What effect has the covid panic/weather/rioting had on Halloween/trick-or-treating in your area this year?
In the midst of the covid panic, I had no idea if there would be any trick-or-treaters at all this year. On the other hand, Vermont has the lowest per capita covid numbers in the nation, so...
Clear and calm weather here this afternoon-evening, though a bit on the chilly side.
As it turned out, there were ~30 trick-or-treaters, which is about the same as there were last year in light rain, which is about 1/3 of normal. All things considered, I'm quite pleasantly surprised, actually.
While I usually hand out prepared individual baggies containing an assortment of seven or eight Mars Minis ea. (Twix, Snickers, Milky Way, 3Musketeers, M&Ms - my favorites) at the door, this year I opted to lay the baggies out on a low table beside the porch steps and let the kids help themselves.
Suspecting there might well be no trick-or-treaters at all this year, I opted out of the usual window projector and accompanying sound system. Harvested six carving pumpkins from the garden this year, and didn't quite get around to carving any of them either.
