Hallowe'en 2024 -- Your Experiences Here!

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Thread for Hallowe'en 2024 -- parties, costumes, trick-or-treat stories (hunting or serving), etc.   

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Mini-Bone went to a Haunted House-type place with Mom and friends.

I was at home ready to serve visitors.

 

As usual, I parked myself outside the open garage in a folding chair.

This is to avoid having to get up & down and to prevent Cat T-B. from escaping outside.

 

Probably 85% of the houses on my street were dark and not participating.

I bought no special candy and went into a nearly full box of Welch's Fruit Snacks that Mini-B. sometimes eats.

 

The first visitor was a little boy, barely able to toddle.

He had big blue eyes and chubby little hands, and he smiled and waved at me upon parental urging.

I was in tears afterward, remembering when Mini-B. was that age and in his first little costume.

They grow up so fast.  (Remember the song Turn Around?  "Where have you gone, my little one, little one?")

Choking up again at this writing.

 

This year was the lightest ever, even considering the pandemic year(s).

I doubt that there were more than 15 or 16 visitors.

On the bright side, most of them said "trick or treat."

On the even brighter side, almost all of them said "thank you" -- even without parental urging.

Quality over quantity, as they say.   

 

Everything was over by a little after 8 p.m.

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Dad Says Results Of Halloween Candy Inspection Could Be Delayed Up To 2 Weeks

 

[...] According to the O'Malley children, whose candy was confiscated last night immediately after their return from trick-or-treating, their dad let them know that "technical difficulties" had resulted in unavoidable delays in completing the annual candy inspection process.

 

"I'm really sorry, guys, but you'll just have to bear with me," O'Malley reportedly said.  "We've got a lot of candy to go through here.  With so many pieces, this isn't something that can be done overnight.  We want to make sure every piece of candy is accounted for, including late-arriving candy from the more densely populated urban areas.  We appreciate your patience in this matter."  [...]

 

https://babylonbee.com/news/dad-says-results-of-halloween-candy-inspection-could-be-delayed-up-to-2-weeks