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Whoami

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 10:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
How are you going to handle trick-or-treaters tonight?

Do you have kids? Will you be taking them out, and make sure all are back in time for Survivor? Are you going to tape it?

How about handling trick-or-treaters at your house during the show?

In our house, we haven't been doing trick-or-treats since we got our dogs. The dogs get so worked up when someone rings the bell, there is just no way we are going to deal with that several times all night. So, for us, it's lights out and curtains drawn. At least that frees me up for Survivor!

Whowhere

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 10:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
We will be taping Survivor and taking our daughter out. We should be home by 8pm and since she's been in our family (1994) we haven't been home to hand out candy.

Hermione69

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 10:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm going trick or treating with my nephew and brother-in-law, while my sister and brand new niece (2 months old) stay home to give out candy. My nephew is 5 and a great deal of fun! I'm hoping to get back to my home by 8 p.m. because I'm only 5 minutes from my sister's family and my nephew will be finished trick-or-treating long before 8:00. My sister is not a Survivor fan. She liked S1 and kind of followed S2, but nothing after that. Even if I miss part of Survivor, that's okay. I'm not going to tape it. I'll just read the boards.

BTW, in our area, trick or treaters are supposed to be back home by 8 p.m. and I don't know that any have ever come to the door after that time. I think that is a nice "rule" for a community to have.

Tabbyking

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 11:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
we are always out of candy by 8:00! it seems the little ones are out and about by 5:00, 5:30 at the latest, and only the teens looking for trouble or too old to trick or treat come by after 8:00.
last year my daughter gave the candy out. this year she refuses to do it and is going to a church bazaar instead. she was 13 last year. she opened the door to a kid about 15 or 16 years old. she gave him one mini candybar, as she did everyone else. the kid said, 'is that all you're giving me?' and grabbed the basket out of her hand and spilled the candy on the ground. he started to pick up handfuls and put them into his pillowcase, when my husband got to the door because he heard my daughter screaming at the kid! my husband had to run the guy off... no wonder my daughter wants to be out tonight ;>)
the problem is, if you make some of the 'too-olders' mad, they egg your house or car, or do some other stupid vandalizing. we have to take our motorhome down to k-mart or wal-mart for several hours each halloween night. where are the parents of these kids?! my son is 17, and i would find it mighty strange if he wanted to go trick-or-treating at his age. if he has nowhere definite to go, he can just stay home with mom and dad.
i will give the candy out and when we are out, the porch light goes out. sometimes i have to put a sign up that says, 'out of candy. sorry!' we have about 120 houses in our neighborhood, but vanloads of people park at one end and do this neighborhood. i think because we are in the 'racquet club area', they think we have better candy or something! i have about 350 mini candy bars, and when they are out, that's it!
i wish i had a ghandia mask to put on, though. that would be fun!

Meggieprice

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 11:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Zach will go out with his best friend and her Mom as well as his Dad (he's going as a tourist this year,lol!) so my husband and I will hand out candy. Anticipating how miffed I would be to be interrupted we decided to tape and watch after the candy hubbub dies down. Heck, I go to chat at 5 our time anyway cause I can't stand to wait- so I will know everything anyway!

Bigger question- will I be able to stand to follow my low fat gall bladder diet with a bowl of 100,000 grand bars in the house and let the ample snacks in the suck thread be enough?

Whowhere

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 11:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoami, you should teach your dogs how to trick-or-treat.......

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Chiparock

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 11:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Whowhere, inspired by that photo, last night I introduced my dog to bucket-carrying. He's a Golden Retriever, so it was no great feat.

Today I brought him to work for a few minutes dressed in his multi-color frizzy clown wig and hat and polka dot bandana. I wore the same kind of wig and bandana. He held his bucket in his mouth as we "Trick or Treat"ed.

It was fun!

Whowhere

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 11:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Now THAT is TOO cute Chip!! Thanks for sharing your story.

I would LOVE for someone to bring their trick-or-treating dog to my cube so I can give it this Halloween cupcake that I've been staring at for over an hour now.

Somehow, I doubt I'll be getting any cute dogs coming my way. That sure would break up the monotony. Maybe I should just eat it?

Chiparock

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 11:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
[Whowhere, you should DEFINITELY eat that cupcake!]

Oh, yeah - I got tired of vans-ful of kids coming to my house on a dead-end street. My dog would go nuts every time the doorbell would ring so I had to put him in another room with the door closed. No more.

