Holloween

[Mobasser]

Like many here, I have good memories of Holloween as a kid. We carved pumpkins, and went trick or treating.                Lots of folks made home made treats back then, and we usually munched those down in a hurry.                       We usually made costumes from things we had at home. I was a cowboy, ghost, pirate, and some sort of monster. It was big fun for all of us.                          My grandkids will be going again this year. My wife and I may go with them.They go to area churches, stores, etc, and it's a safe way to trick or treat. Hoping all the BR members with children have a safe, happy Halloween. You and your kids can build some memories- which will last a lifetime.

[A-Jay]

Stay Safe 

A-Jay

[gim]

I like Halloween, even as an adult.  I liked it as a kid too.  My brother and I made a HAUL on candy for years.  We used pillow cases and filled them.  Plastic pails you see kids carrying nowadays weren't big enough lol.  I don't really eat any candy now though.

 

I went to Madison, WI a couple years for Halloween when I was in college.  It was a blast.  Just walking up and down State Street and seeing everyone in unique costumes was entertaining.

 

I still carve a pumpkin into a jack o lantern every year for the front doorstep.  Just did it the other day.  Mine is the bigger one, the one on the left is my wife's.  My boy is almost 4 and he wanted to paint a pumpkin brown and then turn it into a T Rex instead.  My dog is a "rufferee."

[Jar11591]

I enjoy Halloween and the festivities that come with it, especially the candy. For my girlfriend, it’s a whole month long event. She is very into it. Her father who recently passed always used to give the trick-or-treaters king sized candy bars, and she wants to carry on that tradition so we have boxes of king sized bars ready to go. The butterfingers stay in house though. Those are mine. 
 

 

@gimruis T-Rex-O-Lantern is hilarious. When Jack-O-Lanterns aren’t scary enough. 

[slonezp]

Candy....don't get many trick or treaters anymore at home. Frickin customers though...

 

I buy packaged cheese and crackers that I leave on the counter for my customers. 27 pieces(x2). I replenish them every 2-3 weeks. I bought a 155 piece candy bag and it lasted 4 days on the counter. You people are a bunch of animals.  

[Captain Phil]

When we were kids, we loved Halloween.   I remember coming home with a grocery bag full of candy and going back out for a second bag.  Nothing today is the same as it was.  On Saturday, we would leave to play in the morning and come back before dinner at 6.   Our parents never worried about where we were or what we were doing.  If we weren't there for family dinner at 6, we knew we were in trouble.  No body ever thought about poison candy or child molesters.  We haven't had Trick or Treaters in our neighborhood for years.  I ask my wife to buy candy just in case, but they don't come.  So sad.....

[padlin]

Growing up we lived in houses built for returning WWII GI's, each had about 1/4 acre. The neighborhood went on for ever, filling a pillow case till it was too heavy for you was the norm. Today everything is on an acre or 2, maybe 30 homes in walking distance for the few kids that are here, most are long grown. Still it's a safe area, so far, so my kids bring the grand kids here, which is good as other then them we get maybe 6 others. Most of the one box of bars goes home with them.

 

I still enjoy it, but nothing like when I was a kid.

[NYWayfarer]

19 hours ago, gimruis said:

I like Halloween, even as an adult.  I liked it as a kid too.  My brother and I made a HAUL on candy for years.  We used pillow cases and filled them.  Plastic pails you see kids carrying nowadays weren't big enough lol.  I don't really eat any candy now though.

 

I went to Madison, WI a couple years for Halloween when I was in college.  It was a blast.  Just walking up and down State Street and seeing everyone in unique costumes was entertaining.

 

I still carve a pumpkin into a jack o lantern every year for the front doorstep.  Just did it the other day.  Mine is the bigger one, the one on the left is my wife's.  My boy is almost 4 and he wanted to paint a pumpkin brown and then turn it into a T Rex instead.  My dog is a "rufferee."

Your Dogs costume is fantastic! Do mind if I ask what breed it is? My dog could be it’s twin. When we got her from the shelter they told us she was a “hound mix” everyone we meet says she is definitely part Lab. Vet says she might have some Beagle in her. 
 

