What the Helloween Happened?
1 November 2006When we first moved in to our house we were warned about Halloween. Yes, warned that kids were brought in by the van and busload and deposited at the mouth of our neighborhood. Our house happened to be the first court off the entrance to the development so we were especially vulnerable. It had been years since I’d lived any place where the kids would come knocking for handouts, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. We loaded up on Costco sized bags of candy and got ready. I’m guessing we had over 150 kids that year and again the next.
This year, naturally, we stocked up on candy again. Two Costco bags and a smaller cache from Albertsons. I got home around 6pm, setup the stash by the door and waited… and waited. Around 6:30 we started getting some traffic that just never really picked up. I’d be surprised if we had more then 50 kids or so this year. Sometimes we’d get a group, but for the most part there just wasn’t much activity out there even from the older kids. I find it offensive when the 16 year olds come around. If you’re old enough to hold a job and pay income tax you’re too old to ask for free candy.
I think we got one or two kids between 8 and 8:30 then it was lights out. It was a sad night for Halloween… sad indeed.
on November 2nd, 2006 at 11:44 am
What you’re not talking about is the fact that construction has literally shut down redwood parkway - the main artery for getting into our neighborhood - and so instead of being the first, and convenient stop for the busloads of candy-loving invaders, we would be the last, and very inconvenient stop for the troops.
Anyway, it definitely wasn’t as frantic since we didn’t have to supply candy to all of Vallejo, but just to our neighborhood.