Tonight, in my darkened house, I'll be sitting in front of the TV (Survivor, CSI) with my laptop in my lap, the dog in front of me, and the cat next to me.
cat

[By the way, my dog would only sit still with the bucket for a few seconds at a time; he gets really excited when he meets new friends. Plus he kept trying to shake the wig off. Well, I have a whole year to work on it!]

Wargod

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 12:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
We had no plans to be home from 5pm on tonight. The plans were to pack up the kids and costumes, have dinner at my sis's then go to a party at a friends house while our vcr worked overtime recording Survivor, CSI, and ER. I didn't even buy candy because I knew we wouldn't be home for most the night.

Of course in this house, plans change at the last minute. My four year old started running a fever yesterday, and this morning has been on the couch, with the bowl. Fever goes down as the children's advil kicks in, then comes back up as it wears off. So, it looks like I will be home tonight unless she has a full recovery in the next four hours. It also looks like I'll be running to the store later to try to buy candy.

I'll still be recording Survivor since around here we get the older kids showing up around 8pm.

Mygetaway

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 12:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whowhere... What cute pooches!! My spaztic (sp?)younger dog would never sit still long enough for that.. :)

We went ahead and got some candy just in case, but last year we only had about 3 kids. We live on a dark street with no sidewalks. There also isn't a lot of little kids in our neighborhood.
Luckily I don't have to hand out candy anymore, but I really used to enjoy it, seeing all the cute little outfits, and the LITTLE kids. I will ask the hubby/kids to turn the lights out right before 8:00. I usually tape the show as I'm watching so I can go back later if I need to rewatch something.

I think my 15 yr old stepdaughter is too old for trick or treating, but hub says this can be her last year.. Whatever!! My son has to work, so I don't have to worry about him. (yey!)

Have fun everybody, be safe, and see ya all later.. :)

Tess

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 12:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It's supposed to only be about 20 degrees at Trick or Treat time here so I'll be handing out candy (early I hope) and Daddy will be taking our little "Dinosaur" around the neighborhood. He has to be somewhere at 7:15 however, so we'll be on our own passing out candy after that while I'm supposedly also transcribing the show in chat. Depending on the weather, there might not be much transcribing done. I always tape everything I watch just in case. There is invariably an interruption or 10 or 20.

Wiseolowl

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 01:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This should probably be bumped to the general discussions - but what the heck - it is a magical time for kids but how times have changed - I can recall a time when we went around town without parents having to worry or come along. There was no dressing up two or three year olds who didn't have any idea what was going on. There was no concern about razors in apples. You knew which homes had the home-baked goods and you went there first. You took a bar of soap and actually used it as a trick for the sobs who stiffed you.
And above all you wore a costume that was not store bought but was a combination of what was around the house that magically transformed you into a pirate, an old man, a gypsy or a ghost!! Do we simply say those were the good old days or do we do something to change it?

Whoami

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 02:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whowhere,

Heheh, my dogs would love to trick or treat! I better not show them your pic, I don't want them to get any ideas!

Survivor is on at 7:00 here in CO, so there could be a few trickling treaters yet. So I must admit our dogs make it neccessary to darken the house and hide out!

I did think of putting this in General Discussions, but I figured the original question was Survivor related. I mean, we all plan ahead to clear the hour for the show (I have vegetable soup going in the crockpot). So I was just wondering how people worked the trick-or-treating around the show for the night.

One year, the Bronco game was going on during Trick-or-Treating. Almost every kid who came to the door could hear the game going, and would ask how they were doing (they lost, and were losing all night! ).

Tabbyking

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 02:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
we have a golden retriever, too. he is named 'vito' (so he likes john vito!!) and we put black cat ears on him each year. he thinks he is the world's biggest black cat. our real cat just lies on his back and laughs and laughs at him. vito runs to the door to greet whoever is there, and i always wonder what he thinks of all the scary costumes! we are using foam pumpkins with nightlight bulbs in them because vito kept almost burning the house down with his wagging tail and the real jack 0'lanterns and candles!

oh, i almost forgot. last year a tiny little boy thought vito WAS his treat, and his parents had to drag him away kicking and screaming when he found out he couldn't take the dog home with him!

Babyruth

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 02:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Will definitely be taping. I do that every week anyway, in case we get any phone calls during the show.

Meggieprice

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 03:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Chip- what's your cat's name? Equal time! See you later you know where...

Back2reality

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 04:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
We just moved into this neighborhood on October 1st. I bought a ton of candy. I have been sitting here for almost 2 1/2 hours and no trick or treaters. I don't think we will have to tape Survivor tonight.

Oh well....more candy for me!!

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 10:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I darn near had a heart attack when our doorbell DID ring, because I have NO candy. We live on a steep hill with a real steep driveway, and parents would be nuts to let their kids come here. Doorbell was the next door neighbor bringing US his candy he bought for no trick or treaters.

