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newwriter365 t1_iufv9k1 wrote
I actually prefer it.
I don't have to worry about some little kid dashing in front of my car tomorrow night as I drive home. While tomorrow is supposed to be nice, I really, really hate rainy Halloween nights. Between the wet leaves making everything slippery and people losing all driving skills in the rain, I'm over it.
itsaboutpasta t1_iufvapq wrote
I’m only in my 30s but i get very “when I was a kid…” and upset about how Halloween is now like a month long event. Why are there Trunk or Treats a week before Halloween? How can a town just change the holiday and force trick or treating on a weekend because it’s more convenient? And a very safe suburb next to me has a curfew in place tomorrow night starting at 7pm, unless you’re accompanied by an adult. Now if you’ll excuse me there’s some kids I have to tell to get off my lawn 😂
kittyglitther t1_iufvh2k wrote
Also in 30s, also ready to get all "get off my lawn" about this nonsense.
Wildwilly54 t1_iufw9uf wrote
I think some people did today because there’s a chance it rains tomorrow. But yeah I’m with you, it is weird.
Tonight is mischief night! 20 years ago I’d be out tp’ing houses, and shooting shit with a paintball gun. But I Guess everyone has cameras now.
njrun t1_iufx7rb wrote
Egg last night and toilet paper tonight
JIMMYJAWN t1_iufy5sn wrote
Better do both to be sure.
alissa2579 t1_iufz1c5 wrote
Wait what? People do this? I usually wait till the day of to get my candy. Some poor kids will be walking away with canned goods if they showed up early
OkMolasses4099 t1_iufzk9c wrote
If anyone thinks I’m getting off the couch on a football Sunday to answer the door y’all are crazy
speed136688 t1_iufzxxc wrote
Toms river has done this since i was a kid cause we have the Halloween parade(second largest on the east coast) on the 31st. To me it's normal and I'm in my 30s bow
Seasiren323 t1_iug0cuh wrote
Tonight
Good-Pop7582 t1_iug0gk9 wrote
I was thinking the same. I have to go out tomorrow. Today I'd be handing out soup or beans. Their expression would be priceless. Still better than the people who gave out boxes of raisins when I was a kid.
itsaboutpasta t1_iug0m5w wrote
I’ve heard some stores have already cleared out Halloween candy and replaced with Christmas candy. My old tradition was to go on 11/1 for all the discount candy but these days I guess I should have gone a week ago!
ace2daMAX1993 t1_iug0zaa wrote
Toms River lol
TheSpaceBetweenUs__ t1_iug1fwu wrote
>everyone has cameras now
Isn't this what dressing up in a costume is for?
OkBid1535 t1_iug2e7s wrote
Live in Tom’s river and the town goes HARD the night before Halloween. Because of the parade this town has trick or treating the day before. Always. Only from Sandy and Covid did that change. My kids love it. The only thing I find odd is with the schools, costume day was Friday and they don’t have you dress up the same day as Halloween. Which makes zero sense to me and even my kids don’t get that one.
FTWForeverTwoWheels t1_iug3667 wrote
“October thirty-fiiiiiiiiirrrrst”
_drdamian t1_iug3s0d wrote
I grew up in Ocean County in the 80s and remember having to find out what night Trick or Treat was in my neighborhood each year - sometimes it was on Halloween, sometimes not. I live in PA now and once made the mistake of asking my Bucks County-born-and-raised wife what night Trick or Treat was about 8-10 years ago and haven't lived it down since.
turtle2turtle2turtle t1_iug458j wrote
Halloween should always just be the last Saturday of October. Weeknight Halloween kinda sucks!
Vitalremained t1_iug4dbe wrote
The fact you were using a paintball gun is very frustrating. So much can go wrong and can ruin and damage people's property. It's not like TP which is just annoying.
kjb9898 t1_iug4qk6 wrote
TR here and the Halloween parade is something like the 4th biggest/oldest inn the country so they've always done trick or treating the night before. I've only been to three parade once and it was enough.
Wrong_Window_7322 t1_iug5ags wrote
Why do the residents of this state continue to give the state a bad rep…..
BYNX0 t1_iug5dvv wrote
7pm curfew? That’s ridiculous. If they said 9, I’d be in support of that 100%
chrisms150 t1_iug5h95 wrote
I'm right there with you.
