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Re: HOW MANY TRICK OR TREATERS DID YOU HAVE?
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:59 am
by Pumpkin_Man
NeverMore, that's actualy pretty sad. Teenagers laugh about everything, but as an adult, I would find such an experience to be unpleasant, and I do hope that drunken idiot was arrested and spend a night in jail.
Scareview, I get quite a few ToTers. I get the locals, and I get kids from other communities where they are not allwoed to ToT or who had their ToT on a day other then the 31st.
Mike
Re: HOW MANY TRICK OR TREATERS DID YOU HAVE?
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:57 pm
by SPOOKMART
I'm going to reply to a post almost 2 years old.
Lowest I remember in 25+ years was 60. That was the last time Halloween was on a Friday. I theorize parents threw parties so they wouldn't have to take the kids out. I found that quite depressing.
On average I receive 200-300 Trick or Treaters. As my haunt has grown in reputation I think a good many do not venture up. Still though I attract a lot of children from other parts of this small city. I doubt I can get people from surrounding towns because they probably moved to get away from this place! lol
Here's a thought not only do I get 200-300 kids(and adults)but so do all my neighbors because my home haunt is fairly spectacular with props, lights, sounds. You catch more flies with honey they say? Well with TOTers you attract more by decorating more. Lifesize props really attract people but don't forget to decorate yourself as well. If you play it pedestrian you kill the whole scene. You must blend in with your haunt. Don't just get one costume though. If you have a spouse make sure they're not scene killers as well.
There are many ways you can really supercharge your home haunt. I can give you numerous tips. Best tip of all is advertise. Start decorating now!
Re: HOW MANY TRICK OR TREATERS DID YOU HAVE?
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 2:58 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
I think Halloween falls on a Friday once every 7 or 8 years. Most likely 8 years because of the leap year. It's going to be on a Friday next year (2014 and on a Saturday the year after that (2015) but in 2016 it's going to be on a Monday because 16 is a leap year. The last time Halloween fell on a Friday was in 2008. The bad news is that 2008 was also a leap year, and evey leap year Halloween seems to get lost in the shofel of presidentil election politics. Last year there were at least as many, if not more, political campaigners then there were ToTers. Leap year is also an olympic year.
Mike
Re: HOW MANY TRICK OR TREATERS DID YOU HAVE?
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:51 am
by SPOOKMART
Could be my region too Mike. Saw a statistic MA drinks more alcohol than any other state per capita or ranks very high in the drinking department. I watch people here have to take their car to the corner store, work a rock throw away and have to take their car, drive across the street to a store, take their kids for a walk around the block in their car. I'm figuring they don't like walking if they don't have to. I understand how politics can distract some but most people don't vote while others get to vote twice or more lol. I just think they opted for parties and took the kids with them. My city is not very high on Halloween. Lot of people coming from other countries who don't celebrate Halloween. I've probably converted a few but I could use a better base.
Re: HOW MANY TRICK OR TREATERS DID YOU HAVE?
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 4:11 pm
by scareviewzombies.com
SPOOKMART wrote:I'm going to reply to a post almost 2 years old.
Lowest I remember in 25+ years was 60. That was the last time Halloween was on a Friday. I theorize parents threw parties so they wouldn't have to take the kids out. I found that quite depressing.
On average I receive 200-300 Trick or Treaters. As my haunt has grown in reputation I think a good many do not venture up. Still though I attract a lot of children from other parts of this small city. I doubt I can get people from surrounding towns because they probably moved to get away from this place! lol
Here's a thought not only do I get 200-300 kids(and adults)but so do all my neighbors because my home haunt is fairly spectacular with props, lights, sounds. You catch more flies with honey they say? Well with TOTers you attract more by decorating more. Lifesize props really attract people but don't forget to decorate yourself as well. If you play it pedestrian you kill the whole scene. You must blend in with your haunt. Don't just get one costume though. If you have a spouse make sure they're not scene killers as well.
There are many ways you can really supercharge your home haunt. I can give you numerous tips. Best tip of all is advertise. Start decorating now!
Advertising a home haunt on Craiglist works and its free