[Magdalen] T. or T.

[Brian Reid]

We had about 1900 trick-or-treaters this year. We gave out a bit more 
than 220 pounds of candy. Whew.




> We never get any. Not even the kids next door (with whose parents we aren't
> on the best of terms anyhow).
> 
> On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 4:28 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> None at my little house in the dell away from the road.  Port Hope
>> generally has lots of retirees and I don't see kids around me, now that the
>> family at the road has moved.
>>
>> At 6:30 I went to St. Mark's to help welcome kids there.  This is the
>> second year we have had an open church door with the organist playing
>> Phantom, Here comes the Bride in a minor key, and Toccata & Fugue in D
>> Minor -- endlessly!  Lots of goodies to be given out, orange lights in the
>> cemetery, and all that stuff.  An amazing number of kids came by -- only
>> one dressed as Trump with the cap and orange hair.  One of our teen
>> choristers sat absolutely motionless and wordless dressed as a zombie on
>> the front step -- for three hours.  I think she was half dead -- it was
>> only 5C and bitter -  but she never broke!  (Where are all those kids on a
>> Sunday -- and, indeed, their parents?!  Still, one never knows ....)
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/1/2017 4:16 PM, Judy Fleener wrote:
>>
>>> None here for the three halloweens here, and none in the dome for the 20+
>>> years we were there.  We look back to suburban living in a rectory. 1992
>>> was the last time we handed out candy.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 10:46 PM, Charles Wohlers <chadwohl at satucket.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> We wait until the following morning when they're 50% off.    ;-)
>>>>
>>>> In  8 years here we've never had any trick-or-treaters. Comes from living
>>>> out in the boonies.
>>>>
>>>> Chad Wohlers
>>>> Woodbury, VT USA
>>>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 9:59 PM
>>>> To: Magdalen at herberthouse.org
>>>> Subject: [Magdalen] T. or T.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I went to the store to get some stuff to give to the trick or treater. He
>>>> or she has not shown up yet, and it's past nine o'clock. I guess we will
>>>> have to take care of all that "stuff" ourselves.
>>>> I had really hoped we could avoid this, but there comes a time to face
>>>> facts: we are going to have to become chocolate consumers -- very serious
>>>> amounts of chocolate.
>>>> Oh, the humanity!
>>>> Fortunately, the Church has a coffee hour, and a bunch of kids will be
>>>> there...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>