How long does it go?

[primsong]

I talked my group of five tall teenagers out of trick-or-treating and sent them to a skate party instead. Two of them are now 18, the 16-year old is taller than anyone in this house and has a deep voice, the 'little kid' is 13 now! I thought they might terrify a little old lady with a bowl of caramels, mobbing a step. They all agreed but one who argued 'you're never too old to trick-or-treat.' What do you think?


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[meneleth.livejournal.com]

My 17-yr-old went out with her 17-yr-old cousin and a 16-yr-old friend. I said, "You're a senior in high school and you want to go trick-or-treating??" She said, "Yeah, it's the last time I'lll be able to until I have kids of my own." The girls had a ball, and yes, they did wear costumes.

We had no children at all come to our house this year. Hubby said we should move somewhere where there are kids because he missed handing out candy.

[primsong.livejournal.com]

I wonder if it's going to fade away as a tradition - there are hardly any kids on the streets around here either, and we have *tons* living in this neighborhood. They all go to big indoor events now, more like the old traditional 'costume ball' meets indoor carnival, parents prefer them for safety and the kids like getting together with their friends. Who knows? Maybe when we are old we'll be saying "remember when they used to trick-or-treat outdoors...?"

[hiwytozion.livejournal.com]

I actually went trick-or-treating my first year in college. My friends and I got down on our knees at every door. It defintely won us points and candy. We don't get kids at our door either. Most parents go to the mall with them. There may come a time when it becomes "en vouge" to go door to door again, but for now it seems to be riding off into the sunset.

[meneleth.livejournal.com]

In our case, there are very few children in the neighborhood. We live on a busy street, albeit toward the quiet end of it. We didn't realize it when we bought the house, but there just aren't many children on our street. There are smaller, quieter streets on either side of ours, and they have more kids, but for whatever reason they don't trick-or-treat on our street.