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Was trick or treating quiet round your way tonight?

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BoogieWonder · 31/10/2026 22:20

It was much less busy than last year, just walking round we didn't see many others, despite it being a nice evening compared to last year when it pissed down but loads were out!

Less than half the sweets we left out went too, compared to all last year.

Was it quieter than last year for anyone else? I wonder why!

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CharlotteStreetW1 · 31/10/2026 22:22

No knocks here (thankfully) but quite a lot of fireworks for some reason.

Nofeckingway · 31/10/2026 22:22

It was quiter than last year definitely. I wonder if it being on Saturday made a difference. Did people have more get togethers for the kids or maybe people are still away on mid term break holidays .

Koulibiak · 31/10/2026 22:23

No it was huge here

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Ramblingaway · 31/10/2026 22:23

My daughter curtailed it due to Strictly! Hurrah for being back in the house in the warm in double-quick(step) time.

SauvignonBlanche · 31/10/2026 22:23

It was very busy round here.

Saturdaysfairies · 31/10/2026 22:24

Quite quiet here.

CheeseandGherkins · 31/10/2026 22:25

We had no knocks at all. It was quiet last year too, used to be very busy.

Marycontrarygarden · 31/10/2026 22:25

Madness, had 46 kids round! I live on a quiet street in a village, suburb of London.

LibertyBustop · 31/10/2026 22:25

Last year was really quiet but much better this year

MsAdoraBelleDearheartVonLipwig · 31/10/2026 22:25

Yes it was a bit quieter here. One of the dads that came with his kids said they hadn’t seen as many people out as usual.

moonraker0 · 31/10/2026 22:26

Yes. Currently eating the sweets I had because nobody knocked.

Thislittlekitten · 31/10/2026 22:26

This was the busiest year I’ve had here! It was crazy. Ran out of sweets. Some fab costumes. 👻 🎃 🧟‍♀️

Leavemetonguetied · 31/10/2026 22:27

We were very busy, hundreds of kids out, it was great! I think being on a Saturday helped. We were out by 5 and back by 7 though and it was pretty quiet by 7:30.

Christmassy24 · 31/10/2026 22:27

Think we had around 250+ kids here. That’s pretty normal for us. Just stand by the front door for 2 hours. I love all the costumes!

BeMintFatball · 31/10/2026 22:31

We live in a housing estate. Arrived home from shopping and the kids were out in force several really big groups. Then the fireworks a bit later.
Sadly we have not done a pumpkin this year as DD2 is too anxious so we missed the fun

LondonLass2026 · 31/10/2026 22:32

Not a single knock! North East England. Really surprised. Normally get at least 10-15 groups of kids.

maudelovesharold · 31/10/2026 22:37

Pretty quiet. But then we don’t decorate since our kids stopped trick or treating many years ago. No decorations = no callers where we are. There are a few houses dotted about the neighbourhood which do decorate. Heard a few groups going round, but all seemed to be done by about 7.

Shudacudawuda · 31/10/2026 22:43

No, the opposite here, absolutely heaving!
I think it was because it's a Saturday night and not pouring with rain for a change.

HorseandHeron · 31/10/2026 22:45

Busier here. One year we had no knocks at all. This year we had 30 witches, skeletons, wizards and pumpkins turn up, as we ran out of Freddo bars and Haribo bags.

Kickinthenostalgia · 31/10/2026 22:46

Defo wasn’t quiet here, I mean I live on the main road and we go all out but defo busier than last year. We almost ran out of sweets and we had double than last year which I even had to go to the shop and buy some more.

bardabunga · 31/10/2026 22:47

Quiet with only three knocks but they came mob-handed, so there were 19 kids altogether.

The only way I know that is because we had a bag of 20 treats and there was only one left which I ate.😂

Livpool · 31/10/2026 22:48

It was busy here - answered the door about 20 times

RampantIvy · 31/10/2026 22:48

moonraker0 · 31/10/2026 22:26

Yes. Currently eating the sweets I had because nobody knocked.

Same here.
There are no children living in our road and we are out of the way.

I got some sweets just in case and enjoyed eating them when no-one knocked.

3luckystars · 31/10/2026 22:49

Very very very quiet! I can’t get over it.

we would usually have 100+ calls and we probably had 30. It was dry and lovely mild weather too it’s just absolutely DEAD.

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IDontHateRainbows · 31/10/2026 22:50

First year we haven't decorated since the kids were small. Blissful silence.