Thread: How many Trick or Treaters will you get on Halloween?

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Hi All,

I remember that when I was a kid... the Holy Grail of Halloween was when it would fall on a weekend day... especially SATURDAY as it will this year. Man.. that is as good as it gets for a kid. I remember trick or treating on the day.. as well as the night. My girlfriend thinks the kids will only come at night. When do you all expect the kids to come??

Also... I bought a house about 10 minutes from downtown Austin - TX. Last year I was not home for Halloween... but the year before I was.. and I must say.. I never seen so many trick or treaters in my life. I literally had to send a friend out twice for candy... and had to default to the cheap stuff just to keep cost down. By nights end.. we estimated well over 250 trick or treaters! The doorbell would ring.. I would open it.. and there would be a pack of little ghouls and witches outside. It was a blast!

For this year, I already have stocked up on lolipops...
and have 600 of them on ready to hand out, being that it is a Saturday.

I am wondering how many trick or treaters you all are expecting??
Please post how many you have had in the past.. or.. what you may expect this year.
Thanks! And safe haunting!

We're gearing up for close to 700. Last year we topped 600 and the year before was close to that. Being a Saturday and no Friday night football, we think it will be higher. The weather is "iffy" right now but I think we'll be okay.

We average around 300. This year, there are several organized activities going on so I don't know if that will affect the numbers or not.

Jdubbya, wow.. that is a huge number you had in the past.
Madame.. that is a lot too.

I guess it really matters were one lives.. and the demographics. I have friends who say they are lucky if they get 10, and some even say none. I am just glad and excited to see how many I get this year. I am counting the pops prior to the day... and at the end.. will see how many are left. That will give me my number... or close to it.

140?....160 2 yrs ago...120 last year... used to be 20 before we started decorating..

We've gone from 30 to 50 to 78 in the last 3 years. We've prepped 100 treat bags, but we'll have a few more sacks of candy bars on hand just in case.

As mentioned above... I think a lots going to depend on Ma Nature.

Each year we get about 400. We buy full size Pixie Stix and Blow Pops to hand out to each TOT every year so between the decorated yard and the candy, we always have lots. Our neighbors usually get about 60-75 kids, though.

We get around 50, and that's really small groups at 'long-ish' intervals so it seems like not a lot . We look to be the only house in the neighborhood that will be decorated, so we should be like a magnet! But, our immediate area has long time residents and the kids seem to have grown now. That takes a toll on the numbers. Some neighborhoods are chock full of kids. Ten years ago we were, but not anymore. Maybe we'll push 75, if we're lucky. This is yet another reason why I haven't comitted to doing a full blown walk through.



Dan

Upwards of 40 if we're lucky. Goes in cycles. Hope for the best (& no rain! Everybody, "No Rain, No Rain, No Rain...")

We had over 1,000 last year and we're expecting more this year because word has gotten out about our yard (and some of the others in our neighborhood, as well).