I'm not in Jersey anymore (sorry... I have PA plates... I'm so sorry.) - but my area has NO trick or treating at all. Not a single kid has rung my doorbell in 3 fucking years. I fucking hate how we've gotten rid of kids being kids in every aspect - halloween included.
Please. I have a bunch of full-sized bars just in case - save me from my fatness! Come ring my door with awesome costumes!
oatmealparty t1_iug5yej wrote
Probably all going to trunk or treat events instead, because the parents are all lazy paranoid losers. Trunk or treating is just depressing to me
oatmealparty t1_iug6o2b wrote
Probably upset because their parents dragged them out and nobody is giving them candy.
ophidiophobia_py_dev t1_iug6svg wrote
With the price of eggs just use rocks
The_Wee t1_iug7kf0 wrote
I remember when I was younger, we'd sometimes go trick or treating at malls. But now, Monmouth Mall might as well go all in and be a haunted house (improvement over ghost town).
itsaboutpasta t1_iug8ss8 wrote
You gonna drop your address…….? Full size candy bar houses were the ultimate trick or treat spot growing up.
stricklandfritz t1_iug8u1t wrote
I like the idea of alternative trick or treating (mall trick or treating, trunk or treat, etc) as options for kids who live in areas where trick or treating isn't safe. But having it for kids who live in the suburbs with easy access to safe walkable trick or treating streets... It just feels unnecessary
frogonmytoe t1_iuga11r wrote
Can confirm. I had to run to Walgreens and the supermarket today and seasonal aisles are 80-90% Christmas and 10-20% discounted Halloween.
yeetus_feetus1234 t1_iugadgj wrote
Mischief night is its own thing. Trick or treat after school like everyone else
oatmealparty t1_iugbxyf wrote
Yeah it makes sense in rural areas where you don't have sidewalks and it's impractical to walk or drive to people's houses but I see people talking about trunk or treating in Bayonne and Jersey City and Lyndhurst and it's like... why?
EstateOutrageous8399 t1_iugcfy4 wrote
Exactly! Bunch of pansies changing the date of Halloween.. What next change Christmas and Easter next?
Loki_God_of_Puppies t1_iugcv1x wrote
This why I love my town. Trick or treat is October 31, no matter what. Kids walk around with one adult if under 10, but sometimes just by themselves if it's a big group. Everyone knows each other and looks out for each other
karriebean t1_iugd1on wrote
But…the parade.
ShadowSwipe t1_iuge4vr wrote
One bad thing happens one time and you get all kinds of extremist zealots going "we can never let it happen again" and that's how these stupid rules end up inconveniencing everyone in some ridiculous way.
At some point we need to accept that sometimes, bad things might happen, and not everything can be fixed to be "perfectly splendid", especially not without removing normalcy. One bad incident does not neccesarily mean everyone else in your town needs to change their way of life to make sure it never happens again. A 7PM kid curfew on Halloween is ridiculous. People need to stop with the hopeless pursuit of making the world completely grey and bland with such stupid ordinances/laws. It's hard to argue against pursuing "making things better" so a lot of people just passively accept these extremist approaches and it never stops until you have no semblance of normal left. I've seen this type of attitude in businesses, I've seen it in HOA's, I've seen it in legislative bodies. They always end up worse off and no one can explain how they ended up there.
It reminds me of The Giver.
alleycat1121 t1_iugg07r wrote
Lol Toms River 🤣
bsracer14 t1_iugh4p9 wrote
Buddy, I got some news for you about Easter
NJBillK1 t1_iughgee wrote
Some towns that have Halloween parades will often have the kids go out the night before, since the parade is often on Halloween itself.
DrMantisToboggan45 t1_iugi2w3 wrote
I'm also in TR. Went through 2 jumbo bags of candy today
yaychristy t1_iugipaw wrote
My town did trick or treating Saturday night. I was so confused.
BYNX0 t1_iugkpul wrote
Very true, i can relate to your comment. I need to start referencing the giver more
Imalawyerkid t1_iugkr8o wrote
My town did a “trunk or treat” at the high school tonight. Kiddo filled up her pumpkin, saw the fire truck, and took pictures with inflatables in full costume. I heard some people in line say it was their third of the day.
Tomorrow is her daycare parade and then we will do the neighborhood until she taps out.
Kinoblau t1_iugls58 wrote
I hated both trunk or treats and mall trick or treating when I was a kid. Could not stand either. Being out in the neighborhood running door to door with every other kid in the town is like 60% of the fun of Halloween.
