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When I was 13 we trick or treated at the apartment of a guy we knew because he worked at the mall. He gave us 2 beers (there were 4 of us). We were rebels!!

We have shifts in our n’hood. The little kiddos come out from around 6-7. The tweens & teens come around 7-8ish. I serve an average of 100 kids every year and half are teens! Many are with their parents which is cool! I’m happy to see them!

The day of Halloween evokes my happiest childhood memories. I will never begrudge other children of what I have enjoyed. That is what the GOP do.

Thank you

Hard agree there. Leave the kids alone.

Agreed! Besides you don't want to get TP'd or egged.

Any year I do Halloween (some years I’m not up to doing stairs 100 times in 3 hours), show up with an attempt at a costume and a good attitude and you get a smile & candy

Absolutely.

So true.

Thank you. My son and his friends, all 15, already got their costumes and candy bags.

Costume required.

I agree.

I 100% agree with you

I agree! Last year I gave the older kids what was left in my bowl. It was getting late and I heard one say he had to go home after my house. They were thrilled and I was happy to give the tempting morsels away 😂

AMEN TO THAT! (BETTER STOCK UP ON MY CANDY!)

I give candy to anyone who comes to my door, costume or not. Maybe they don’t have the resources or help to come up with a costume. Maybe this is one of the rare times they get treats. Maybe not. I don’t care. Give them their treats.

I’ve handed out candy to adults with the biggest smiles I’ve ever seen.

Amen 🙏🏼

Why not? I'd go, but I'd feel ridiculous, so I'll give out treats.

😂

This is the most correct take.

YES

Honestly my feeling is that if people want a trick or treat then they should do so regardless of their age. It's not like I'm worried about them stealing the candy from the kids or anything if they are adults. I'm going to buy the same amount no matter who shows up so I'm going to be happy to give.

Amen! I say thanks for coming by!

We always loved when the big kids came to trick or treat! They always got candy and maybe an extra handful.

No, that is not the real complaint. Smashed pumpkins, egged cars, and them looking over your shoulder to case the house is the issue. Teenagers in Florida were vandals. In New Jersey they were a joy and I was happy to include them.

Aren't we all?

💯💯

Agreed -who cares, let them be kids

If you are giving away full-size Snickers bars you are already in the top 1% of Halloween saints

Just never ask them “How about a trick?” 🎃

Hell, I'm in my 60's and if I had the stamina, I would love to go trick or treating

I don't know if I'd give up a $5 candy bar. That's a tough one...

I agree. Happened a lot as my own kids got to their teens. Collecting candy in a costume just shows imagination. Better than stealing pumpkins and taking a baseball bat to mailboxes while drinking and cruising.

I'm 52 years old now My father gave me a ton of shit for not being grown up fast enough So when I was 13 I got my head in his game and grew up That motherfu*ker hated who I grew up into so at least I was able to have a stalemate where everyone lost at least...

Beautiful. Well said. Truth

❤️

I don’t care if you’re thirty. You’re in costume, you get a goody bag with a few mini candy bars, a plastic spider and a mini microwave popcorn.

If teens want to trick or treat with the kids, hell, I'll give them extra candy. You are the cool kids ..

I don't mind teenagers coming for candy at all. The older kids are always polite and sometimes a little embarrassed. I smile, say Happy Halloween and give them candy.

I used to BE that teenager, escorting younger sibs on trick or treat rounds!

SAME!!!!

Teens get extra points though for having a creative name for their costume. Once when I asked what a teen was dressed as he replied, "A thug." I gave him extra chocolate.

The college I went to had many students show up at my parents house; before, during, and after I went there. Yes, I definitely handed out candy to people I knew were 20 something. Same goes for my aunts that live near another college.

Ooh! Wish I could do the same. I’m 3 months short of 80. I’m only 4.10. But l live in a 55plus gated community ( which I highly regret am desperately trying to get out of) would love to go back to a community where people of all ages live. And I’d have the best treats in the neighborhood.

I love this for you!! Great costumes! My favorite holiday too:)

Agree! I told her to make a classic ghost costume from a bedsheet and nobody will know or care. She's less interested in the candy and more interested in running around with everyone while dreesed up! I have a feeling she's going to come to my house. I hope she does.

Tell her to go! She would enjoy it! 🎃

Same! 🎃🧡🖤

When our daughter was in high school we hosted 2 French girls visiting with Boston their orchestra. It was Halloween. I had a friend who is fluid in French write out an explanation of the day. They dressed up from our collection, joined my daughters group had their first truck or treat experience

💯 Honestly, I bought the candy with the expressed intention of giving it all away. If that goes to cute little kids, big kids, their parents, or whoever…fine by me. Every Halloween is a judgement free holiday at our house.

Same with adults who are playing with their inner child.

i remember being in jr high in a homemade costume, taking my little brother out and was told i was too old…so thank you for this!!

I live in a very diverse neighborhood. Someone on this tread said they went to Costco and got some candy. I think I will make up so small bags and give them away. It has been a very sad year and this might just be the ticket I need. It is the best day of the year.

