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I'm still uncertain what to do about Halloween.
I bought 2 bags of candy just in case, and a pair of tongs because that will be handy for other things too (salad!). Target still had a lot of candy and costumes available. But no orange holiday light strands.
It really wouldn't be much trouble to set up a portable table by the gate, with individual baggies of candy for kids to grab. Could even have one at Qiao's place, and one at mine, and even one at my mom's as it sounds like she's going to have a jack-o-lantern. (But we don't have that many portable tables...)
But I'm still not sure it's worth it with the uncertainty if there will be any trick-or-treaters at all this year. Although with an unmanned table out front, maybe random people with kids (or even without) driving by would be more likely to stop and get something than in normal years?
But then I'd need to go shopping again to get some small baggies. I didn't want to be wasteful yesterday, buying plastic baggies that I wasn't sure I'd use. I don't think people would be comfortable picking up paper bags where they couldn't see what was inside, and I don't think they make ones that small anyway. Are there any ecologically-friendly see-through baggies? Hum, something like these cute paper sandwich bags might work.
[ another idea: small paper cups would work too ]
It all wouldn't work well if it ended up raining or sprinkling that evening.
It would really be a great year not to do anything. But then my ghosties wouldn't even get to come out of the closet.
What to do, what to do?
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I love the title of this article: Pandemic means trick-or-treating will be trickier this Halloween
This link requires you to be logged into nextdoor.com, but the photos are worth it if you have an account:
Treat trend - "Halloween is only a week away, and some Nextdoor neighbors are getting inventive — using everything from cardboard tubes to PVC pipe to craft contactless candy chutes."
If you don't have an account, check out some of these photos:
https://www.google.com/search?q=trick+treat+chute&tbm=isch
I bought 2 bags of candy just in case, and a pair of tongs because that will be handy for other things too (salad!). Target still had a lot of candy and costumes available. But no orange holiday light strands.
It really wouldn't be much trouble to set up a portable table by the gate, with individual baggies of candy for kids to grab. Could even have one at Qiao's place, and one at mine, and even one at my mom's as it sounds like she's going to have a jack-o-lantern. (But we don't have that many portable tables...)
But I'm still not sure it's worth it with the uncertainty if there will be any trick-or-treaters at all this year. Although with an unmanned table out front, maybe random people with kids (or even without) driving by would be more likely to stop and get something than in normal years?
But then I'd need to go shopping again to get some small baggies. I didn't want to be wasteful yesterday, buying plastic baggies that I wasn't sure I'd use. I don't think people would be comfortable picking up paper bags where they couldn't see what was inside, and I don't think they make ones that small anyway. Are there any ecologically-friendly see-through baggies? Hum, something like these cute paper sandwich bags might work.
[ another idea: small paper cups would work too ]
It all wouldn't work well if it ended up raining or sprinkling that evening.
It would really be a great year not to do anything. But then my ghosties wouldn't even get to come out of the closet.
What to do, what to do?
.
I love the title of this article: Pandemic means trick-or-treating will be trickier this Halloween
This link requires you to be logged into nextdoor.com, but the photos are worth it if you have an account:
Treat trend - "Halloween is only a week away, and some Nextdoor neighbors are getting inventive — using everything from cardboard tubes to PVC pipe to craft contactless candy chutes."
If you don't have an account, check out some of these photos:
https://www.google.com/search?q=trick+treat+chute&tbm=isch