Kinoblau t1_iuglxgv wrote
You don't like kids trick or treating on Halloween because you're afraid you're going to accidentally run over and kill a child?
ElBomberoLoco t1_iugme2l wrote
It’s only four towns….Toms River, South Toms River, Beachwood, and Pine Beach. It’s because of the Halloween Parade.
simplyxstatic t1_iugnx5k wrote
We tried to go to target on Saturday to grab some decorations for a party that night. It was already gone and replaced with Christmas decorations!!!
TheDewd t1_iugoagn wrote
Parents do this?? I’m a parent. Just gonna dress my kid up and show up at peoples houses a day early like an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm?? I had no idea this was a thing.
bleachmartini t1_iugpws5 wrote
I've used kraft singles, they stretch a little further
daedalus_was_right t1_iugqpvm wrote
>3 fucking years
Hmm, I wonder if there was something going on in the entire world that made it deadly to come into close proximity with large amounts of strangers...
UniqueSemiconductor t1_iugsdle wrote
I wish we got there scene in the sopranos, tony giving out candy to the kids guessing what their costumes are and stuff, would’ve been nice lol
OkBid1535 t1_iuh2dgj wrote
I got zero trick or treaters. Which means I need to get with the decorations to get me some. My kids filled six 1 gallon ziploc bags with candy. They’ll have enough til Valentine’s Day!
OkBid1535 t1_iuh2qp1 wrote
Dude same! I went to the parade once a few years ago and it was so lame I will never go again. Just cop cars and fire trucks and poorly designed floats. Maybe I went a bad year? I haven’t cared to find out honestly
OkBid1535 t1_iuh300x wrote
Top comment right here. Monmouth mall could be a spirit Halloween and the rest of the mall be the haunted house haha
OkBid1535 t1_iuh39mq wrote
My sister lives on base on McGuire and they have a 2 hour window to trick or treat from 5-7. When she told me that, bragging like it was some wonderful rule. I said “yeah us free American civilians can go out starting at 3pm if we so feel like it and we can end at 8…you can keep your two hours I’m going to let my kids be kids and go out as long as there little hearts and feet desire. My kids say there feet hurt and we stop and that could be 4 hours into our adventure, like yesterday.
A curfew or weird block of time to go is ridiculous in my opinion.
Also I agree with other commenters. There is zero need for multiple trunk or treats on every weekend leading up to Halloween. Especially here in Tom’s river. Walking is accessible all over this town and it’s just laziness to have so many trunk or treats.
PurpleSailor t1_iuh3gst wrote
We used to head out at 6:30 or 7 and quit around 9. But then again I think my generation was the last of the free range kids.
H3ll3rsh4nks t1_iuh5pjg wrote
Most towns in South Jersey all do it on Saturday night. At least the hours are "4-7" now, used to be they would do it from noon till 3pm and that was dumb as shit.
RemindMeToBlink t1_iuh6t7i wrote
Living in south jersey my whole life in a few different towns, Halloween was always 6-8. Talking to other people around NJ towards Philly say there is no time and never was. It’s just when the kids get home from school, they go out trick or treating. Sounds like chaos to me.
Artystrong1 t1_iuhatot wrote
You ever seen the episode of halloweenie of Pete and pete
EstateOutrageous8399 t1_iuhd6hb wrote
Buddy....Easter is bullshit
jailguard81 t1_iuhdh1s wrote
Joe_Jeep t1_iuhdk07 wrote
"Safety" and laziness.
Joe_Jeep t1_iuhdno3 wrote
Regardless the date changes every year
jailguard81 t1_iuhe0zt wrote
2hrs? Not sure how that’s bragging. military rules sounds like communism. we go at like 4-8. Or when kids get tired. You’re not gonna get enough candy in 2 hrs 🤣
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jailguard81 t1_iuhelyw wrote
Yea maybe he should slow down
IHSCOUTII1973 t1_iuhgh2w wrote
Yeah what’s up with that? Saw people trick or treating on Saturday
chrisms150 t1_iuhgp89 wrote
Nothing was going on in 19.
SMODomite t1_iuhhfs2 wrote
Happened last year, ran out of candy, went to get more on Halloween, ended up giving out reeses christmas bells.
SMODomite t1_iuhhkkk wrote
I think 8 is the sweet spot...Gotta watch the Phils!
JayMonster65 t1_iuhjdrx wrote
This is a "tradition" that ended long ago for just about any holiday. The sale is usually now a week (sometimes 2) ahead of the event so that they have nothing left.
