Halloween
by Jackie Mason on November 2, 2008

Steve West | November 2, 2008
Look in the discussion thread for GooCon and you'll see photos that were posted a few days ago. We've also had fewer kids each successive year for the last five years. That's a depressing trend but we did have more younger kids this year (5-6 years old or younger) than previous years. Maybe 40 altogether. It's disappointing when you only get surly teenagers all night like it seemed last year.

Scott Hardie | November 2, 2008
We'd like to have kids, but none ever come by. Takes the fun out of the night. Oh well; more candy for us.

Amy Austin | November 2, 2008
It's disappointing when you only get surly teenagers all night like it seemed last year.

I'll second that! (In fact, I think I made a point of belaboring this point a couple of Halloweens ago... especially those that have the nerve to show up without a costume!)

I wasn't home this year, but I seriously doubt that I'd have had any visitors even if I had been... my location is off the beaten path, and I like that. But while I was out and about with my friend, I did see surprisingly small numbers of people out with even more surprisingly fewer small children and/or costumes. Sorry, but I'm just not all about handing out the treats for the (too-?)big kids who can't be bothered to at least get tricked-out for them. Trick-or-treating goes both ways, in my opinion.

Lori Lancaster | November 3, 2008
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