Halloween 2021

[willowisp]

I left a sign on the door welcoming trick-or-treaters to take a treat, and a plastic pumpkin bucket with treats at the top of my wheelchair ramp. Due to reasons I knew there were exactly six apiece of notepads, pencils, stamps, and stickers, as well as four pre-made bags with stickers, erasers, spider rings and plastic spiders. Of the 28 total items, 0 were taken. I'm not sure if no one came by or if someone did and they weren't interested in non-candy items.

I'm not ready for it to be November yet.

Comments

[jayfurr]

That's too bad.

We had one (1) trick or treater. Which is one more than we've gotten any given year since we moved in here in 2002. Our house is too far down a rural road with too few houses to make it worthwhile. However, this year one of our sets of neighbors emailed the folks who live on the road and asked if they could bring their little one by. We of course said "yes" and were waiting at the designated time with a bowlful of candy for what turned out to be a two year old in a lavender butterfly-winged leotard thingy. Super cute. We'd put together a whole bowl of candy for her to pick from so she'd get the proper experience, but she avoided the larger and more attractive things (an entire Chunky bar, multiple mini York peppermint pattys, etcetera) and took a couple of mini Tootsie Rolls. :)

[echoweaver]

Do you usually get trick-or-treaters?

[willowisp]

Nope. Or rather, not many. I think one year early on we got 36, but the last time we gave out treats there were six left over out of the dozen bags I made. I have a feeling most of the children I see around the neighborhood are visiting grandparents rather than live here.