I head up the community watch for my area and once a month we meet with police to talk about our needs and what is happening in the area. Last night the officer, who is a detective, told us that they have heard a lot of "serious" chatter about a local "person of interest."
We grilled him for details but he said no crime was committed and we can't know who the person is, but they do live near our homes. He recommended that we limit our candy hand out to the main street and to avoid the cul-de-sac areas. Half the moms in the area want to cancel halloween all together.
With all the crazy stuff happening in the world, is anyone considering keeping their kids home? My kids are older and have their own kids, but they're too young to trick or treat, so I'm not too worried, but what the hell.
I hate halloween. My kids are still young. We have managed to avoid letting them eat the candy all these years so I'm not too worried about that. Everything they collect while trick or treating is used as "currency" to trade for a toy they want. It's a tradition I created years ago based on the Switch Witch. I'm very strict about diet in my home because of severe allergies and I make lots of homemade treats all halloween week so they aren't missing out at all. In fact, they ultimately get way more enjoyable treats than that cheap halloween candy crap so it's a win win all around.
With that said, I would like to give up trick or treating if possible. I just hate it. I despise it. Thinking about throwing a costume party for my kids during trick or treating hours instead and invite all their friends, just don't know if the other families would be up for bringing their kids to a costume party instead of trick or treating. I would also love to bring back bobbing for apples.