Friday, November 1, 2024

Halloween recap

We had many trick-or-treaters last night, shattering previous records. We kept track of costumes: bear, turtle, vet, Joy (from Inside Out ), just a kid (no costume), lizard, princess, T. Rex skeleton, witch, cheerleader. And then a group of ten teenagers arrived, by which point Elaine was off playing in a pit (orchestra, not snake) and I wasn’t about to inventory ten costumes in the dark.

Number of trick-or-treaters, number of treats, number of leftovers:

2022: 9, 18, 22 (Reese’s Cups)
2023: 6, 14, 22 (Milky Way)
2024: 20, 31, 19 (Milky Way, Three Musketeers)
Some of the younger visitors this year took just one item from the plastic pumpkin. Maybe they were following orders that had been given in advance.

comments: 6

Tororo said...

I assume no visitor was costumed as Nancy, as you didn't offer any garlic-flavored treat.

Michael Leddy said...

No garlic. :) It would have been helpful if a vampire had shown up.

Fresca said...

I was going to say what Tororo said!
I like "just a kid".

Michael Leddy said...

That kid might have been inspired by Japan’s mundane Halloween costumes. Or not. :)

Fresca said...

LOL, I love those mundane costumes--hadn't seen them. The kid was going as "kid who can't be bothered with a Halloween costume".

Michael Leddy said...

Yes!