Halloween 1: Not Impressed.
My husband and I celebrated our first Halloween in an actual house together this year . . . and while we were unable to make our parcel the spookiest house in Elmhurst, we did manage do throw around a good amount of ‘Ween decor (including an 8 foot spider, webs, candles, and of course, jacks-o’s). Bottom line, it wasn’t creepy-creepy, but we were pleased with how our end of the deal turned out. Thus, we scooted home from work in a hurry to enjoy the kiddies who were sure to be cramming our uber-residential neighborhood in search of completely unnecessary carbs but extremely necessary good times.
So now that it’s over, I’m left with just one question: Where the hell were the kids? Was it just U Street, or did Sacramento city-wide see a decrease in the number of trick-or-treaters this year?
We had, like, 10 total door knocks, one of which can’t be counted because it was a group that had come by earlier in the evening. Of the 9 groups of visitors, I’d say less than half were actually from my neighborhood; most of these kids I’d never seen before. Not that that matters — but I KNOW from the sounds I hear every day of the week that our street alone is home to at least four or five million noisy brats. Where were they??
Well, it depends on your ‘hood. But if you’re in Midtown, it’s highly unlikely that you’d get a lot of treaters. It has been an ongoing thing Sacramento-wide.
I live in Greenhaven/Pocket and we didn’t go out. It was better for us to keep the kids at home with a movie and one candy bar. We got one lone child at our door.
However, my boss, who lives in the Natomas area, says she gave out 8 bags of candy and still had kids coming up the driveway.
East Sac. They all go to East Sac. I heard there were hordes of kids. Many very clearly not from ’round there (oh and in all the slightly uncomfortable socio-economic-ethnic-racial ways that you might draw from that statement).
I had none in midtown - but that wasn’t surprising. I’d have thought you’d have had more though. Guess they hope the Fab 40s give Fab Candy.
I live in the Roseville area and we hardly saw any kids either. I have coworkers who live in Yuba City and they told me the same thing.
A lot of people have said they saw a huge increase, while I, personally, didn’t see a lot of kids on the street…