Beyond's annual Halloween kid count and community thread.

[spikerS]

I lost count here in Coventry, but I am estimating about 140 kids so far...

[dj_rice]

Not handing out candy this year. All lights off, but had 1 kid knock on my door anyway lol. So 1

[spikerS]

I think we are up to about 170 now.

Baygirl said something like we are "That house" this year...whatever that means...

[never]

0 so far. And lights are on.

Not surprising though.

[J.M.]

Lights are all off this year lol

[pdm111]

50 in MacEwan. Lights on from 6-8. Got slow after 7:30

[zieg]

Originally posted by spikerS
I think we are up to about 170 now.

Baygirl said something like we are "That house" this year...whatever that means...


..and you said in the other thread you were giving out fullsize chocolate bars? :eek:

[hampstor]

80 on the back side of Kincora.

[rage2]

Only 30ish. And we're giving out full size candy bars too. I'm gonna get fat with so much left over.

[rx7_turbo2]

Originally posted by spikerS
I am not expecting a lot of kids, so we are passing out full sized chocolate bars.

[GoChris]

54 in Cranston, but I'm in a cul-de-sac and half the cul-de-sac doesn't participate, so we don't get too many coming in. We gave out full size bars as well, which the kids loved.

[94CoRd]

62 in Royal Oak.

[..*JDM Hatch*..]

0 in panorama hills.

[snowcat]

All lights off and 1 knock. Quiet in the neighbourhood though.

[schurchill39]

9 kids in Cranston and I'm on a main street. What the fuck?? I live at kind of a T intersection so people crossing the street go to either one of the neighbors and continue on missing me entirely. We watched tons of kids cross the street and bypass our house to go left or right. Lights were on from 6-9

In 2013 we had 39, in 2014 we had 29 and this year we had 9. Why even bother anymore?

[spikerS]

I shut it down at about 8:45. wasn't much more from the last update. I figure 160-170 kids, which is impressive as we are in the far back corner of a crescent...

[The_Penguin]

65 in McKenzie Lake.
2 very elaborate "haunted house" types across the street take a lot of our traffic.

[AE92_TreunoSC]

I'd say 100+ We were giving out a piss load of candy, we had return visitors because of our dogs haha.

2 small bags of doritos and 4 bite size candys each kid made us super popular.

Tempted to go full sized next year.

Sucks not having a sidewalk in front of the house this 1 day of the year.

[NoPulp]

49.

I'm suprised there wasn't a ton. It was warm and Saturday?

[Masked Bandit]

153 in Chaparral.

[Tik-Tok]

Maybe 25. Twice last years number.

Just like every halloween though, I drove to get take-out around 6:30, and there were 100 kids on the main drive, but hardly any come up our cul-de-sac. My belly is disgustingly full of leftover cheap chocolate and sugar now. :barf:

[Kobe]

Had the light off infront and blinds so you couldnt see inside, had about 9-10 kids knock on the door..

Sorry guys not one to give out candy dont hate..

[D'z Nutz]

Was at friends' house in New Brighton for the evening. 180 between 6:00-8:00PM.

[roll_over]

Maybe 30 in Cranston had one older kid say he
Didn't want chips. Fucking entitled little prick. The Chocolate's are for the young kids the one's who say thank you and wish us a happy Halloween.

[ianmcc]

Had 110 in Copperfield. Lots of cute little ones and only a handful of older kids. Everyone very polite as well.

[90_Shelby]

27 kids in Charleswood. I also topped up two coffees with Baileys. (Parents)

[codetrap]

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[ExtraSlow]

Had 31 in Mount Pleasant, which is about average. In the years I've been here has varied between 20 and 45.

Wife insists on giving out non-candy items, so kids at our house got pencils, glow sticks and other shit like that.

[Maxt]

Had 0... We are the only residents around that aren't 55+ now.

