Happy Samhuinn!

[furtech]

I was house/cat-sitting last night and her place got over 70 trick-or-treaters! I wonder if the greater threat of terrorism has made trick-or-treating's dangers pale by comparison (with more kids going out again? This was no Fur Fright, but at least I felt involved in the night!

I used the opportunity to further train Rondo: he'd bark at the doorbell/knocks (some were too short to ring), so I would use the "happy voice 'who's that?'" and give him a treat (Kentucky Fried Chicken) and open the door. He would peek between my legs, but seemed otherwise happy and unconcerned (masks and blood and all). Never pass up opportunities to have impromptu training sessions!

I'm curious: to all reading this, can you answer these questions?

---How many trick-or-treaters did you get? (even approximate-- more/less than last year, etc)
---Were there any prevailing trends in costumes? (themes: mundane [firemen, army guys, etc.], pirates, monsters, etc.)

I think I did Elayne a disservice: I set the bar rather high for her next year. I gave out full-size candies (thanks to Costco!).

Comments

[skiefire.livejournal.com]

Im in the UK, where we aren't as mad for it as the US kids, but we still have plenty of things going on.

-Only about 10 separate visits, but each contained a group of at least 6 kids, some were even larger (and it being dark making it look like more)

-Costumes were rather bland. Plenty of binbags/witches and kids with swords. A few were neat though, with one girl in a great full body devil costume.