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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] You people do realize that it's not a Whenever you want thing, right? Each town/jurisdiction has their own hours.[/quote]

This is the first I've heard that jurisdictions actually get involved in setting "official" hours.  Someone on my listserv sent around a question the other day asking about the official hours and I thought that was odd. As far as I'm aware in the midwestern town I grew up in, kids went out whenever they wanted, usually right after dusk for young kids and an hour or two later for older ones. And people decided when they wanted to turn off their lights and no longer give out candy.  No officials getting involved.

I just googled my own town and the only thing that popped up was a press release with safety tips. No official hours listed.[/quote]

I also grew up in the Midwest, and we had official hours.  In fact, hours for the towns in the area were listed either on the local news, or the newspaper. [/quote]

I am a nanny state-loving liberal - and this seems utterly absurd to me.[/quote]

Midwesterner here. Never ever heard about designated times. I think people were generally ready at dusk in our neighborhood. You went to the doors who had their lights on. Halloween has never been a city sponsored event. If you want to leave your light on until 11pm, expect to get some teenagers at 11pm. If you want to hand out candy until 7pm, do it. I think most places are like that  [/quote]

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