I can't believe how few houses were giving out candy tonight!

Actually seemed about normal in my mothers neighborhood where my daughter went trick or treating. It wasn't as much as a few years ago but there's a new subdivision that has taken a lot of the crowds.

Good morning, Dragon - we didn't buy candy, we didn't have too... My son's preschool took them Trick o Treating on Friday to the City Hall and he got a ton of candy... Well, he's 4 and doesn't eat candy - even if we let him, he's not a candy kind of kid - and my DH is diabetic, so he can't eat it... So I just took a few prizes out and a few emergency bars out and saved the rest for giving out... Where we live, it was the complete opposite of you! In my neighborhood, ALL houses had lights on - but we HARDLY got any kids! I only got rid of about half of the candy... I was really shocked because it was extremely warm and it was a great night for walking... I got from our neighbors that it was probably a mixure of the fear of the Swine Flu AND the Economy... The holidays are so obsenely commercialized now anyway and alot of families just can't go all out anymore... I was disappointed, but what can you do???

Oh i didn't even know that there were few houses giving out candy? I wonder if it's because of the swine flu epidemic that we've been hearing so much about? I think it's probably also to do with that and the recession. I actually bought a lot of chocolate to give up and for the first time ever, no one even came to our door!!! I couldn't believe it, and now am faced with all that leftover chocolate and what to do with it. lol No, I don't eat chocolate as I'm very allergic to it, but someone will...

in my country,trick or treating is not really a country tradition.I would love to be there and give out candies to kids and food and treats for beggars and their canines.I would do it,even if the economy is bad.it is a great feeling giving out to people.it's worth the sacrifice.if I were there,I would probably bake some breads to give to the beggars.

I would say its the poor economy in Ohio for sure, only places worse Detroit and California. No I had my fence locked no one came here, didn't even have candy myself, the sweetest thing I had was chocolate milk.

Halloween isn't as big in the uK as it is in the states but people are still big on Halloween parties, fright nights and we do get trick or treaters. However this year we only had one come and visit our door! We always give out sweet or chocolate as we have so much rubbish that no one eats someone's gota have it! lol

Last year and the years before we would get up to one hundred and more kids but this year we just got 20. So we had the opposite that you had. I suppose it is that tomorrow's Sunday and the kids have to go to bed early to be at church tomorrow or it could be that they are all scared of that horrible flu virus, but it is not the same as it was the year before.

Trick or Treating was alive and well here as far as I know. I saw trick or treater's in five different neighborhoods on my way to where I like to take my kids. One neighborhood suprised me because I saw a whole block lined up with cars parked on both sides of the streets and that was one neighborhood I thought about visiting before Halloween came but wasn't sure if they even allowed that there. My girls got a lot of lolipops and three musketeers. We got out late, like 7 oclock and right when we started heading back to the car it started raining and then when we GOT to the car it was pouring (thanks for my costume as I had to buckle car seats) but I felt like we didn't even visit that many houses and my girls bags were hefty, from chocolate.

I live in a small neighborhood outside of town and all the kids go into town to trick or treat so I only get 3 every year...my grandchildren who live nextdoor make their first stop to see Nan and take pictures. As far as I know things were normal in town last night. Halloween is a big deal for us. Houses are decorated as if it were Christmas and, since we're in Florida where the weather is still nice, there's a lot of chatting and fun. There was also a Halloween event in the park on Thursday evening that a lot of folks attended. I'm sure that many folks here bought less expensive candy but I don't think too many turned off their porch lights. I know that my little devil, spiderman and bridzilla (she was going to be a bride but she was in a mood) came home with a whole bunch of candy.

Where I went, there were a lot of houses giving out candy. I went to a friends neighborhood since there are no houses in my area. They gave out handfulls of candy to the kids and one house gave them a dollar a piece. I think it was a good night for them, much better then last year. Maybe things are starting to get better in the economy.

my son went out and he got 12 pounds of candy so there is alot in my neighborhood

in my country it isn't popular fete but sometimes kids visit my house in haloween so i always have candy for they :)

im sure im late here but were i live i was shocked when i saw that they have trick or treating laws like onl 7-9pm and age limit of 12 really thoe is that legal?

where i went they were gfiving out candy but not alot. I mean i dont know if it was because it was cold but there was almost no kids on the street trick o treating. but my daughter got so much candy that is going to last her for a very long time. but there was alot of people who were not giving out candy. i think is the economy but the kids had lots of fun

We went where we usually go, and I was shocked that there were so few houses giving out candy. Normally there are 5 houses that don't give out candy in that big sub division. Yet this year there was over half of the houses not giving out candy. But the kids still got close to 20 pounds of candy even with it being at half. The worst part is that I am sure it wasn't due to the economy, the folks that live in that sub are rich folks. $250,000 homes and up. So I think it was just people that were being grouches. One place up there that never gives out is a 1 million dollar home. They are just stingy year after year they never give out candy. They even put up a sign that say's no trick or treeter's allowed. R.D. had his brother stay at our place and give out candy last night, we gave out a lot. But we took in way more then what we gave out.