Halloween no where near as big as in the 90s?

[grappos13]

Hi all..

just wanted to get your opinions on this... maybe its just my area i dunno...and it can be very well attributed a lot to the change of the timing of daylight savings times... and this year maybe because of H1N1...

but over the past few years, barely any kids are going out trick or treating... usually my house as far as i can remember always had between 100-120 kids... my mom really loves halloween and decorates the crap out of our house on the outside, always the best one on the street and the other close streets too.. anyways..

after daylight savings times moved to AFTER halloween every year now... kids dont start going out till around 6:45 - 7pm..whereas before it was dark enuff at 5:45 - 6pm... but kids seem to still only go out till around 8:30max.. so that means before they use to get over 2.5 hrs.. but now only 1.5 hrs... this could be the big thing...but even last year my mom still had about 80 kids or so... considerably down from before the change in daylight savings time.. but this year, we had like 25-30... liek wow.. my mom bought 2 big boxes of 48 chips each and a box of like 100 chocolates to give one chip bag and one chocolate out.. but now we have soo much excess.... even my friend told me that his mom said they had 9 kids in his area...like wow..

any thought on this? maybe this year it was strickly low because of H1N1 fears? saturday night?

what u all think?

when i was a kid.. man i use to see tons and tons of kids everywhere i went on my street, they were everywhere.. then when i got older and would go off by myself and my friends (from 10-13)..there were still tons of kids everywhere... now its nothing... halloween is not big anymore ... i hope when i have kids that it makes a comeback so they can experience it like i did when i was a kid

[chinokid]

i was thinking the same thing earlier. i went out for dinner and saw less than 10 kids while driving from finch and mccowan to yonge and steeles. hope when i have kids, they'll enjoy halloween like i did

[rabbit]

It's society. It's getting more dangerous (or perceived as such), so parents don't let their kids run wild on Hallowe'en anymore.

I used to stay out late trick or treating, and it didn't matter if it was dark (what are street lights for?). One year, I dressed up as Darth Vader, and had red cellophane covering the eye holes so I couldn't see very well. I think there was snow, also (I wasn't living in Vancouver back then).

I don't recall there being parents patrolling the streets in cars, and people didn't have Hallowe'en parties in lieu of trick or treating.

[UrbanPoet]

It's society. It's getting more dangerous (or perceived as such), so parents don't let their kids run wild on Hallowe'en anymore.

I used to stay out late trick or treating, and it didn't matter if it was dark (what are street lights for?). One year, I dressed up as Darth Vader, and had red cellophane covering the eye holes so I couldn't see very well. I think there was snow, also (I wasn't living in Vancouver back then).

I don't recall there being parents patrolling the streets in cars, and people didn't have Hallowe'en parties in lieu of trick or treating.

It was actually more dangerous in the 70s and 80s then it is now...
Crime goes up and down. So far there arent many significant changes in crime levels.

The % ratio of kids was a lot higher a few decades ago... mainly due to lax immigration policies in the 70s and early 80s that promoted population growth.

Now in the 90s-00's population growth has slowed down, immigration policy is much tougher, and people are having less kids.

[D-Roc]

Maybe the kids in your area grew up?

[nano]

there was 4 homes on my block with lights on. when i was younger there would have been 4 homes with lights off... i think everyone is getting older in my area.

[Ground_0]

its pretty sad we used ti get over 100 total 17 last night

[brunes]

The parents nowadays load up kids in the car and take them to the "rich, safe, family" neighborhoods. where tey can load up their bags in less time and go back home.

I got less than 10 kids this year, was talking to my buddy who got well over 200. He lives in one of these neighbourhoods.

So, maybe that is what you are seeing in your area too, it is now an "out" neighbourhood to go to.

[gmark2000]

Too many immigrants don't know what Halloween is and either barricade themselves and shut off the lights or go out for dinner.

[Usuyami]

Too many immigrants don't know what Halloween is and either barricade themselves and shut off the lights or go out for dinner.

Possibly true. Or they might go trick or treating as a family without knowing it's only for kids. Had a few brown families come by yesterday each touting a bag asking for candy. Awkward..

[ibanker]

this is the internet age. why would kids to trick or treating when they can just subscribe to a channel with another kid on youtube doing it feel like they did it too

[YoungDr3amer]

They began arriving at my doorsteps around 6:30, from that moment on, I completely depleted my entire 250 bite-size candy bars within 45 minutes. Eventually, I turned off my drive way lights and door hall lights to avoid further trick-or-treaters.

A lot of cute little kids in their cute little costumes, reminds me of the good ol' times...

[voraciousbookworm]

Possibly true. Or they might go trick or treating as a family without knowing it's only for kids. Had a few brown families come by yesterday each touting a bag asking for candy. Awkward..

Wow, that is strange. Did you end up giving candy to each family member?

[littlevince]

Possibly true. Or they might go trick or treating as a family without knowing it's only for kids. Had a few brown families come by yesterday each touting a bag asking for candy. Awkward..

i had a bunch of chinese ppl in my area do that as well.


i thin one family had like 14 ppl seriously and all of them had a bag.

[mwong168]

even my friend told me that his mom said they had 9 kids in his area...like wow..

I had like 10 kids in total come the entire evening. I think it is a combination of the H1N1 virus and it was also pretty cold. My daughter is only 10 months old but if she were older I probably would have kept her in because she would have had a lot left over for herself because not many people came

Also with it being cold and a bit windy the chances of getting sick is there too and that would require a trip to the doctor or walk-in clinic and be exposed to other potentially sick people who might have H1N1. But I have noticed the popularity of Halloween in getting less and less each year. I use to love going out trick or treating with my who entourage of friends. We would have garbage bags and pillow cases filled by the end of the night.