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Seriously, Edmond???
Warning---rant ahead.
DH and I are cracking up. We just saw on the news where Edmond is "canceling" (i.e., just renaming) all "Trick or Treat" events city-wide in favor of "Meet or Treat." Why? So as not to encourage toilet papering, scaring people, etc.
I realize it's just a PR-based name change, but, seriously??? THIS is why people think we are a bunch of tight-asses. How about, 1., trust your neighbors to have enough sense not to be a jerk and 2., realize that, if they are (meaning that they TP your house or ring your doorbell and run at 10pm) and if that's the worst thing that happens to you all fall, you're pretty damned lucky.
I get that communities set Trick or Treat hours. I get safety tips like make sure you Trick or Treat with a grown-up and wear reflective clothing, but to rename the whole thing and think it actually will stave off what are very minor acts of vandalism at worst? Blech!
Rant over 
Re: Seriously, Edmond???
Ooooohhhh...I'm going to ring your doorbell and run!
Seriously, renaming it won't make any difference. How many kids do the "trick" part anyway? For me, it was all about the candy.
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Someone nearly beat my door down at 10:30 pm last year. I was home alone and it actually terrified me. I don't want anyone I didn't invite at my house at 10:30 at night.
Another Halloween rant: I hate trick or treating teenagers not in costume. Why should I give you candy because you went to all the effort to grab a Walmart sack and walk around demanding it? I always want to tell them to get lost, but those are the little shiits who would tp your house if you don't.
My confession is that DH and I don't hand out candy on Halloween! We turn off our exterior lights and hide in our bedroom. I am sick of a. people demanding candy that clearly do not live in our neighborhood b. rude kids that don't even bother to say "trick or treat" let alone THANK YOU and c. teenagers dressed up.
This year we will buy Halloween treats for the little neighbor girls. Thanks to Dasher we have gotten to know them quite well and they definitely deserve a treat!
We hand out candy (ugh, I have to buy some though or else we won't!), but unless the kid is really little, I make them say "trick or treat" before giving it to them. I do the whole prompting, "What do you say....?" and they usually mumble it. Not much I can do if they don't say "thank you," but oh well.
I could see where it would be frustrating in your neighborhood though because I bet you do get a ton that don't live there. At least our neighborhood is so new and off the beaten path that we pretty much solely get neighborhood kids.
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Okla- that's insane.
The kids in our neighborhood are all pretty sweet (at least they were last year.) They say "trick or treat" nicely, say thank you, etc. I think our oldest teenager last year might have been 13 (so still roughly jr high age). Meanwhile moms and dads either stand in the street or (my personal favorite) we had a bunch of parents (like several groups) who tied wagons to their golf carts. Parents rode in the wagon with their neighbor friends (and a cooler full of booze) while the kids trick or treated. It's ok to judge me for planning on being *that* mom some day
We do this too. We're Halloween scrooges.