Trying to buy candy even the week before is a crap shoot, because they are already sold out of some of the food stuff and all you have left is the junk nobody wants.
There is no cheap chocolate on sale for Halloween, same goes for the old joke of waiting until the day after Valentine's Day to get the candy at half off, or buying wrapping paper after Christmas. It just isn't a thing any more because of computerized inventory systems. They estimate how much they would sell and seemingly would rather run out early than be stuck with some extra that they have to put on sale.
BYNX0 t1_iuhjz1p wrote
Stopping at 8 may be reasonable, but it’s still too early for a forced end time
liltone829 t1_iuhk3q9 wrote
Nah fuck that bro they walking away with nothing
capotetdawg t1_iuhm2m1 wrote
When I was a kid you went to the next town over on the 30th and your town on the 31st to maximize ultimate candy consumption god damn it ^shakes fist at clouds^
Ezl t1_iuhpflr wrote
What’s the “one bad thing?”
coreynj2461 t1_iuhr06z wrote
Then lets make 4th of july, Christmas and new years always on a saturday
DrWumbo t1_iuhu8tj wrote
I went to 4 stores yesterday, until I caved and went to Costco who had *some* candy left (mostly king size bars and the jelly-type stuff). Kids in my neighborhood are lucky I procrastinated.
RosaKlebb t1_iuhvb0k wrote
Preach, the glazed over tablet generation just is getting beelined into being weird indoor bubble kids, hell more than half these kids don’t even say Trick or Treat at the door anymore and kinda just blankly stare there awkwardly.
I’m not knocking logistics stuff where Trunk or Treat or a communal party, parade thing makes a lot of sense, but I find it so weird how much has gotten sucked out of a lot of normal ordinary flow of Halloween and trick or treating. It genuinely seems like something that kids don’t even really care about.
Pleasant_Living1130 t1_iuhvt5q wrote
Here in Toms River it was yesterday.
turtle2turtle2turtle t1_iuhx2vs wrote
4th of July and Christmas are days off in the US, so it matters much less what day they fall. Halloween there is work and school, so having it on the weekend makes a much bigger difference e
Moksha100920 t1_iuhyonz wrote
Can confirm. Took my neice and nephew out on Sunday in Toms River as that is their trick or treat day and they do the parade on Halloween.
ayame_shirosama t1_iuhz9o8 wrote
Toms river does This because of the massive halloween parade tonight. It was great xD I would trick or treat at home, then at my grandparents in brick on Halloween. Double candy xD
guacamole579 t1_iui17zm wrote
My kids would love the beans. Haha! Baked, refried, black, pinto. They would look at you strangely but then ask if we can have it for dinner.
OkBid1535 t1_iui18gs wrote
Exactly! I laughed so hard when she tried to “sell” there trick or treating, as if it’s some wonderful perk your allowed only 2 hours to enjoy trick or treating. Give me a break!!! I heard hours are between 2-8 pm in most towns, some from 2-9. Allow people to go when the hell they want, not some time slot.
hawkclaw98 t1_iui4wsg wrote
I'm not sure about everywhere else, but where I'm from the 30th acknowledged as a holiday. Usually called beggers day, I think it has relation to either the large Irish or large polish ancestry we have here
jpporcaro t1_iui581v wrote
I came here to make the same comment - this actually happens? People trick of treat on NOT halloween?
the_ejbeast t1_iui65p9 wrote
In Buffalo we had a thing called Beggars night where'd u go out the day before. Idk if it's still a thing but people I know have beggars night parties n stuff.
Jetro313 t1_iui797o wrote
Yes. These kids want to be part of Halloween with everyone else, not without.
Jetro313 t1_iui7i16 wrote
I cannot imagine what would make parents think this was a good idea or acceptable.
turkeyvulturebreast t1_iuia0y1 wrote
I have fam that lives in central PA area and different counties do the last Thursday of the month. And it’s a confusing, but I guess cool if you live next to one of the counties and get two have two days of T-or-Ting! 12 yr old me would have loved it!
CKtheFourth t1_iuia7a3 wrote
In fairness (at least in South Jersey), they were predicting rain on Halloween all last week. Weather forecast only changed like yesterday.
jailguard81 t1_iuibpap wrote
Yea that’s the thing about military is that they enforce a lot of rules and can be very strict. I was in it for 20 years and I’m so glad I was done with that part of my life 😂 no freedom what so ever. You go home when they tell u u can go home. there is no 9-5 or whatever your set schedule is lol
youmakememadder t1_iuie4am wrote
Just happened to me too! Wtf!
