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In response to "She would be going with me. -- nm" by spamlet

does she have plans for a party or trick or treating? some towns (like ours) do trick or treating on a different day. -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Oct 15 '12, 08:01

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St. Louis is pretty much a Halloween only town. -- nm - Jim Oct 15, 08:03
Trick or treating on a day other than Halloween is the stupidest thing I've heard in a long time. - MDH Oct 15, 08:02 14
- Word! I hate that some places trick or treat on a different day. So very wrong. -- nm - Krusty Oct 15, 08:15
- If you had children, you'd want to protect them from the evil spirits that lurk on All Hallows' Eve -- nm - Roger More Oct 15, 08:06 1
  - but that's the day vampires and demons take off from doing evil! - Beaker Oct 15, 08:06
- yes. (many towns that do it don't use the 'school' argument but 'kids will behave better') -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:05 6
  - What six year old behaves well on a stomach full of candy? -- nm - Roger More Oct 15, 08:07
  - that seems like wishful thinking to me. -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 08:06 4
    - it's common in conservative areas of central PA. my wife's town did this when she was growing up. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:06 3
      - I don't think "conservative" has anything to do with it. I think it's predominantly a midwest thing. Here it's Tuesday the 30th this year. -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 08:14
      - i just don't know why kids are going to behave better on Saturday than, say, Tuesday. -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 08:11 1
        
        Exactly, if anything worse. Because then all of the teenagers can stay out late and cause trouble. -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 08:12
- Over in Alton, Il...they have a huge Halloween parade on Oct 31 every year. In an effort to get more attendance downtown on parade night...they allow - Jim Oct 15, 08:04
- I know. -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 08:04
- yes -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 08:03
- ditto. -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 08:03

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