Halloween Trick-or-Treating (houses, neighborhoods, subdivision)

[pollyanna22]

I know this seems like a silly question but does Nashville have scheduled trick-or-treating times? I know some cities only allow it on a scheduled day (usually the weekend closest to Halloween). Also is there a good place to trick-or-treat if your neighborhood is less than ideal for that activity? Our street is very hilly with homes far apart, I can't imagine the kiddos getting very far, lol. Thanks!

[BirdieBelle]

Nashville doesn't set any official hours, but they do have a juvenile curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. during Sept. through May, and midnight to 5 am during summer.

Trick-or-treating is on Halloween night.

Unfortunately, lots of parents drive vans full of kids to neighborhoods with small yards and idle at the end of the street while their kids trick-or-treat there to avoid the large, often dark, hilly yards you're describing.

[the_commuter]

In my neck-of-the-woods, custom dictates anytime between 5:30/5:45 and 8:15/8:30 is A-OK when Halloween falls on a weeknight. (In some neighborhoods, though, 8:30 might be pushing it.)

Have fun and be safe!

[septimus]

Originally Posted by Wmsn4Life

Nashville doesn't set any official hours, but they do have a juvenile curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. during Sept. through May, and midnight to 5 am during summer.

Trick-or-treating is on Halloween night.

Unfortunately, lots of parents drive vans full of kids to neighborhoods with small yards and idle at the end of the street while their kids trick-or-treat there to avoid the large, often dark, hilly yards you're describing.

We didn't hand out candy last year, but the year before we handed out over 1000 pieces and I'm certain a lot of the kids weren't from our 'hood.

[BirdieBelle]

The scourge in my neighborhood, which also has 1+acre lots and no sidewalks, is "hayrides," where parents pull a trailer loaded with 20-30 kids.

They all run up to your door at once, and it's just a sea of hands and bags reaching out for candy. You don't even get to really see the costumes or anything.

Of course, it's my dog's least favorite holiday.

We usually get younger ones coming beginning as soon as it's dark, and it tapers off by 8 like Sept said. We might get a stray group of 14-year-olds trying to get the most candy possible, but I turn off all lights by 8:30.

[DonCorleone]

There are also lots and lots of area churches that will have "Trunk or Treats" either on Halloween night or the weekend before Halloween. Basically everyone gathers and uses their car trunks to give out candy to kids instead of going door to door (with the idea it's safer and/or better for people who don't have traditional door-to-door neighborhoods or live on unsafe streets). So you might be on the lookout for area churches and/or community centers in the coming weeks if that is appealing to you.

[CantWait2Leave]

This is my 1st Halloween in our new neighborhood, but my neighbors said that they all meet at the bottom of their driveways (they are steep and long) and hand out candy. It makes much more sense than expecting little children to trek up our driveways. Also, as someone mentioned, churches often have an event on Halloween night. Ours is doing a fair and it sounds like a lot of fun!

[CountryGirl2b=]

Our first year we had like 6 kids. The 2nd we had to turn off the lights and hide because it was either that or hand out English Muffins.

Not THAT many kids in our little subdivision but houses are very close. If I was a kid, this is where I'd come. More bang for my costume buck!

But once we turned off the night, we weren't bothered.

Polite goblins here!

[SouthBound3]

I don't live in Nashville (yet) - but a few years ago a group of boys came trick or treating the day AFTER Halloween. I answered the door and asked them if they knew it was the day AFTER Halloween. They promptly answered "yes sir" - and proceeded to tell me that they figured that they were likely to get much more candy the day AFTER Halloween as everyone was eager to get rid of their Halloween leftovers. LMAO - I gave them all MY leftovers from Halloween and fully expect that some day I'll be reading about them becoming business moguls of some sort!

[Anony-Momma]

In another state, our neighborhood held a drawing for cash or a gift certificate on halloween. Several houses across the subdivision were chosen as a location to drop off a slip of paper with the child's name, addy, phone number, and the child had to be home to win if his/her name were drawn. Seems like the drawings happened at 8:15 pm. Our neighborhood newsletter advertised trick-or-treating hours as 6 pm - 8 pm and the 8:15 pm drawing got everyone back home shortly after 8 pm.