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It is a free country to go trick or treating where you want to. If you do not like it no one is forcing you to hand out candy.
I don't. Besides I don't think Michelle Obama would approve of the candy. I'm surprised she didn't send out letters telling us what we are allowed to give or stop Halloween all together.
I live in a middle class neighborhood with many children. I have no children but from what I've witnessed over the past 7yrs is that the parents of the children in my area take thier children trick or treating in and around the immediate area. Commuting your children to a more afluent area in order to trick or trick is a bit low in my opinion. Not the kids fault but the parents should have more class.
Lol, this absurd you know on sight based on their children trick or treating where people live?
You are really going with that. Smh
Yes. The town/city they're from is clearly indicated on the mandatory windshield stickers on the cars they're coming out of to ToT on my block. And City-Data itself has the income info by city/town.
If I'm giving away candy, why should I care about where the kids come from?
And these dumb private Halloween parties set up to guarantee exclusivity are stupid too.
Funny how grown ups screw up everything.
What is REALLY funny is, those same grown-ups are the ones who enjoyed door to door trick or treating when they were kids! Now they deny their children that same fun and excitement.
I live in what could be considered a wealthy/upper middle class neighborhood (although I am neither, haha). I have never ONCE had children trick or treating at my house. When I moved here 17 years ago, my youngest daughter was still young enough to T or T at nine years old. So I took her around the neighborhood and there were NO kids out! They must have been at those parties.
I found out that the young ones (2 to 5 or 6) trick or treat in the afternoon, in the daytime! What fun is that???
This town is so safe, there have been many times I've gone to sleep forgetting to lock the door but these parents won't let their kids out at night???????????
On another note, I previously lived in a town in Pennsylvania, along the Delaware River. I moved from in-town to the way outskirts. When Hallowe'en came around, of course I drove my daughter to the town. One person actually asked my daughter where she lived!
Because I always told my daughter not to give out personal information to strangers, she didn't know what to say when asked that. I just told the woman we lived down River Road.
This happens to me, not that I live in a super rich neighborhood, it's still pretty nice and a lot of kids come in from the apartments in the area.
WHY? Because it's a pretty neighborhood with decorations and big old trees and people hand out candy.
It's a lot more fun than wandering around a bland apartment complex where you don't know if the people are even handing out candy.
Rather than ***** and moan about it, I give out full size candy bars and it costs me maybe $50 bucks a year.
If the old fart can't chisel an extra $20 out of their wallet to help make it a fun night for some kids from less safe or less fun areas to enjoy Halloween then she needs to seriously re-prioritize her values.
I'd especially like to note that a lot of those adults driving over-flowing cars are at least putting forth the effort to give their kids a good halloween experience and are probably bringing along kids whose parents either have to work or don't care etc.
In short, stop being a hallow-scrooge and open your heart a bit, who knows maybe you will actually get some enjoyment from seeing the kids faces light up and their fun costumes.
This^^^. Completely agree.
This forum is so grumpy and hateful that even kids trying to enjoy Halloween becomes something to complain about.
This happens even in small town middle class neighborhoods. My sister-in-law lives on a street in Smalltown USA where the houses run about $75-90k in value, but her whole block is really into Halloween. People come from all over town, and from other towns (yes, poor folks from poorer towns come too) to cash in on the candy. Once a neighborhood gets known for being into Halloween, people begin showing up.
Again, at least the free stuff is attached to a direct, personal, face-to-face interaction. Give the kids the candy if for no other reason than having more guts than their parents.
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