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I noticed a few folks expressing a "damn those kids" reaction, so I wanted to play Devil's advocate here.
As I mentioned yesterday, we only had three trick-or-treaters all evening. We currently live in my wife's childhood home and there's an elementary school located straight across our back yard; we KNOW there are kids in our neighborhood. However, after talking to one of our neighbors yesterday, she expressed a sort of hidden glee that they had zero trick-or-treaters. She noted that we were the only house on the street with our porch light on and decorations on the porch, so it wasn't surprising to her that we only had three trick-or-treaters. She confirmed that we were the ONLY house on the street to have any trick-or-treaters at all.
Please understand that these are the same people who used to send out their kids on Halloween all those years ago, but they now take pride in scoring zero trick-or-treaters. I've said it before, and I'll say it again; if you want to be a bitter old person, then you'll get exactly what you wish for.
Damn old farts.
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