[rage2]

Originally posted by roll_over
Maybe 30 in Cranston had one older kid say he
Didn't want chips. Fucking entitled little prick. The Chocolate's are for the young kids the one's who say thank you and wish us a happy Halloween.
Haha I also noticed the chips went before the chocolate bars. Weird generation of kids these days.

We had a couple of Asian kids ask if they could have a handful. I'm like no, you get one. They're full sizes candy bars lol.

[judicator]

Probably got 50-60 in Auburn bay, wonder if its cause our neighbours didn't give out candy but lights on from 530 till 9, traffic died off around 8pm. Ended up giving any kids that came after 8 handle fulls of candy.

[SkiBum5.0]

We left a bowl on the step and there were leftovers when we got back. Lakeview Village was busy with kids and their parents

[JRSC00LUDE]

I know a girl who left a big pot out full of candy with a "take one" sign or whatever, someone took the pot! :rofl:

[FixedGear]

Originally posted by 90_Shelby
I also topped up two coffees with Baileys. (Parents)

That's awesome :thumbsup:

[FixedGear]

Originally posted by rage2

We had a couple of Asian kids ask if they could have a handful. I'm like no, you get one. They're full sizes candy bars lol.

LOL seriously :nut:

[C_Dave45]

I still can't get over how warm this Halloween was. My builder had the sprinkler on his newly sodded lawn yesterday!!!

We moved here in 2001. All the Halloween's I remember were always cold and snowy. One year the fog machine wouldn't work on our patio as it was -30. Another year, the little guy slipped on some ice and hurt his tailbone. But it seemed every year had snow and freezing temperatures. The one year we took the kids trick or treating at West Edmonton Mall, and I thought how cool that was, being able to wear any costume and not have to cover it up with a snow suit!! It just seemed the norm to expect temps in the minuses and snow everywhere.

Maybe there really IS global warming?!!

We only had maybe 25-30 kids in Canyon Meadows. They started before 5 and it was still light out. They came maybe every 15 minutes with usually 3-5 per time.

You'd think with it being on the perfect day, and having the perfect weather there would've been more.

[relyt92]

Only had about 10 kids come by in Albert Park, was waiting for 1 more kid to come to call it a night and just dump the rest of our candy in their bag but nobody came past 7:30.

[rage2]

Originally posted by C_Dave45
Maybe there really IS global warming?!!
Local weather is not global warming. But you're right, it was a nice change for an actual warm Halloween. Last year was cold as hell.

[Sugarphreak]

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[rx7_turbo2]

Halloween in Calgary since 1979, most are cold but every once and awhile you get a nice one like this, it's not that "crazy".

[speedog]

At 1700 hours on October 31 at Calgary International Airport...
2015 = +8.6C
2014 = +8.5C
2013 = +8.1C
2012 = -7.1C

Been a few years since we had anything near what could be considered a cold Halloween evening in Calgary.

[A2VR6]

Around 15 in Capitol Hill. First year living here, didnt think there would be too many.

[C_Dave45]

Did anyone get or hand out peanuts in the shell?

Back in Abbotsford, in every EI community that's all you would get. And just two or three.

They'd buy a big bag full from the bulk section at Superstore and hand those out as treats.

[C_Dave45]

Originally posted by rage2

Local weather is not global warming. But you're right, it was a nice change for an actual warm Halloween. Last year was cold as hell. It was??



Originally posted by rx7_turbo2
Halloween in Calgary since 1979, most are cold but every once and awhile you get a nice one like this, it's not that "crazy".



Originally posted by speedog
At 1700 hours on October 31 at Calgary International Airport...
2015 = +8.6C
2014 = +8.5C
2013 = +8.1C
2012 = -7.1C

Been a few years since we had anything near what could be considered a cold Halloween evening in Calgary.

That's what I thought!

[cycosis]

About 35 in bridgeland.

[roll_over]

It just started rain/snowing around here so it's only a day late

[FraserB]

Only about 30 at my buddy's house in Evrgreen

[AndyL]

Originally posted by speedog
At 1700 hours on October 31 at Calgary International Airport...
2015 = +8.6C
2014 = +8.5C
2013 = +8.1C
2012 = -7.1C

Been a few years since we had anything near what could be considered a cold Halloween evening in Calgary.

