Really?? Adult trick or treaters???

[shootingstar]

What is curious is trick or treating children going into business establishments in a downtown core area.. it happens in downtown Vancouver. Since we live there...we've seen the children go into restaurants...a mini-grocery store.

I am the eldest of 6. I was required to accompany my younger siblings via trick or treating to the door on the street. Youngest sibling is a decade younger than I. Therefore I was trick or treating (sort of) when I was 17 yrs. I realize nowadays families have less children, so the phenomena of seeing much older siblings vs. near babies is more rare. Unless it may be a blended family.

Here's my take on the feminist Halloween evening where there were adults in costume and where I went. I normally don't celebrate Halloween.

[Pax]

Here's my take on the feminist Halloween evening where there were adults in costume and where I went. I normally don't celebrate Halloween.

That looked like a wonderful event!

[Pax]

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OTOH, I could hand out sprouted granola bars with spirulina topping.

Excellent idea! Take it further and be that weird lady who hands out crappy stale popcorn balls to the older people.

[OakLeaf]

what is with going to neighborhoods where you don't live?

Well I think kids who don't live in neighborhoods should still get the opportunity to trick-or-treat, and friends should be able to trick-or-treat together regardless of whether they live within walking distance of each other.

Now, if we're talking about kids hitting multiple neighborhoods on different nights, that's entirely a product of this goofy scheduled trick-or-treating on nights other than Hallowe'en proper, and AFAIC the adults reponsible for that, are getting what they deserve.

[OakLeaf]

Like, where you are, they bus kids from suburban neighborhoods to urban ones? Or vice versa? Just trying to get a picture of what you mean!

[Blueberry]

I would say they're bringing kids from urban to urban (we're single family, but more densely developed than average). There are plenty of other good options for trick-or-treating, but our neighborhood gets talked up as a destination. In part, our neighborhood association did it to itself (hiring off duty police to ensure safety) - but what were they supposed to do when the city wouldn't do anything to crowd control and a kid got hit (just after the cops went off duty - they stay longer now)? People bring their kids here (as I understand it) because they can hit a lot of houses quickly (without a lot of walking, and with most houses giving out candy). I'm sure some don't have an option, and I do want kids to have a place to trick-or-treat. My point was that, as a resident of the neighborhood, the whole things is a bit disruptive and overwhelming and I, therefore, choose not to participate. To be a Halloween grinch, I have better things to do than stand at my door giving out bags of candy for 5 hours. Our neighbors had a final count of over 1900. That's excessive by any standards.

As we were coming home from picking up takeout food (late - after 9), we saw a group of teenagers (?) wearing jeans and hoodies, and carrying plastic grocery bags. No idea how old they actually were, but they seemed to be hitting every single house (even those with the lights out).

[rebeccaC]

I don't care how old they are......cuz i ate it all before they came

[Pax]

i don't care how old they are......cuz i ate it all before they came :d

lol!!!

[smilingcat]

older kids (teens) not from my neighborhood gets "lump of coal" and only one piece.

Kids from the neighborhood get the more desireable candy. I would even ask what they want. And usually I give them extra.