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HollyGolightly

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I just turn off the lights. A habit from growing up without money to buy candy for the trick-or-treaters. I should try to break this habit...
That's sad, girl! Yes, break the habit. I love seeing the little kids in their costumes. I think king family fan had the scariest clown I've ever seen in my life a couple years ago. Do you still have that picture Linda? I'd love to be scared all over again.
 

morgan

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That's sad, girl! Yes, break the habit. I love seeing the little kids in their costumes. I think king family fan had the scariest clown I've ever seen in my life a couple years ago. Do you still have that picture Linda? I'd love to be scared all over again.
I will someday, when I have a place of my own and feel settled. I adore Halloween! =D
 

king family fan

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I will someday, when I have a place of my own and feel settled. I adore Halloween! =D
I love Halloween. My birthday is the day after Halloween and when I was a kid,I use to take my Halloween candy to school to pass out as a treat. My mom refused to buy a treat when I had all that candy.I always told my mom I was one day late to be here little Witch.
 

not_nadine

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I have been living rural. No kids. But always bought some just in case.

But before, when had the house, lordy - people would drive the kids to neighborhood. Stop at every drive way. We had to work for our candy.

I would always get stuck with the leftover MaryJanes. cause nobody likes em.
 

HollyGolightly

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I love Halloween. My birthday is the day after Halloween and when I was a kid,I use to take my Halloween candy to school to pass out as a treat. My mom refused to buy a treat when I had all that candy.I always told my mom I was one day late to be here little Witch.
That's sweet, taking your candy to school to share for your birthday! You're an All Saints Day baby! I have a summer birthday so I never got to celebrate at school.
 

Kurben

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Adorable little tradition. Doesn't happen here. Halloween or All Hallows Eve is a much more solemn day here. The tradition is to go to the churchyard and lit a candle on your relatives graves. Can be very pretty with all the lights glittering in the dark all across the churcyard when evening comes. No church activity but just bring a candle, light it and then watch for a minute or two.
 

KingAHolic

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I have not purchased them yet, but, normally go with Snickers, Skittles, Tootsie Rolls etc. I normally get 8-10 bags depending on the size.

We actually keep track of the trick or treaters (we tally them on a sheet) and get anywhere between 120-175 per year (on average). I think we had over 200 one year... If the weather is nice, that will probably happen this year because I think it falls on a Saturday...
 

PatInTheHat

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I have been living rural. No kids. But always bought some just in case.

But before, when had the house, lordy - people would drive the kids to neighborhood. Stop at every drive way. We had to work for our candy.

I would always get stuck with the leftover MaryJanes. cause nobody likes em.
MaryJanes were one of Mama's favorite candies, from way back from her days at that Catholic Orphan asylum.
If there was just left she'd mighta arm wrestled ya for it, but most likely just swiped it and said tough nuggies, it's mine.
When she lived in Cincinnati at the end of a cul-de-sac, she'd put out a chair on the sidewalk with this huge plastic jack-o-lantern, probably close to four gallons.
She filled it with "penny candy" she'd buy all year, and somehow managed not to eat all of it, and when the kiddos would come by she'd tell 'em to grab a big handful, the wee'est ones she'd help 'em out or have 'em snag two...she loved Halloween.
Me I've always lived out in the boonies, but when moved her out in there, she'd still go out there with her giant jack-o-lantern, didn't matter, and she'd actually get a few people to stop their cars, that were haulin' their kids to the 'good neighborhoods', and had all those lil'spooks and goblins grab a couple hands full.
But still, we ate a lot of penny candy after Halloween...ya know I'm pretty sure she had a confection agenda, she was sneaky with the sweet stuff that way.
 

not_nadine

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I always somehow knew that MaryJanes were a Catholic thing for some reason.
We always seemed to have them. I can still see the wrapper.

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Sweet story
 

Dana Jean

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MaryJanes were one of Mama's favorite candies, from way back from her days at that Catholic Orphan asylum.
If there was just left she'd mighta arm wrestled ya for it, but most likely just swiped it and said tough nuggies, it's mine.
When she lived in Cincinnati at the end of a cul-de-sac, she'd put out a chair on the sidewalk with this huge plastic jack-o-lantern, probably close to four gallons.
She filled it with "penny candy" she'd buy all year, and somehow managed not to eat all of it, and when the kiddos would come by she'd tell 'em to grab a big handful, the wee'est ones she'd help 'em out or have 'em snag two...she loved Halloween.
Me I've always lived out in the boonies, but when moved her out in there, she'd still go out there with her giant jack-o-lantern, didn't matter, and she'd actually get a few people to stop their cars, that were haulin' their kids to the 'good neighborhoods', and had all those lil'spooks and goblins grab a couple hands full.
But still, we ate a lot of penny candy after Halloween...ya know I'm pretty sure she had a confection agenda, she was sneaky with the sweet stuff that way.
That is such a touching story.
 

ghost19

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Weather permitting, I usually build a fire in our patio fire pit out front. We'll usually sit outside if it's not too cold by the fire and hand out candy. We live in an older neighborhood so there isn't many kids that live on our block, but there's usually a few kids that make the rounds from the surrounding neighborhoods. I usually leave the front door open and have the Halloween movies playing on the front room TV as background noise. There's something about John Carpenter's Halloween movies that adds the final touch to Halloween night.
 

skimom2

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We don't get many trick or treaters, partly because this is big LDS area and their churches have 'trunk or treats' to keep their kids from going door to door, and partly because we live across the street from one school and next door to another; maybe people don't see our lights? Anyway, we buy good candy for those who do come because we'll likely get to eat it :) Smarties, Reeses PB cups, little candy bars, that kind of stuff.
 

FlakeNoir

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We don't get many trick or treaters, partly because this is big LDS area and their churches have 'trunk or treats' to keep their kids from going door to door, and partly because we live across the street from one school and next door to another; maybe people don't see our lights? Anyway, we buy good candy for those who do come because we'll likely get to eat it :) Smarties, Reeses PB cups, little candy bars, that kind of stuff.
I'm coming to your place...