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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stig / Major Tom on November 01, 2020, 04:29:36 PM
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"Well, we don't want to interact with kids at our front door, so are we going to take a pass this year? We only ever get a few to our house on this cul-de-sac. "
My daughter said, "No way Jose'! We'll distance, mask up and use tongs to pass the candy straight from the bags into their bags."
To attract kids to the corner of our lot, instead of our front door, I said we need to 'advertise!', let 'em know we're worth walking down here. So, we lit up a corner birch tree and a lilac bush with Xmas lights. Made a couple milk carton light things, pointed a jack o lantern down the street.....and by darn we lured so many kids for candy from the neighboring development that I had to empty my personal stash of Reese Cups >:(
The moon was crazy bright last night as well....
Which only added to the effects of some very clever costumes:
a) ghost-guy on stilts (even his arms were long, touching the road in front of himself - like a giant spider coming slowly, silently, at you down the street.
b) and the 4 teens in horrific clown costumes, who just stood in the semi-darkness waiting for my daughter to notice them. The lead one crouching silently with wide spread arms - displaying a dim "Free Hugs!" sign on his chest. (it's been awhile since I've heard my daughter scream! :)
Anyway....it was good to do something normal...
(https://i.postimg.cc/W3Lxg2WW/P1130208-2.jpg)
Daughter drew it - I cut it (to save a trip to the E.R.)
(https://i.postimg.cc/SRX84hq4/P1130209.jpg)
Stig
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Well done Stig a great display and as you say, nice to experience some normality!
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very nice way of handling this! Most in our neighborhood (and town) set up tables out front, either in driveway on on front porch, and placed bowls of candy/treats there so the kids could help themselves.
We had a table on our front porch with treats and a sign that said take 1, please! Fewer trick or treaters this year than in years past..even though it was a very warm 65 degrees (18 C) out!
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Only had one family that I knew. Gave away free Wendy's mini frosty cupons . Never had many trick or treaters in the neighborhood in normal years.