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[totient]

By the time I got home and ready to give out candy at 5:35 there were already a few kids on the street. Another record year:
28 kids by 6:00
92 kids by 6:30
100 kids by 6:35
147 kids by 7:00
200 kids by 7:11
222 kids by 7:30
240 kids by 8:00
250 kids by 8:15 or so, and then nothing until 9:15
261 kids by 9:30. The after-dinner kids are mostly well costumed 12-15 year olds in a small number of large groups. They're much less shy about ringing doorbells than the little kids are. I think there were still another dozen of them out there who might have come by if we hadn't shut off the porch light in order to go fetch take-out and watch Shaun of the Dead. I wonder if those kids have been out there all along or if this is a new phenomenon.

A bunch of us on the block are thinking that next year it is time to get the city to close the street.

Comments

[paradoox.livejournal.com]

Wow. We are lucky if we get two dozen or so in Newton. And we decorate a little and leave the light on. I suspect a lot of the difference is there aren't a lot of kids in our neighborhood. More families with young kids are moving in, so we will see what happens.

At least in Newton there is a sidewalk. IIRC in Waltham with no sidewalks (~15 years ago) we got even less than that.

Unforutnately this year, we left the light off all night. I'm in the UK and SMOZZ had a class.

[fuzzface00.livejournal.com]

Two-hundred sixty one ?

We are lucky if we see a dozen.

[muffyjo]

I love that you keep track. And I'm amazed at the numbers!

[cintyber.livejournal.com]

I heard them last night and I think if next year I am not sick I am going to follow Clue's route http://cluegirl.livejournal.com/762733.html?#cutid1

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

We're less than a block away. We set up a huge display at the back of our house from which we can see your house.

I still think we got only half that much. Good grief!

[ceo]

I think your street sucks all the trick-or-treaters out of the rest of the neighborhood. Though gosling reported Highland Rd was fairly busy.

Our leftovers are on the table by the support folks; have at. :-)

[shayde.livejournal.com]

Yumpin Yimminy. We got maybe 25 total... we had a total run on the house somewhere around 7:45 - the older kids were starting up then. We have a nice cul-de-sac area, so it's great territory.

[cogitationitis.livejournal.com]

We got the most ever this year, though many of them were in the 10-12 age range. "The most" being maybe a dozen or so--far more than I expected. Then again, we're on a busy street without sidewalks. (The side streets get more kids.)

[kjc007.livejournal.com]

We hit our average - about 20 or so. I mised most of them because they came early this year: 6-7 instead of 7-8. Damned daylight savings.

A couple of us in our neighborhood are thinking of trying to do something more organized next year. We'll see if it happens.

Me = in Australia

[cricketk.livejournal.com]

!!!!

Is that standard?

I think I know one person who bothered to have lollies on hand and they didn't get a single participant.

I think it would be fun to have Halloween in your street.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's amazing. We don't get any.