Chiparock

Friday, November 01, 2002 - 04:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tabby, we should team up Vito and Chip next year and go to houses likely to have dog treats.

Meggie, my cat's name is Fritz. He beats up on Chip mercilessly.

Juju, you had it made! This a first: a reverse trick or treat. If any of my neighbors brought me candy, I'd faint. Then, upon regaining consciousness, I'd proceed to pig out on all the candy.
dogcat

CHIP the Dog and FRITZ the Cat

Dahli

Friday, November 01, 2002 - 09:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Owl - you described exactly what the magic of Hallowe'en was for me as a kid - it's changed a lot!

Cricket

Friday, November 01, 2002 - 10:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Whowhere, ROFL at that adorable picture. We had a lab that color who died recently and I really miss him. We are thinking of getting a golden retriever puppy when we're ready and Chiparock, you gave me a great idea. Maybe we'll let him trick or treat next year if it's not too cold.

Survivor is on here at 7:00 also, so I taped it, as I was up and down giving out candy. Hey, Wargod, you should try taping Without A Trace sometime after CSI. It's really good and moves fast with a lot of surprises.

My 5-year-old granddaughter came here and went trick or treating with her Mom and 9 other friends in their group who live in my neighborhood. They all go to school together and she wanted to be with them. One of the parents invited them in for drinks along the way. I had the Moms bring the 'group' here last, as I got them all a special treat from Cookies by Design. They are very big cookies made like suckers with icing and decorated as Mummies, Ghosts, Witches and Pumpkins, etc. Geez, it was so cute to see their faces light up, especially the little boys! I feel very lucky that our neighborhood does have that old fashioned safe community feel so my granchildren can enjoy Halloween as it should be.

Believe it or not, if people aren't going to be home they just put a bowl of candy on the front porch and the children just take one. I was shocked the first time I saw that, lol!

I'm with you Wiseoldowl, regarding the Halloweens of old. Never had to worry about getting home baked goods or any weirdos putting things in candy and it was safe to walk the streets. It was so much fun, and that's what I'm hoping for my granchildren for as long as possible.

Lyn

Saturday, November 02, 2002 - 10:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Five years ago we started buying pop at Costco for Halloween when we figured out it cost the same as candy (5 flats/$30). The kids love it and our house hasn't been egged since :)

Meggieprice

Saturday, November 02, 2002 - 11:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
This was a weird year- way fewer kids than even last year post 9/11. I was so worried we would run out of candy I almost bought more than the ten bags we had- and we started out giving away bubble gum we had bought a few weeks ago for my stepson just in case we had an onslaught- well, we never even opened the bags of candy. Then, to add to it, my darling husband couldn't resist buying ten more at the big sales yesterday!
Cricket- I wish I went to your house-it sounds wonderful!

Tabbyking

Saturday, November 02, 2002 - 11:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
we only had about 70 trick or treaters. some years we have had over 300! this left me with 2 bags of snickers candy bars and a bag of 150 mini chocolate bars, both unopened, plus what was left in the bowl! the first thing i did was take a quart ziploc baggie and fill it full for my husband to take to work! (he said it was gone in 60 seconds!)
i am going to hide the candy bars in the freezer for now and when they end up in christmas stockings, maybe the kids won't realize--or care--where they came from! may take some other candy down to the nursing home. maybe a nice little chocolate bar next to each person's dinner or lunch plate would be nice for them...

my daughter asked me the other day if i ever checked their bag for razor blades or drugs when they were tiny kids. i told her, 'i checked for chocolate!'

Cricket

Saturday, November 02, 2002 - 04:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ROFL @ Tabbyking. Thanks, Meggie..it is nice here, but I'll bet my husband wishes he was at your house...20 bags of candy...woo hoo!

Christina

Sunday, November 03, 2002 - 04:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I heard anews show the other day. Cant remember which one. It was a reputable one. The razor blade in the apple is an Urban legend. That gave others ideas. Thought it was an interesting tidbit.

Djgirl5235

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 10:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
We moved on Thursday night (yup - Hallowe'en), and had about 30 kids. I had bought enough for about 140 not knowing how many we were going to have. You know, it's a neat way to meet your neighbours, and everyone's really friendly because they realize that you're in the middle of moving, but are taking the time to hand out candy... it was an interesting night, and not one that I would do again, but first time for everything right?!

BTW - I closed the door & turned off the lights at 7:55 - hadn't had any kids for about 1/2 an hour, and locked myself in my room to watch Survivor!!!