Halloween Candy Status

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by scho63

Trick or treat isn't like it used to be. Had maybe a total of 20 kids in 8-9 visits. Not a single teenager or kid above the age of 10-12

I handed out handfuls of mixed variety; smarties, tootsie rolls, now and laters, lollipops, fireballs, bubble gum.

I'll bring the leftovers to work, about 50% left. I ate some tootsie rolls but they don't taste as good as they used to like most candy.

I am hearing a lot of this...I wonder why that is. Maybe parents are just too damn paranoid any more.

We actually had a bit more than normal, we always buy a box of 36 candy bars and have quite a few left over. Tonight we had to shut off the light a little early after we gave out the 35th one.

[hometeam]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

I am hearing a lot of this...I wonder why that is. Maybe parents are just too damn paranoid any more.

We actually had a bit more than normal, we always buy a box of 36 candy bars and have quite a few left over. Tonight we had to shut off the light a little early after we gave out the 35th one.

This is exactly it. Becuase of media hype for the stastically very few things that could happen to a kid, people are big pussies.

I submit that it is no more dangerous than it used to be, and possibly even safer, but people are just big gigantic vaginas about it.

[scho63]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

I am hearing a lot of this...I wonder why that is. Maybe parents are just too damn paranoid any more.

We actually had a bit more than normal, we always buy a box of 36 candy bars and have quite a few left over. Tonight we had to shut off the light a little early after we gave out the 35th one.

I think a lot of the teenagers are having Halloween parties instead. Today's parents spend big bucks for everything.

I'm 49 and I used to go trick-or-treating until I was about 15 or 16. I used a pillow case and always filled it at least once and about 1/4 of the second round. I used to stay out until 9pm-that was the limit

Now people shut their doors at 8pm and a ton of people just got out to avoid giving out candy.

Very different and another lost tradition......