Halloween 2018

[DanOregon]

This might be the funniest thing to ever come from someone at CNN.


Should I wear that costume for Halloween? Consult this flowchart - CNN

 

[John B. Foster]

Amazing.

 

[playthrough]

Weather in my area will supposedly be far better tonight than tomorrow, so my FB is filling up with parents lobbying to have trick-or-treating moved up a night so no one is wet or cold. Give me a friggin' break. Tell ya what, if your kids come to my house in a driving rainstorm, they get three pieces of candy.

 

[Chef2]

Amazing.

That is beyond awesome.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

If kids come by my desk on Halloween ... I'll be nice.

... After I figure out how children ended up in my part of the newsroom ...

 

[justgladtobehere]

Weather in my area will supposedly be far better tonight than tomorrow, so my FB is filling up with parents lobbying to have trick-or-treating moved up a night so no one is wet or cold. Give me a friggin' break. Tell ya what, if your kids come to my house in a driving rainstorm, they get three pieces of candy.

A few towns in Massachusetts postponed trick or treating after a storm hit last year.

Trick-Or-Treating Postponed In Several Towns Due To Storm Damage, Schools Closed

 

[playthrough]

A few towns in Massachusetts postponed trick or treating after a storm hit last year.

Trick-Or-Treating Postponed In Several Towns Due To Storm Damage, Schools Closed

That seems understandable. But arguing to move up Halloween because the weather is crummy (not catastrophic) or because it's on a weeknight makes you kind of a wuss.

 

[Batman]

That seems understandable. But arguing to move up Halloween because the weather is crummy (not catastrophic) or because it's on a weeknight makes you kind of a wuss.

Our area, they pretty much do it when it's convenient. There are bad storms scheduled to roll through this evening, starting around 5 p.m., so a lot of neighborhoods went ahead and did trick or treating last night.

 

[Batman]

 

[Moderator1]

Contest is over we have a winner

 

[Spartan Squad]

Contest is over we have a winner

My buddy at work was trying real hard to have his wife go along with this. Alas he got vetoed and he was super bummed. They were dressing as Jack and Coke instead. Wasn't the same.

 

[Machine Head]

Wanted to bump the running Halloween thread we had going back to 2007, but I'll air my grievance here.

If you are going to walk the area during Halloween Primetime with your kids, DO NOT turn off the lights at your place and then go and accept the offerings of your neighbors.

AT LEAST leave a light on at your front door with some offerings in a container. We used to trade off years as to who remained behind to hand out while the other took the kids. Is that so hard?

 

[DanOregon]

Don't know how many houses I saw decked out with Halloween stuff only to have no one home. Weird.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Trick-or-treater count here: None.

 

[ChrisLong]

More than 100 last year. Probably fewer than 70 this year. Last one at 9 p.m.

 

[playthrough]

Wanted to bump the running Halloween thread we had going back to 2007, but I'll air my grievance here.

If you are going to walk the area during Halloween Primetime with your kids, DO NOT turn off the lights at your place and then go and accept the offerings of your neighbors.

AT LEAST leave a light on at your front door with some offerings in a container. We used to trade off years as to who remained behind to hand out while the other took the kids. Is that so hard?

My wife takes the kids and I hand out at home. We're in a big Halloween neighborhood and would never go dark.

This year I bought a couple boxes of full-size candy bars to give to neighbors' kids and other cute little ones. The packs of middle schoolers with hoodies for costumes got the standard little stuff.

 

[Machine Head]

The house across the street from me and next door both go dark.

There are five kids in the Halloween age demo between those two houses the parents take out.

I'm going to ask the one next door how many kids they got this year. It was down by a third from last year.

When they tell me they don't know I'll ask why, and continue to gently lead them down the path.

This is the kind of **** you do when you get old.

 

[User 149557]

Halloween night for a childless couple on a dead end street that gets no trick or treaters: awesome night to go grocery shopping.

It felt like we had that Aldi and that Kroger to ourselves. And they announced the candy and baked goods were marked down as we were walking around at 8 p.m.. Score.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

New, cool trend we saw was mobile candy givers. Basically, folks in the hood, who took their kids out, left their houses dark, but gave out candy to folks on the street.

 

[Machine Head]

New, cool trend we saw was mobile candy givers. Basically, folks in the hood, who took their kids out, left their houses dark, but gave out candy to folks on the street.

Now that's that's the way to do it.

Taking from your neighbors without giving back bugs me.

( in case anyone was wondering )