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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In an upscale neighborhood in Alexandria, parents were passing out candy to the kids and beer and wine to the adults.  As long as no one everyone is drinking responsibly, I don't think it is problematic.  [/quote]

We were there among the thousands of people, and it was a party!  Beer and wine were flowing like crazy - it's a yearly Old Town Mardi Gras![/quote]

I am from New Orleans, FYI, there is a family aspect of Mardi Gras where people bring their kids, picnic on the neutral ground ('median' to most folks) and alcohol does not 'flow like crazy'. That's only in the Quarter and for some night parades.

I don't drink, but I don't mind that others do. I don't think OP is out of line, though, I would have been bothered last night seeing parents walking around with cups of wine and beer, and would not have wanted my 2 yr old DD in that atmosphere.

However, because DD is 2, there's a lot I'm careful about. We trick or treated in Lincoln Park area near Eastern Market, side streets, from 7-8:15. We stopped when the crowds of bigger kids started coming through. I didn't see any parents carrying cups, the only wagons I saw had kids in them. There was one house where some folks were sitting outside with wine glasses, but not rowdy or anything; the wine drinkers were clearly not even tipsy, and DD was just as happy to get candy from them as the non-drinking candy givers :).

There was also a celebration at Eastern Market with a bouncy house, face-painting, etc.

OP, perhaps your solution would be to trick or treat during the earlier hours of the evening on less-frequented streets, or find a celebration for your kids so they don't have to be out in the crowds? Maybe throw a party yourself and invite other kids?[/quote]

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