On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:00:59 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:43:32 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:02:07 -0400, Tosk
wrote:


Really slow night tonight for candy, looks like the swine flu is keeping
folks at home...

We had 75 kids - not bad - about average.

Kids still Trick or Treat there? They really don't around here. You'll
see a few kids out in certain neighborhoods, or, parents will drive them
around to friends houses, but for the most part, it's a dying tradition
here.

Funny, though, I read somewhere we spend more money on Halloween than any
other holiday, except Christmas.

It's interesting. We've been here thirty years and it goes in cycles.
When my kids were little, it wasn't uncommon to have 100/150 kids pass
through. Then it dropped down to 23/30 for a while, then picked up
again, then down again and now it's on the upswing.

I think it has to do with how many little ones you have in the
neighborhood. We've seen a recent turnover in younger families moving
into the neighborhood, so we're seeing more little ones and thier
brothers and sisters taking them around.

When I was doing the Haunted House thing along with a couple of
friends, we averaged 100 or so. The oldest had 200 some odd and my
youngest boy down in SC had 500 - then again, he lives in a
neighborhood with a lot of kids.

I still enjoy Halloween. It's tradition to watch Rocky Horror Picture
Show every Halloween Eve and I like to see the kids and thier costumes
- it's fun.

There's a couple over in East Putnam who go all out every Halloween -
it's amazing what they do with a Haunted Graveyard, Haunted House,
spooky stuff. The local amateur theatre company participates with
actors, makeup and music - live bands and stuff. Ton of fun.