Pretty sure 2012 was bitterly cold... Wind was insane too.

I remember T-shirt and shorts Halloweens and couldn't finish the block it was too cold years in the 80s... And a few good snowstorms...

[botox]

Originally posted by codetrap
I think we got around 200 kids or so. My friend that lives near Nose Creek School lost count at just over 900. Massive kid population there as they live at a natural concentration point for trickortreating.

They had that much candy to hand out?? Or were they counting from the window? We had about 150 in panorama hills but we live between the new Jr. High and elementary school. I Was about to turn off the lights at 7:30 and had a group of about 20 kids come and I had to start cheaping out and could only give the last few kids 1 piece of candy each instead of my usual 3-4 pieces each.

[Kloubek]

About 75-85 in Kincora. We're on a side street so that's pretty good I think.

[codetrap]

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[sabad66]

2 groups of 3 kids at our place in Beddington, but we are in a townhouse complex so people probably don't think to come through here.

[killramos]

2 kids lol

[Nismorphed]

19 kids in collingwood nw

[rx7_turbo2]

Originally posted by AndyL


Pretty sure 2012 was bitterly cold... Wind was insane too.

I remember T-shirt and shorts Halloweens and couldn't finish the block it was too cold years in the 80s... And a few good snowstorms...

Like I said Halloween is always a mixed bag. I can't be bothered but maybe Speedog wants to look up the actual historic data back say 30 years? Maybe I'm crazy but I don't think temps have been all that out of the ordinary for Halloween recently.

[ZenOps]

50 in Harperville.

Gave out the slightly bigger 15 gram snack bars.

Best costume goes to a little girl dressed up as bacon.

[speedog]

Hah, I'd rather have a nap than look up that shit.

[theken]

We had 100 bags of chips, we have about 15 or so left so roughly 75. And I left the house at 7 to take my kids out

[raceman6135]

At my girlfriend's place in Inverness (McKenzie Towne), we had about 75, but she lives near the end of a non-major street.

[spike98]

Originally posted by roll_over
Maybe 30 in Cranston had one older kid say he
Didn't want chips. Fucking entitled little prick. The Chocolate's are for the young kids the one's who say thank you and wish us a happy Halloween.

We were getting low so i toned it down on the per kid serving and one kid just looked at me and said "Thats it?"

I took my candy back and said "There, thats better" and gave extra to the kid beside him.

We only served about 60 as we didn't get enough. Last year we had maybe 40. This year now that the subdivision is finished, our neighbors got over 150.

[jwslam]

Originally posted by rage2
We had a couple of Asian kids ask if they could have a handful. I'm like no, you get one. They're full sizes candy bars lol.
I let kids pick their own from a bowl this year. I had a 2 year old come and pull candy out of his bag and try to give it to me. :D
His parents said he did that at every house.

Originally posted by C_Dave45
Did anyone get or hand out peanuts in the shell?

I bought all my chocolate separately so I had a separate bowl for peanut allergy kids. Some parents were very appreciative when I asked (I only asked for kids 5-ish and under. If you don't know what you can have and not die by 5 years old there's something wrong)

Smarties were ridiculously popular..., followed by kit kat then reeses cups. Now I have a bunch of coffee crisp and mr. big left over

Originally posted by speedog
At 1700 hours on October 31 at Calgary International Airport...
2015 = +8.6C
2014 = +8.5C
2013 = +8.1C
2012 = -7.1C

Been a few years since we had anything near what could be considered a cold Halloween evening in Calgary. Seems BS to me. I had a space heater at my door last year it was so cold... This year was much warmer. Temp probably dropped much quicker last year after 5pm maybe?

[Darkane]

Had 22 kids in Cranston this year.

65-70 last year. To much candy left over.

[colinxx235]

I think my final count was 22 in Aspen. I see so many kids in the area and playground all the time. Was expecting 100+, soft kids these days.

