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Quint
Footballguy
usually we get a good amount of trick-or-treaters since the K-6 is right behind our house. however, school has been cancelled this week and most/all homes in the neighborhood are still without power from the shutoffs. rumor has it that we might get power back on the 31st at some point, but don't have any sense of how many kids we might see. and i'm staring down a CostCo sized bag of mixed candy (M&Ms, Kit Kat, Snickers, Milky Way, 100,000) which i really shouldn't eat.
Bob Loblaw
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AAABatteries
Footballguy
It’s Kentucky - nobody cares
KCitons
Footballguy
The Shark Move is to dress your kids in a rain friendly costume (Lobster fisherman, scuba diver, etc). You get first dibs on all the candy. And towards the end of the night, the people that don't know about Saturday afternoon will start handing out handfuls of candy.
Sage advice from a fat guy.
dino259
Footballguy
We are expecting snow tomorrow.
Some communities hold it on the Sunday before. Depending on the time change I think I prefer that. Gives at least a portion of it available before it is dark. I feel that is a good thing especially with younger Trick or Treaters.
City Council? Maybe the mayor?
City is having a rough week - Trump is going to be in town on Monday, which is disrupting everything going on Monday afternoon. Schools apparently considered shutting down early, but ultimately decided to just cancel all after-school activities.
ETA -
Mayor Linda Gorton announced Wednesday Lexington will move its trick-or-treat celebration to Saturday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m..
“”I’m erring on the side of caution,” Gorton said. “The weather forecast for Thursday remains uncertain. On Saturday children can trick-or-treat earlier to take advantage of the daylight and the forecast is clear.
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Ilov80s
Footballguy
Probably since - ever?
We don't let little beggars go around ignoring the no solicitation signs just any time.
Brony
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AAABatteries
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Sideshow Bob
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KCitons
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KCitons
Footballguy
I remember when I was a kid, everyone on our street was friends. When my dad took us trick or treating, he would take along a shot glass.
Ah, the good old days.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Good, I don't need any more little beggars on my lawn.
-fish-
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Mile High
Footballguy
Not around here. Since Sunday I have shoveled 9 inches of snow and the temperature has been below freezing since Sunday and as far as I know Halloween is still on for tomorrow night.
KCitons
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belljr
Footballguy
drive to the next town over trick or treat and then you can do it again on Saturday boom Walla
I think there was one year growing up in Michigan that it was just pouring rain, nobody went out that night, that I remember anyway. Most years we didn't care the weather, just went anyway.
Here in Florida, it's 85 and breezy, tomorrow night there's a slight chance for rain, but that won't stop anyone.
Here in Florida, it's 85 and breezy, tomorrow night there's a slight chance for rain, but that won't stop anyone.
Courtjester
The Town Drunk
Exactly. I have shoveled snow multiple times this week. My wife and daughter have been off twice this week due to snow school closures. Tonight the low is 3 and tomorrow the high is 40, but you better believe we will still have 150+ kids come to our door--Colorado kids are tough.
Cancel trick or treating because of rain?
AAABatteries
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NutterButter
Footballguy
This reminds me that I need to go to costco tonight and get a box of candy bars.
belljr
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Lehigh98
Footballguy
Ours (SE PA) just got bumped from Thursday night to Friday night. Problem is we are hosting a smallish family party for my in-laws 50th anniversary that day. We usually set up a campfire, food, beers, etc for Halloween. This is going to end up a weird, hybrid, indoor 50th / outdoor Halloween party.
NutterButter
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DocHolliday
Footballguy
It's going to be 60 and rainy tomorrow. That's pretty good weather for NE OH on Halloween. Our town used to do trick or treat in the afternoon on the Sat before Halloween and it made for a good day to have a fire pit and neighborhood party.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Definitely
Ours got changed to Sat 6-8. Im good with it, trick or treating in the rain sucks
Insein
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shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Makes too much sense.
I imagine business interests are to try to make it a whole October thing.
glvsav37
Footballguy
I've said this for years. I actually own the domain makeitsaturday.com and was planning on putting something there to try and get that more wide spread. It makes a ton of sense because you dont need to rush home from work, kids can TnT during longer daylight hours, teens and adults can go out at night, no homework or school the next day. All that.
However you would be amazed at the amount of people who are so opposed to this idea and stake claim to the whole 'Its all hallows eve!" "the 31st is important to the holiday!" "Its sacred" "If you are going to move Halloween, well then just move Christmas to a Saturday too!"
I belong to a few halloween FB groups and every year it comes up—this year especially with the rain forecasts—and people are losing their minds.
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jhib
Footballguy
I don't know. I guess I'm just projecting my own feelings and fond memories of Halloween as a kid. They certainly never involved a 2-hour window of trick-or-treating in broad daylight.
Flashlights, lit jack-o'-lanterns on the doorsteps you're visiting, spookiness / thrill of going through the neighborhood in the dark - that's the sort of thing I mean about magic.
I guess some of that's been lost a long time ago, since there are often more adults than kids in the groups these days.
They (the adults anyway) can all get off my lawn.
Insein
Footballguy
Yep people are dumb. Dumb as hell.I've said this for years. I actually own the domain makeitsaturday.com and was planning on putting something there to try and get that more wide spread. It makes a ton of sense because you dont need to rush home from work, kids can TnT during longer daylight hours, teens and adults can go out at night, no homework or school the next day. All that.
However you would be amazed at the amount of people who are so opposed to this idea and stake claim to the whole 'Its all hallows eve!" "the 31st is important to the holiday!" "Its sacred" "If you are going to move Halloween, well then just move Christmas to a Saturday too!"
I belong to a few halloween FB groups and every year it comes up—this year especially with the rain forecasts—and people are losing their minds.
Leroy Hoard
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