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🎃🦇How many Halloweeners?🦇🎃

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SpookySeaWitch · 31/10/2026 16:31

Have you had any round yet?

I've had 2. Soo ooo cute though.

It's my favourite time of year.

I haven't gone mad with decorations but enough to let dcs realise I'm participating. A house nearby has gone all out so I've directed them there.

Hope I get more?

Ooo doorbell has gone again.

It was 5 teens. Dressed up though. And they only took one sweet packet each.

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Littletreefrog · 31/10/2026 17:49

Lost count. We decorate the outside of the house and leave out skeleton in the porch minding the sweet bucket so we are not up and down all night. We are on the online trick or treat map so I think that directs quite a lot our way.

feellikeanalien · 31/10/2026 17:50

None so far but the kids in the village are beginning to age out of Trick or Treat. Hoping for a repeat of a couple of years ago when we had someone on a horse!

WaterlooBridge · 31/10/2026 17:53

feellikeanalien · 31/10/2026 17:50

None so far but the kids in the village are beginning to age out of Trick or Treat. Hoping for a repeat of a couple of years ago when we had someone on a horse!

A real horse?!

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WearyAuldWumman · 31/10/2026 18:00

Stuck my head out the door... Heard two mums across the road instructing the bairns only to go to decorated houses - but they were speaking a language I studied 40 yrs ago.

I shouted across the road in their language: "You can come here - I have sweets for the children!" (They maybe thought I was weird...)

The two wee boys were all dressed up, spoke perfect English and thanked me - then they ran back to tell me their jokes. So sweet!

TroysMammy · 31/10/2026 18:03

After saying to me trick or treat I said I'll have a treat please and held out my hand. One little boy started to offer me his sweets. Aww.

Truinio · 31/10/2026 18:10

Never had anyone round in 20+ years. No street lighting and only a narrow pavement on one side of the road so not surprising really.

WearyAuldWumman · 31/10/2026 18:15

That's another two large groups been at the door. The most recent group had Grandad as their supervisor and the family dog dressed as a jester.

feellikeanalien · 31/10/2026 18:16

WaterlooBridge · 31/10/2026 17:53

A real horse?!

Yes.

WintersFrog · 31/10/2026 18:18

WintersFrog · 31/10/2026 16:50

I love your neightbour 😆
Pumpkin/decorations rule round here. They'll start coming around 6ish I expect and we usually get a steady stream of little ghoulies and ghosties.
Sweet are at the ready and I have learnt the hard way to say just one!!
I do admire the costumes though.

When we get fed up with answering the door we pull the pumpkin in and turn the lights off. Seems to work.

I was replying on wrong thread 🤦‍♀️
We've had lots of little ones round since i posted through. All cute and very polite 💕

SpookySeaWitch · 31/10/2026 18:22

TroysMammy · 31/10/2026 18:03

After saying to me trick or treat I said I'll have a treat please and held out my hand. One little boy started to offer me his sweets. Aww.

Aww that's so cute 🎃

Well I ran out of sweets. Not kidding had over 50.

I had to take lights down and pumpkin out of the window. Ds1 and his gf had cooked a lovely meal for us so had to remove them so we could eat. I can still hear dcs outside walking around.

Next year I'm dressing up and getting lots more sweets.

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Pemba · 31/10/2026 18:23

We've had about 12 or 13 lots of kids. Never had so many! Maybe because it's fallen on a Saturday?

The best costumes were Darth Vadar and Audrey 2 from Little Shop of Horrors. 😁

SpookySeaWitch · 31/10/2026 18:27

Pemba · 31/10/2026 18:23

We've had about 12 or 13 lots of kids. Never had so many! Maybe because it's fallen on a Saturday?

The best costumes were Darth Vadar and Audrey 2 from Little Shop of Horrors. 😁

Yes probably that.

There's lots of fireworks going off too.

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WearyAuldWumman · 31/10/2026 18:27

I can hear kids outside, but I'm guessing my house isn't dressed up enough...

MyManinCaracas · 31/10/2026 18:29

We had about 35-40 before I closed up about 10 minutes ago. I think it was a good year. The children all looked great and there were lots of tiny ones.

SpookySeaWitch · 31/10/2026 18:29

WearyAuldWumman · 31/10/2026 18:27

I can hear kids outside, but I'm guessing my house isn't dressed up enough...

They're still ringing our doorbell 🙈

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somekindofdoughnut · 31/10/2026 18:30

Four lots so far, we usually get loads. I put a string of coloured 'ghost' lights in the sweet bowl and one tiny boy, about 3, was more interested in them than the sweeties, very cute.

ReflectiveGilet · 31/10/2026 18:31

Upwards of 20 but it’s all gone quiet now

shellyleppard · 31/10/2026 18:32

Not had anyone round yet 😞 😞 same last year. Guaranteed the year I don't buy treats we get loads 😁

Leopardspota · 31/10/2026 18:32

We gave out 150 bags of haribo - our street was very busy!!

AutumnLeavesAndRaindrops · 31/10/2026 18:33

We live in the middle of nowhere but we’ve left two big lit pumpkins at the end of the drive with two bowls of little goodie bags. We live near the NC500 and I’m sure there will be a few camper vans with children passing who never had the chance to go guising tonight. My friend lives in the nearest village and I left 30 bags with her to hand out to the children that visit hers tonight.

DeutscheBahnTicket · 31/10/2026 18:33

We have only had two groups but the first one had about ten people in it. The night is young though!

TheeNotoriousPIG · 31/10/2026 18:34

I have had three, and that will be my lot. I was expecting two, as we live rurally (i.e. a short lane of houses between farms) and they're the only children who live here, but a friend from school came with them. Thank goodness that I had extra sweets for her!

WearyAuldWumman · 31/10/2026 18:35

SpookySeaWitch · 31/10/2026 18:29

They're still ringing our doorbell 🙈

Send them over to Fife!

WearyAuldWumman · 31/10/2026 18:36

shellyleppard · 31/10/2026 18:32

Not had anyone round yet 😞 😞 same last year. Guaranteed the year I don't buy treats we get loads 😁

I think I overdid the sweets this year...

SpookySeaWitch · 31/10/2026 18:36

WearyAuldWumman · 31/10/2026 18:35

Send them over to Fife!

I wish. I feel guilty 😔

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