Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2020-10-24 9:33 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > On 10/24/2020 5:36 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
> > > I'll be hunkered down but also doing the candy thing (see
> > > below).Â* On October 1st I hung out the Black Cat in the Moon
> > > Flag and strung blinky eyeball lights in the recently trimmed
> > > shrubs out front.Â* I turn those on at dusk and off at bedtime.
> > >
> > > If it doesn't rain on Halloween I plan to set a bowl with a bunch
> > > of candy on top of a tallish box at the end of the driveway.Â*
> > > I've drawn a Jack-O-Lantern on the box. Â* I bought a huge bag
> > > of mixed chocolate candy.Â* Oh, I've also got a bunch of small
> > > snack size packages of Corn Nuts to put in the bowl.Â* I have
> > > enough stuff to refill the bowl three or four times if folks
> > > don't get greedy. Lots of people on my street walk their
> > > dogs several times a day. There will be a sign saying "People
> > > Treats" (I don't want their dogs getting into the chocolates). I
> > > do hope it doesn't rain!
> > >
> > > Jill
> >
> > Last year we had three kids come by. This year I bought the full
> > size Hershey bars.Â* For just a few kids I can splurge.
>
>
> Same here. We had no kids at all for more than twenty year. Two
> years ago the neighbours' kids came by, and last year we had only the
> sons of the owner of the nursery behind us and his four kids.
>
> Our big problem is what to get, something with milk chocolate that
> kids like or something with dark chocolate, which I like. My wife
> found a way for me to avoid being tempted by the leftovers. She got
> Smarties. I am not likely to eat those. If they had been Skors bars
> I would probably eat them all before Halloween.

We vary a lot here too with kids. We are getting reeces pieces and
York Peppermint Patties.