick it up with a butter knife from what I can remember.
lynn_d
13 years ago
Back when I was a t or t'er I also collected change along the way, not sure if the givers may have run out of goodies or what...memory is shot! LOL!! Of course back then we often got homemade goodies and loved them! I remember making popcorn balls with my gram. Things sure have changed.
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This year was sort of sad for us, and it seems like the economy has taken the fun out of Halloween too. My daughter's neighborhood is one of the only subdivisions in a semi rural area. Until recent years, they'd get a good 800 - 1000 kids easy and everyone was dressed in cool cosutmes. Several houses had parties and almost every house would give out candy. We like to go every year to help and enjoy the experience, but last year we noticed a sharp decline in traffic and only got about 600 people. This year we were lucky to get even half of that. Alot of the homes weren't participating at all, no parties, a lot of the teens weren't dressed and they were so rude (no thank you, no response when my daughter would wish them happy halloween, nothing). There were families of young kids not dressed too which I've never seen before. It was obvious some of them didn't seem comfortable trick or treating without a costume but the parents waiting at the end of the drive didn't seem to mind. I know the economy is bad, but couldn't they have shown some interest in their kids and come up with something for them to wear? There were other kids dressed in costumes that were made from stuff the parents already had and they looked great. And the kids looked so happy and excited. I just felt bad that the kids without costumes were missing out on that part of the experience. Personally, I think that trick or treating is for all ages young and old, but manners should be manditory and costumes are supposed to be part of the fun.
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Its Sunday here. It would be hard to change everything. If it were me with only a few kids every year, I would just put a bowl out on the porch. It would be sad for those few if everyone turned their lights off. I don't mind teenagers coming at all! Why can't they have fun too? 12 and under is ridiculous IMO. My thoughts-the towns that change it and announce it thru the schools are not getting the word out to everyone. Not everyone has kids at home. Why change it at all? Trick or treating winds down by 9 (I stay 'open' till 10) and people can bring their kids home earlier if they want them to bed earlier. One thing that really bugs me to death-the people carting kids around in cars from house to house. No problem at all if a child in the group is handicapped or if their is a great distance between houses, but here in a subdivision it is LAZY, GREEDY, and UNSAFE (extra cars on the road).
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alisande
13 years ago
We lived in an apartment house with marble hallways when I was growing up. When trick-or-treaters came to the door, my dad would toss a handful of pennies onto the floor. I can still hear the sound of them hitting the marble. We (the trick-or-treaters) would all scramble to pick them up. We knew every child in the building, so it was a lot of fun.
Adella Bedella
13 years ago
I've gotten money before. I think trick or treaters used to collect donations for possibly UNICEF.
kacram
13 years ago
no money here!

I remember a lady that used to make the most
wonderful carmel apples. they were SOOOO good.
can't do THAT anymore!
blitzyblond_protege
13 years ago
My DBs and I still mention the old lady down the street that gave a two-foot section of home grown sugar cane for Halloween. Even after we moved out of the old neighborhood we would go knock on her door (and a few others). That sugar cane was so sweet and juicy we had to scrub the dried "sugar water" out of our t-shirts the next day, any time we ate some.
carol_in_california
13 years ago
When my kids were in kindergarten and first grade the bus driver, who lived in our neighborhood gave out candied apples.
She sent a note home with each rider to tell the parents to make sure the kids came by to treat or treat.
She was the sweetest lady and so good with the kids she drove.
Like Kat said, that would not be allowed now. Sad.
minnie_tx
13 years ago
I used to save all my pennies then on Halloween I'd have the littlest kids stick their fist in the pot and pull out as many as they could then drop them in their bag. everyone loved it. I miss those good times
mariend
13 years ago
Because I helped out at the HS I knew alot of teens, especially the boys. When they came to the house, I started out making them do a trick then get the treat. You cannot how talented some of the kids were and what they went thru to get the treats. Great and so much fun. Kids would sing, say a poem, act etc. This would be many years ago. They even planned 1 act plays. Sure do miss that!

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