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Quoted: The last fews years in my neighborhood about half of the kids had no costume at all. They just had their damn bag ans opened it up.
My response: "No costume, no candy."
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I don't really know how fair this would be. Some of the families may not be able to afford buying costumes, especially if they have more than one child. I don't remember it being called "costume or treat". It is understandable if they are teenagers or adults pulling it, but I wouldn't be able to turn a kid away if they didn't have a costume. I'm sure that we will have tons of trick-or-treaters in our neighborhood. We just moved here so I am not sure.
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Most of the kids who show up with no costumes are older kids who are too "cool" to dress up. Last year a gaggle of 13-14 year-old girls showed up, yakking on cell phones and holding backpacks open for candy. No costumes, just Abercrombie/Old Navy/whatever.
OK, I was prepared for this.
I grabbed the other bowl and tossed a handful of beef bullion cubes in each of their backpacks. No "thank you", just more cell phone yapping as them went to the next house.
I've always wondered if they thought "bullion" was a foreign type of candy. I'm sure it was an eye opener for them later.