October 25th here. Ours is always the Saturday before. Maybe I'm just too picky, but I like to have mine in October during the anticipation of Halloween. There's an excitement in the air all night. No offense to others, but for me there's a small let down on Nov 1st, and I don't like the feeling of arriving at the gate just after the plane has pulled away.
As for competing with other parties, our turnout has increased every year which I take as meaning that we're drawing people away from other parties. People who have come for one year almost always have returned for the next year.
In any case, my vote is for the week before, but if everyone thought the same as me, we might have fewer attendees.
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