Teens always show up at my house at about 9pm, even if the light is out. They get a treat or trick or a bag of popcorn! Love it! Screw the badgers!!

Not in my books.

Hey, right on! They absolutely want kids growing up too fast. I remember being turned away and shamed I desperately needed to grow up. I was 11.

That is lovely.

❤️

Agree.

If there's a costume, they get a treat...or a trick heh heh heh

Dress up! Have fun! When I was a late teen & even 20s, I would dress up, and go Trick-or-Treat-ing for UNICEF. Adults who started with "Aren't you a little old for this?" ended up giving some pocket change/foldable. www.unicefusa.org/trick-or-treat

Lol

Agreed!

I actually buy special treats for the teens. they get a bag of chips and a bottle of water along with the candy. They love the chips. Teenagers are fun bask in that teenage glory.

When teens come to our door at 9 pm my husband dumps the rest of the candy into their bags. One year our son and a friend went to a house and they ran out of candy. The homeowner gave them Spaghetti O's. Happy.They are still talking about it 15 years later.

Hmm..I did that one year. I bought 3 bags of candies, and no kids. I end up eating 3 big ass bags of candies for many years to come. Then, the next year, my porch light was vandalized by the neighborhood kid....same kid 3x....and I & others donated to help his family purch'ed that home they live.

how old? junior high? that's much more childhood than it is anything remotely resembling adulthood. High school? That's trying to grapple with the adult world, maybe not very well, but trying.

Also if any adults come, they can have some freaking candy to! the world is on fire, everything is terrible, I will give you free candy. I don't care if your 5 or 50, or 105.

So right, we all need that innocent time of few worries.

As long as they make an attempt at costume, there are no issues here.

Snickers bar? I’m only 75. See you in a couple of weeks.

Agreed. As long as they don't do a fist grab of the candy.

This!

Absolutely

To me, a teenager is still a kid.

What a better world it would be if adults still trick or treated.

Amen. So many on the spectrum too. Be kind and generous.❤️

Agreed

We set out candy, cereal cups,snacks , breakfast bars on a table outside and the littles take their candy and leave but the teens always make note of the real food and are always so appreciative. Wish we could do it every day.

Yeah just be kind!

Exactly and I don’t care if an adult shows up dressed either. I’m giving them some chocolate. I don’t know what they are going through.

I give candy to adult

What you said got me thinking about adult stress relieving it by throwing parties eating more desserts and dipping into the whimsical side of oursleves, even if it's for 10 minutes day!

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I've never denied candy whether it's an older person or even one without a costume. Doesn't matter, everyone got candy.

🎃Thanks!! It’s our kids’ favorite time of year! Well, one of!!

Love this! Great idea!

Sweet sentiment in every possible way.

Absolutely. I'm in my mid 60s and I STILL get dressed up in costume, decorate my yard, and stand out there the entire evening handing out candy to ANYBODY that comes by. I love seeing ppl celebrating Halloween, having fun, and I love doing it to. Alway have, always will.

Argh. I meant to write “Kit Kat” bar.

Even if it's an eye patch.

Or at the very least have a good line when asked what they're dressed as.

I agree, but I think they should at least have some kind of costume. Put a sheet over your head and be a ghost. Something.

When we are kids, we are all in a hurry to grow up, not realizing that childhood is a fleeting moment in a lifetime of moments. There is a day that is the VERY LAST day ever you get to play with your childhood friends.

Sometimes I've asked the teenagers if they know the thriller dance. And they do. And they dance it for me. I love it. Parents walk around with their young children and I give them candy too. This is about community. This is about having fun.

also you need teens to scare. I'm not going to pop out of a bush and make a kid under 13 cry. That's for the 14-18 year olds.

I’m with you! If your child, teen or young adult shows up at my door trick-or-treating they are getting a warm welcome and a mitt full of candy. Life is too short to not enjoy these moments.

Anyone dressed for Halloween will get something at our door.

Agree 100%

This is the same logic that I apply to people bitching, as they will be very shortly, about "Christmas Creep." If someone needs the comfort of holiday decorating, in order to, say, assuage the onrushing anxiety of elections and the general increase in World Suck, I'm not gonna tap a calendar at 'em

I think a lot of them just enjoy the cosplay, so who am I to judge? Have a Kit Kat, have fun, and stay safe out there.

Teens? Try twenty-year-olds who still want to participate. If they are wearing a good costume, who would know their age?

Awww. Dress up and go out this year! Go on!

They're too young to celebrate at the bar & you don't need any more leftover chocolate bars to eat yourself.

I give teens a huge handful of candy even if they don't have a costume on.

making an effort to wear a costume should be involved

Hell ya!

Yes! But they gotta deliver a real costume. No jeans hoodie sneaks and a screen mask :)

Last year I gave out more than candy. I put a big basket of candy, chips, cookies, pop tarts and ramen noodles. Nothing was left.

Outstanding. I will keep that in mind this Halloween. Thank you for posting.

too short