Trick Or Treat Times – 2024

We have been setting up trail cams outside for years now. The image above appears to capture some sort of visitor or intruder out back.

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This blog relates to those born roughly in the late 50s & early 60s. We may have experienced the golden age of trick-or-treating and Halloween fun. The 60s and 70s were the days of church and charity bake sales, Cub Scout cake raffles, stay at home moms, three or four brothers and sisters, grandparent aged neighbors who created homemade treats like popcorn balls and enjoyed seeing kids they knew come by in costume.

Less food sensitivities and allergies, less concern about real life monsters harming kids who were out at play for hours at a time. Walking to the bus stop, bicycle paper routes, etc.

I grew up on the West Coast. Trick or Treat was on Oct 31st each year. Trick or treat was done in the dark.

When I was a child in the 1970s, local authorities, elected officials and newspeople played zero role in telling families when trick or treating would begin or end.

Today, some Moms and Dads wait until their trick or treat schedule is published in order to map out family plans for the event.

Same country that stages a big celebration of freedom and independence in early July. Same country that once taught a spirit of adventure to small children on Columbus Day.

In the news – trick or treat times for 2024:

Iowa

Dawson, 5-7 p.m.

Winterset, 5-7 p.m.

Mom or Dad might have to jump through their ass to commute home from work on Thursday to get the kids ready for trick or treating and get started at 5:00. The rest of the community might also be rushing during the rush hour in order to get home in time to welcome the little ones to their door.

Deal with it families.

Ohio

October 31, 2024

TRICK OR TREAT TIMES FOR GALLIPOLIS

“The Gallipolis Police Department announced this week the . The annual event will be from 5:30 to 630 pm Thursday, October 31, 2024. We want to remind all drivers to be cautious and drive slowly throughout the community.”

Your family has one hour to start and finish trick or treating for 2024.

This is not some special event at the hardware store or the dentist office:

“…times for Trick-or-Treat set for the City.”

“We want to remind all drivers to be cautious and drive slowly throughout the community.”

“Leipsic: 6 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31″

More for the One Hour Club:

West Virginia

“West Milford – Thursday, Oct. 31 from 6-7 p.m.”

Lewis County

“County-wide – Thursday, Oct. 31 from 6-7 p.m.”

Preston County

“Arthurdale – Thursday, Oct. 31 from 6-7 p.m.”

In the news-

Large amount of data entry required to tell the Moms and Dads of 2024 how local authorities will direct their family Halloween tradition:

Oct 16, 2024 WHTM News

Trick-or-treating dates and times in Central Pennsylvania

Scary Themes and Decorations

1966 It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Check out the witch masks here, and here.

Try to find scary jacko’ lantern art and decorations in 2024.

It seems that a secret international treaty has been signed- scary jacko’ lantern images are now outlawed.

Almost 100% of decorations available are kind of a Hallmark/Barney the Dinosaur sort of a theme designed for families and 4 year olds.

Not here to take those away- just wish that some of the retro themes were still available. The images were meant to be scary in order to ward off evil spirits.

Still searching…

The scary decorations of my youth have been replaced with this:

These hit retail display shelves in August.