How many of you guys are living in suburbia and participate on the other end of "trick or treat" (either as a parent or as a candy-giver)?

Got any cute/cool stories? Crazy experiences? What's the best candy to give out these days and what kind of costumes are in?

9/12/2007 7:51:15 AM

I give out apples with razor blades in them and loose cyanide-laced candy corn.

9/12/2007 9:34:38 AM

i dont live in suburbia, but halloween in the city is pretty cool. everyone sits out on their front steps and gives out candy to all the little kids coming around.

i dont really have any cool stories or anything, its just fun.

9/12/2007 10:10:39 AM

I was a candy-giver for the first time last halloween

nothing too crazy, but it was weird to be on the other end

9/12/2007 10:35:33 AM

is it kind of lame for the adults to be dressed up in elaborate costumes as they answer the door and give away their candy?

[Edited on September 12, 2007 at 10:49 AM. Reason : s]

9/12/2007 10:48:29 AM

hell no..i may do that this year.

my dad is the talk of his neighborhood...he goes all out and puts on a big production (lights, sounds, costumes, etc). Some kids are too scared to even go up the driveway to get candy from him.

9/12/2007 10:55:21 AM

I scare the hell out the neighborhood kids at my parents....

9/12/2007 11:17:04 AM

i give out candy each year. i won't give candy to the ones who aren't dressed up.

9/12/2007 11:57:11 AM

i've been carving pumpkins and giving out candy for 5 years now. it's fun. last year i was dressed up but only b/c i was going out later, and i'm in more of a kiddie area and had less kids than i did when i lived in south raleigh...oh well.

i want to do more pumpkins and decorations this year. when i was a kid i'd always decorate the stoop for halloween, and my dad had an awesome disney record from the haunted mansion ride that he would play. with the record sound it was even creepier.

9/12/2007 3:00:46 PM

i've never even decorated for christmas, seriously.

9/12/2007 6:42:57 PM

we've got some shitty ass kids in my neighborhood

i'm not giving out candy at our place

9/12/2007 7:35:48 PM

we've been giving out candy for the past few years. The thing that is surprising the hell out of me is that we are living in the better section of a highly populated area, and we've had less than 20 trick-or-treaters come to the door each year over the past few years. Each year seems to be less and less. I don't see why we aren't seeing hundreds of kids.

9/29/2007 5:52:12 PM

i like to play scary music out the window

[Edited on September 29, 2007 at 6:11 PM. Reason : ^ more and more kids these days do trick-or-treating on the internets and their xboxes]

9/29/2007 6:10:07 PM

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"i've never even decorated for christmas, seriously."

For real. I turn off my lights to discourage those grubby-faced beggars. Get a job and buy your own candy, kid!

[Edited on September 29, 2007 at 8:27 PM. Reason : ]

9/29/2007 8:23:51 PM

We had some kids come through Avent Ferry Complex once when I was there...they were even dressed up and they would mob you....they looked like poor kids...but geez....just because you have a plastic bag doesnt mean you get candy. One even said, "Is that all?"

[Edited on September 30, 2007 at 10:48 AM. Reason : w]

9/30/2007 10:47:54 AM

i may turn off all the lights and sit on the porch and drink

9/30/2007 8:42:17 PM

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"we've got some shitty ass kids in my neighborhood i'm not giving out candy at our place"

9/30/2007 9:20:44 PM