Some observations about this Halloween;

[kennermike]

1) Every single girl I saw wearing a costume throughout the day, whether she was 5 or 45, was trying to be way too sexy... In other words, all the female characters that were being portrayed; Wonder Woman, Vampire, Princess, Witch, etc, looked like the "stripper version" of that character. High heels, short dresses, low cut tops, very extreme make-up, thigh high boots, etc...

2) There were even fewer trick or treaters than we had last year, and last year we had 11.

3) I saw WAY more adults in costume than I did kids.

4) The custom Frankenstein megos I made to give out, went over about as well as my ape feet did here in the muzz. One rather loquacious little boy gave me a 5 minute dissertation on how I need to be giving out candy and not toys that had small parts that could possibly be a choking hazard for children. Another kid actually picked it back up out of his bag, looked at it, then handed it back to me shaking his head, saying; "I can't accept this, it's not wrapped..."

I miss the 70's SO bad, it's not even funny.

SC

mand Sandy I mioss the 70's heck even the 80's.what did the Frankenstein look like ? would love to see a picture of what you were giving out

[HardyGirl]

I think this was my best Halloween since moving into this house 4 years ago. I too, gave out toys, but I had more kids than I thought, so I broke into my "retro candy stash" and gave out some suckers as well. But this one kid saw I was giving out toys and ran down my steps telling his buddy, "She's giving out toys!" The bell didn't ring a lot, but there were kids in groups, (2 vans pulled up and like 10 kids jumped out) and I even saw some of my own center kids, which was cool. I thought you were joking when you said you were giving away custom Megos. I thiink they would have gone over big here. (At least w/ the boys). Back in the day, that would have been a hit. And if you have any left TRICK OR TREAT!!

[rche]

We have a local event in the central park in my small town. It gets bigger and bigger every year. Many local businesses come out and make up a table or an event and all the kids parade around in their duds. They also host a costume contest and we have taken the 'family' award a few years running. We had some competition this go around (never happened before) and that was really cool. The family dressed up as werewolves was outstanding - they even had an infant with black cotton fluff fur growing out of his face. Awesome!!

People tend to go out to the nearby neighborhoods from the park and those houses probably had about 150 treaters. Some folks even organize 'hayrides' in pickups or trailers and go from the central park to other 'hubs' of houses that are serving and then the kids pile off and canvas the area.

I definitely saw more parents out with their kids, even the tweeners, and many of the adults had some sort of costume on as well.

So I guess it really depends on where you live anymore, and whether or not there is a large population of kids and adults willing to go out with their kids.

[Type3Toys]

I actually think Halloween is getting more popular around here. There are dozens of Halloween stores in my area. Lots of progams on too. The trick or treaters are just a small peice of the whole pie, however. No matter what, it is still my favotire holiday.

[Sideshow Spock]

We had 180 trick or treaters, which is down from our usual 200-250, but the weather was cold and rainy/snowy. The last few Halloweens have all been pleasant nites.

I saw many traditional costumes and don't even recall anything "sexy". The costume I saw the most was Mortal Kombat-style Ninja costumes. 2nd place would have to be evil clowns for the older kids..

[palitoy]

The costume I saw the most was Mortal Kombat-style Ninja costumes.

I saw a bunch of those too, I kept thinking I'd opened a portal to 1994.

[rche]

Oh, and we'll trick or treat for one of them Frankie's if'n you still got 'em. I'll post our family pic up here after I get it scanned into the cpu.

[jds1911a1]

We had a great turn out but my neighborhood has ALOT of families with younger kids (including me).

[Werewolf]

Halloween ended here with my generation. After that it was playstations, sega, computers and this kids no longer caring.

And our generation had Atari, Colecovision, Intellivision, Commodore Vic 20, Magnavox Odyssey, arcades, Mattel hand held electronic games, etc. Video games have been a big part of our culture since the 70s. Video games were a huge part of the childhoods of 70s and 80s kids.

[steelcouch]

This year it seemed not to many people were giving candy out in our small town. We had a lot of kids show up and gave a lot of candy out. I estimate it was probably around 300 to 400 kids. After about 8pm we got the older kids so we stopped giving out candy at around 8:45 pm. They have a pretty good system here. Theres a town emergency horn that sounds off when trick or treaters can start which is usually around 5:30 pm and the horn goes off at 8 pm to tell the kids its time to wrap it up. I sat at home watching the football game and giving out candy while the wife and kids went out trick or treating. They seemed to have had a good time.

[wyatterb]

We had 24 kids out on a trailer in a somewhat hidden subdivison which typically ends up filling the kids bags. There were fewer houses giving stuff away this year, but a lot more people out there competing for treats. Our neighbors had only 15 kids stop by and 5 of those 15 were mine.

[generic]

My Halloween lasted about a week and had very few kids involved at all. I have 4 different Halloween costumes and 4 parties. It was a great time and I saw some amazing costumes, but it really didn't relate much to kids.

I got a rock.....

I gotta rock!

...My dad went with us, so he didn't give out candy, but my uncle who lives up the street had 468 kids!!!...

Man, I'm glad to hear that!

...A couple years ago I set up a mini photo studio in my driveway and shot photos of all the kids in their costumes, which I made into a coffee table book. Every year since then a bunch of the kids ask why I don't do that anymore, so I will have to set it up again next year.

Holy cow! That is one of the coolest Halloween things I've ever heard! Would you mind posting some of those photos on here somewhere? That would be so cool!

for the teens if they are not in costume they get nothing, unless they sign the National Anthem or recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

That is hilarious and awesome!

4) The custom Frankenstein megos I made to give out, went over about as well as my ape feet did here in the muzz.

You were just giving them out to the wrong "kids!" Trick or Treat?!

I miss the 70's SO bad, it's not even funny.

Even though I had an awesome Halloween, I'm with you 100% on that one.

[BlackKnight]

... I gotta Say , I don't mind the 2000's .?. ...
I Crapped in My Pants all but 8 Months in the 70's ..., and it's refreshing not to worry about that anymore .


BTW ...
The Boy went as Batman last night ...
I took him out.
We had a good time, and hit up more houses than we ever did yrs prior.
Some 350 pound Dude in a Gorilla Costume Answered his Door , and Scared the Poop outta him Big Time.
It was sorta funny ..., because off all the " He wasn't scared stuff" That we were discussing all night , and it was sorta Like Batman vs Grodd.
... I'd say it didn't fair well for the Cape Crusader ..., Tune in Next time, Same Bat Channel ? .

[Mikey]

... I Crapped in My Pants all but 8 Months in the 70's ..., and it's refreshing not to worry about that anymore .
.

I went full circle

[Hector]

I'll take that custom Frankenstein