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Default I know we just did this a year ago

On 10/1/2016 9:54 AM, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> I am the only one in the neighborhood to have blinking eyeball lights.
>> This time of year I tuck them in the bushes out front and plug them in
>> at dusk. They're fun!

>
> Do you hand out candy to kids that should not be accepting
> candy from strangers? I ignore Halloween. No parent in their
> right mind should be letting their beloved kiddies getting
> candy from complete strangers.
>
> The 'Trick or Treat' was good back then but not now.
>

These days I think there are organized Halloween parties for kids.

Even when I lived in TN there were never kids knocking at the door. I
stopped buying Halloween candy decades ago.

If you don't want kids knocking on your door, the rule of thumb seems to
be don't turn on the porch light.

Jill