Even the star wars theme didn't work :rofl:

[Royle9]

We had maybe 30-50 in Glenneagles (Cochrane) that were local or from the area.

What really wasn't considerate were the vehicle loads of families with 5-6 kids from the reserve who felt it was okay to park in my drive way while they circled the few blocks/circle snagging as much candy as possible. No costumes, no effort just pillow cases and kids as old as 18+ and even the parents all with their hands out.

It was our first year there, but it got real old real quick and we actually saw other small children not bother coming up to our house when there was a family lineup about 12 deep all asking for more.

Was an interesting night. :banghead:

[Mitsu3000gt]

~30 in South Calgary. When I was a kid we would see 260-300.

[Paul]

In Mountain Park, normally get 50 or so. Thought with warm weather and falling on a weekend we'd get more so we bought enough candy for 100 to be safe. Only got 50 kids to the door.

My office doesn't mind tho

[rage2]

Originally posted by jwslam
Seems BS to me. I had a space heater at my door last year it was so cold... This year was much warmer. Temp probably dropped much quicker last year after 5pm maybe?
Maybe. I remember the same thing, we had to quit last year because it got too cold. This year, we had to quit because the costume was too hot. Needed to ask a random house for some water because the kid was sweating so much. :rofl:

[v2kai]

77 in Canals subdivision in Airdrie. up from 30 last year.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
~30 in South Calgary. When I was a kid we would see 260-300.

Most (white) parents are lazier/paranoid now, and do the indoor mall trick or treat thing.

Out of our 25 kids, only 4 or 5 were white, a little weird considering 95% of our community is caucasian. I didn't see a single one of the dozen white kids that are our "alley" neighbors.

[vengie]

26 kids, Silver Creek in Airdrie. Had the last kid of the night at ~8:00 and he said the streets were empty, so we unloaded a massive amount of candy to him, he was pumped! Still have way too much left over :banghead: .

[ae92gts]

60 kids, New Brighton area.

60 was more than I expected since my house doesn't have a sidewalk. The neighbour across the street from me went all out with a haunted house, and apparently he does it every year. I had many kids who were driven to my block just to see this guys house, so that helped my kid count for sure lol

[88CRX]

35-40 kids in Cranston, tons of infants that couldn't even get up the stairs themselves. Was slow after 8:30 so I shut is down around 8:45.

[Sugarphreak]

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[jwslam]

Originally posted by 88CRX
Was slow after 8:30 so I shut is down around 8:45.
Same. No rings 8:15-8:45

[Tearin]

As we live out in the country, we went to my parents' house in Braeside.

97 kids with the last ones coming at 8:50. My husband had to run to the 7-11 at 8:30 to pick up some full sized chocolate bars as we were running out. In fact, I ended up giving two kids a handful of Werther's originals that my mom had laying around until the extra chocolate arrived.

My mother has been keeping track since 1982 and this was a record (93 in 2012). Having grown up in the neighbourhood, it's nice to see that the community has rejuvenated itself with lots of toddlers and elementary school aged kids.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok


Most (white) parents are lazier/paranoid now, and do the indoor mall trick or treat thing.

Out of our 25 kids, only 4 or 5 were white, a little weird considering 95% of our community is caucasian. I didn't see a single one of the dozen white kids that are our "alley" neighbors.

At least in that area, I think it's more of a case of the kids are now adults, but the parents still live there. Everyone we know in the area is still the original resident, but their kids are long gone from home. Neighborhoods full of new families probably see a lot more.

[egmilano]

I only had 10 or so kids in Coventry, next to spikers house because im a creep. i think because lack of decorations they would walk by my place, They all came at 730 ish too.. I handed out candy in my ninja turtle costume and ended up chasing teenagers down the block to a house party where they hid thier little wanna be thug asses .Damn fuckers booted my doow r not knowing i could see them.

[suntan]

Had 240 pieces of candy, almost ran out. Probably around 110 kids.