Last Night's Total

[calliopes_pen]

This year, despite the rain, we ended up having a grand total of 41 trick-or-treaters. Word appeared to spread that I had Twizzlers to give away, because several children and suspiciously older teens requested them before I even brought the bowl to them. One even said, “They told me you had Twizzlers. I want those instead.”

The first came around 5 PM, and the other 40 started coming at 7 PM. I ran out of candy and had to turn out the lights around 8 PM—before the next wave appeared at the end of the street. The final one was a teen (not in a costume--but the second to last, her friend, was) that was disappointed because she "thought it would be livelier around here, but it's dead!"

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[calliopes_pen]

Around here, every church holds Trunk-or-Treat (put candy in the trunk of the car, let kids get what they want) at the same time trick-or-treating should be. Also, downtown one particular street is designated the safe area to go.

So between that and the rain, we're lucky to have as many as we did. Last year, it was 64.