Between 3 and 5? What the heck? I can sort of see setting a curfew at 9 or 10 so people can go to sleep without the doorbell ringing incessantly, but calling it quits before it even starts to get dark is ridiculous!
Seattle is a cesspool of socialism. Not at all surprising.My son lives in Lakewood, Wa, a suburb of Tacoma. Speaking with him today, he noted that certain areas of the Seattle-Tacoma area are going to implement "hours" during which Trick or Treating will be allowed. In one area, the designated time is between 3:00 and 5:00 PM. WHAAATTT?
He's going to ignore it, of course, but, WHAT IS GOING ON, AMERICA?
Is anyone else here facing Draconian measures in their area to eradicate the Best Holiday of the Year?
6-8 p.m. here and while it's not necessarily enforced, it seems as though as soon as it hits 8 p.m., the kids just quit coming. We'll run the haunt until 8:30 as it's a Friday night but don't anticipate a large crowd after 8 p.m. I think if they ever moved it to daytime hours, I'd pack it in and just stop haunting.
Oh Man....How lameO!My son lives in Lakewood, Wa, a suburb of Tacoma. Speaking with him today, he noted that certain areas of the Seattle-Tacoma area are going to implement "hours" during which Trick or Treating will be allowed. In one area, the designated time is between 3:00 and 5:00 PM. WHAAATTT?
He's going to ignore it, of course, but, WHAT IS GOING ON, AMERICA?
Is anyone else here facing Draconian measures in their area to eradicate the Best Holiday of the Year?
Arghh Why Do PeopLe Ruin A Goodthing?Growing up in So Calif. I went ToT at no set time. You would just kinda' wait til it began to get dark and see who would be the first one to hit the streets. After the first and second kid came to your house then you would grab your bag and hit the road.
I would stay out until after 9:00, that is when folks would start to shut off the lights. generally it would be about 3 hours of ToT
Now, when I moved to NH I was horrified to discover each town set the date AND time for ToT. And back in the 80's that was generally the Sunday BEFORE Halloween with set daylight hours i.e 1:00 - 4:00.
Then about 2001 things began to change. Towns moved their ToT back to the 31st and changed the hours to evening.
For example, my town is 6-8pm. Believe me, not ideal but we'll take it for sure!!
Only one town, Auburn, has ToT the Sunday before and still 1- 4pm.
Several towns near the NH seacoast have it on the 30th but at least it is dark
Oh and the reason for the many, many years of daylight, weekend ToT? The natives explained that after the panic following the Tylenol poisonings in 1982 everything changed. An entire generation grew up never knowing the joy of a true Halloween.
Like I said, the set hours are not what I'd choose but it's fantastic that at least it's in the dark and back on the right day