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Has Trick-or-Treating died in your area, and what is to blame? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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The past couple of years, the amount of kids out on Halloween has dwindled down in my neighborhood. This year, my wife and I were at her cousin's house and we saw maybe a couple of kids walking around. My wife blames people going to Trunk or Treat things. We both work in retail, so we see more of the public, and nobody was in costume. What was everybody's experience with Halloween this year?

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[–] 26 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I wondered this year. Last year 60 bags were not enough. This year i have 30 left. I think a lot kids got older and don’t do it anymore (though the biggest groups were some teenage girls admiring my decoration, i do the most fancy one in my area as i have a long path to fill).

Unfortunately I am not sure if i will ever be able to do this again due to my health.

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Holy crap, 30 bags? Like $100-200 dollars in candy? We bought 1 bag and didn't even go through it, giving generously.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago*

    Well, all bags were about 200€. Self filled and printed with potato print.

    One Snickers

    One Hanuta

    Four Kinder Schokolade Bons

    Four temp Tattoo stickers (with like 8-10 tattoos on it)

    One „Leckmuschel“ (licking candy in cockles form)

    Two Chuppa Chups

    One self printed stitch

    One self printed minecraft Enderman crayon cap

    Self printet pop-it fidget toy

    A stress ball

    A glow-stick

    A candy“jewlery“ (like a bracelet you can eat)

    A pack of skittles

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago

    We bought about half of what we had last year and had to ration it because it was so busy.

    I live in a small rural New Mexico town, when I was a kid we only went trick or treating in the neighborhood behind the university. It was really the only place in town where houses were close enough to make it worthwhile. Over the years other people started going to these neighborhoods, parking between house's and giving out candy from their vehicles. This was years before I ever heard of trunk or treat. It was probably '84, or '85 the first time I remember seeing these cars.

    The last few years the businesses around our town's plaza started doing trick or treating, it has grown so much the city took over organization and the entire town has started to participate.

    It was 6-8 last year, this year it was 6-10 with people setting up as early as 3pm. I started to set up outside my shop at 5:30 and had kids lining up.

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