[Chena]

Well...it stopped being fun when carloads of kids from outside the neighborhood show up at the door. And they're usually teenagers. Grow up, fercryinoutloud! Shouldn't be trick-or-treating much long after 10 years old.

I was thinking you probably had a reason for not enjoying Halloween. Yes, a carload of teenagers from outside your neighborhood is a good reason for your feelings. What a shame that they can ruin the fun for the neighborhood children. I understand how you feel.

[TontoKowalski]

We live in a nice neighborhood, and we have people dump off vanloads of kids who run around unsupervised. Knocking over the smaller ones, running through flowerbeds, and the like.

Now, every year, more and more people leave their porchlight out (the local signal for "don't stop here"). It's a shame, but I can't blame anyone for going that route after the mess things have become.

Didn't this used to be about the kids in the neighborhood?