ShadowSwipe t1_iuij93d wrote
It's just a general statement as what typically drives these types of rules. One rare terrible thing happens and everyone goes on a crusade to change everything to attempt to make sure nothing terrible ever happens again. Don't get me wrong, there are of course many things that are in fact worth fixing but some people don't understand that not every bad incident ought to require some sweeping solution in a senseless pursuit to make sure everyone is 100% perfectly safe, or tidy, or happy, etc. Sometimes, bad things happen, and we have to accept that and move on.
I don't know what specifically drove the 7PM curfew in this case, but based on the ridiculous nature of the rule, I can only assume the justification is equally bad.
WredditSmark t1_iuik8oj wrote
What’s funny is in my town the Boy Scouts did a thing in the big park and they had a massive sign that said ABSOLUTELY NO TRUNK OR TREAT NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC and I just thought that was funny.
WredditSmark t1_iuikc9x wrote
Trunk or treating is also good for those with disabilities 👍
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jumbledgarbagebrain t1_iuip33e wrote
I remember getting cans of soup from not one, not two, but three houses in Kendall Park in the early 2000’s lol.
KneeDeepInTheDead t1_iuiq14d wrote
Im in NJ and a kid hasnt rung my bells in years, had to be before Sandy. Probably doesnt help that I dont have any decorations up, but when I was a kid I literally rung every bell on the street.
Ezl t1_iuizrsh wrote
Oh gotcha. I totally get what you mean but I asked because in other instances (I suspect this one included) the “one bad thing” never even happens, it’s just some weird, unjustified fear. Like, we all know about the “razor blade in an apple” fear but that literally never happened anywhere. But parents have checked their kids candy for decades. This year there was the rumor that drug dealers were (for some reason) disguising fentanyl as candy and giving it to kids which, of course, makes no sense.
So I totally get what you were saying and agree that it happens but I’d bet this 7pm curfew is more the result of baseless fear than any specific event.
jarrettbrown t1_iuizzz3 wrote
The manager I deal with at work told me that Toms River trick or treated yesterday because of the Halloween parade today. I would have gone elsewhere today because of that reason.
jarrettbrown t1_iuj05hn wrote
I can confirm. My store manager at Stop and Shop was setting up Christmas candy yesterday, so I assume that the markdowns are coming
jarrettbrown t1_iuj1p7q wrote
According the the website, it's the second largest. The largest goes to the Village of course.
kjb9898 t1_iuj3cq4 wrote
Funny, when I looked it up about 10 years ago, it was the 4th. But on the news this morning I also heard it was the 2nd . I'm guessing two towns decided that a Halloween parade is stupid.
jarrettbrown t1_iuj4yxw wrote
Or the other two shrank over the years or this one grew superfast.
PawneeGoddess20 t1_iuj945z wrote
Yeah everything goes early now. I buy school supplies in July because by august stores like target are already trying to push out back to school in favor of Halloween. As a consumer, it’s so annoying.
storm2k t1_iujcis0 wrote
went to target on friday night to try to get a few decorations and they have basically emptied the store of halloween items and it's all christmas all the time across the store. welcome to the new reality. i'm glad i had bought candy weeks ago.
storm2k t1_iujcoyz wrote
the north planfield costco still had the big bags of chocolate miniatures on friday, but i'm sure those went fast.
storm2k t1_iujctzf wrote
which is frustrating, because teachers don't usually send the lists of needed supplies until maybe the last week of august. at least staples still exists and is always stocked up on school supplies all thru september.
storm2k t1_iujczvz wrote
look at mr. moneybags here who has money for eggs to egg his neighbor's house. hell, i bought an 18 pack at target recently because 4.79 was way better than the nearly 6 bucks shoprite and wegmans are selling an 18 pack for.
ScumbagMacbeth t1_iujgoct wrote
It's totally weird to me to have it in Jersey City because like half of all households don't even own cars.
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johnnyss1 t1_iuk4iz9 wrote
Nah, I live in hunterdon. I steal the eggs from my other neighbor
47-is-a-prime-number t1_iuk9u6o wrote
I feel this way about the people who started trick or treating in my neighborhood at 4:00. After dark, people!
kittyglitther t1_iufu6ba wrote
It's really weird.