Thread: Types of treat givers on Halloween

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Greetings fellow Halloween enthusiast. I need your help with a little website I'm making. I'm trying to find out what types of treat givers there are and how to properly categorize them. Below is just a rough draft of what I've come up with. This isn't what the site is about, this is only part of it. But I'd still like it to be as accurate as possible. Just tell me what you like, don't like and what needs to be changed.

Names

The Health Nut - Gives out apples, toothbrushes, floss.

The Hermit - Leaves candy outside because they don't want to come to the door or can't or are too busy.

The Toy Giver - Gives little toys or non-candy items, most times along with candy.

The Stingy Giver - Gives a little bit of candy, sometimes just one piece.

The Generous Giver - Gives a lot of candy.

The Trickster - Gives you a trick rather than a treat.

The Killjoy - They don't celebrate or do not have candy or don't come to the door when you knock. (Technically not a giver)


Alternate names

The Generous Giver ~ The Charitable Giver

The Stingy Giver ~ The Miser

The Hermit ~ The Busy Giver

The Trickster ~ The Trick Giver

Suggestions:

The Clearing House Manager - Lets kids grab huge handfuls of candy because it's the end of the night and Everything Must Go!!! (this is me lol)

The Preacher - Surreptitiously inserts religious propaganda into the trick-or-treat bag.

The Partiers - The cars are outside, something in the house is going on, music is playing, but nobody comes to the door.

The Enigma - The house is all decked out for Halloween, the yard is officially haunted, but the porch light is off and nobody's home. Why?

The Teenager - His parents are obviously making him hand out candy. Must have outgrown trick-or-treating.

Great suggestions! However I don't think I can use the preacher one. The site will mostly be for kids. I don't want to offend any parents.

Anyone who gives Snickers should get their own category!!!

And Reese's!

Don't know if this will help or not but have you heard about the Halloween Candy Code? It's the joke pictures of what kids write in chalk at the end of the driveway to let other kids know what the house is giving out. It's hilarious and could give you some ideas: Kids Halloween Candy Code

love the website... and all these ideas How about

The Overachiever-Those who hand out full sized candy bars.

The Elitist-Those who hand out KING SIZED candy bars.

How about:
The Airline Stewardess--Weighs down the kid's bag with one of those little half cans of Coke.
(We used to have a house in our old neighborhood that did this every year.)

Master of Ceremonies-- Opens the door wide and yells for everyone in the living room to direct their attention to the current TOT or TOTs at the door.

Originally Posted by WeirdRob

Great suggestions! However I don't think I can use the preacher one. The site will mostly be for kids. I don't want to offend any parents.

Hahaha - no worries - I was replaying this last year's Trick or Treating in my mind and started typing.

I must be a toy giver. I pass out candy and hot wheels.

Originally Posted by trac28

I must be a toy giver. I pass out candy and hot wheels.

I think I may have to try that one!