I will eventually bite the bullet and pay the money to get a doggy DNA test.

[gim]

10 hours ago, NYWayfarer said:

Do mind if I ask what breed it is?

She’s a purebred British yellow Labrador. Turned 10 in February.

 

She’s more white than yellow because of the English blood lines. They tend to have that. Rather than the more tannish color of an American yellow Labrador.

[DitchPanda]

Me and the girlfriend love Halloween...its my favorite holiday hands down and probably her 2nd favorite. We usually have plenty of kids stop by because she's lead teacher at the daycare in town.

This year she's off at noon and I'm off all day so our plan is to make a bunch of snack type food, hand out candy and watch Halloween 1, 2 and H2O as a trilogy.

[NYWayfarer]

4 hours ago, gimruis said:

She’s a purebred British yellow Labrador. Turned 10 in February.

 

She’s more white than yellow because of the English blood lines. They tend to have that. Rather than the more tannish color of an American yellow Labrador.

I can see that English bloodline in your girl. Mine definitely has some of the American yellow line in her.

 

So as not to derail the thread. I loved Halloween as a kid. I went in homemade costumes until my parents could afford to buy me one. From then on I went as Batman every year but one. Then I went as Robin. 
 

As an adult I loved taking my son trick or treating. Now that he is older and in college he has classes Halloween night and won’t be home. I am more the “Get off my lawn ya lousy kids” type nowadays. The dog is going to go crazy with the constant ringing of the doorbell. I will most likely sit outside to dole out candy while my wife keeps the dog company.

[padlin]

Something else that's changed for the holiday.

 

The grand kids had a Halloween party/scary woods walk Saturday night, much candy.

Today, Sunday, they have a Trunk or Treat the town puts on, more candy.

Tomorrow night is the usual house to house, again more candy.

 

We might have gotten more, bigger, candy in our day, but we only had 1 night of it.

 

[Mobasser]

1 minute ago, padlin said:

Something else that's changed for the holiday.

 

The grand kids had a Halloween party/scary woods walk Saturday night, much candy.

Today, Sunday, they have a Trunk or Treat the town puts on, more candy.

Tomorrow night is the usual house to house, again more candy.

 

We might have gotten more, bigger, candy in our day, but we only had 1 night of it.

 

Yes. My grandkids have had something the last two nights, and a hayride this afternoon. 

[padlin]

It's becoming the 12 Days of Halloween. Bet the candy companies love it.

[N Florida Mike]

Not my favorite holiday but I had some good times with it. 

Back in the day every home around here had kids. Halloween night had the streets full of kids roaming around with no parents.( Unless they were real young) We didnt have streetlights until I was 8 or 9, so that made it more mysterious!  Lots of woods around too, which added more scariness.

When I was around 18  I put a sheet over me and put a straw hat on top. I sat motionless in a chair by the front door. When kids would come up, I would sit motionless while they tried to decide if I was real or not… then move and scare the crap out of them. My favorite reaction was from the 2 pretty older teen girls that came up. They got up close trying to see if I was real or not. I waited until they turned to leave and jumped up. They screamed and jumped and ran off  laughing like girls do.

I did not get their numbers though…?

[Tennessee Boy]

We probably had 60 trick or treaters this year.   My wife gives out the candy.  My job is to maintain candy quality control.  I sample about 1/3 of the candy to make sure it meets our strict standards.?

 

Happy Halloween Everyone!

 

[TnRiver46]

[Jar11591]

We had 100 king sized bars ready to go, and only got 10 trick or treaters. I’m gonna eat my self sick this week. 

[slonezp]

On 11/1/2022 at 5:16 PM, Jar11591 said:

We had 100 king sized bars ready to go, and only got 10 trick or treaters. I’m gonna eat my self sick this week. 

I bought 3 bags of Reeses PB cups. Ate 2-1/2 prior to Halloween. Brought my grandson 3 PB cups on Halloween and took him trick or treating. Killed the last of them tonight.