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Anonymous wrote:I booZed my neighbors. Bottle of wine and vodka with tonic.

Now this is something I can get behind!

I don't know why... but when I saw the boo bag had my favorite wine I was forever going to continue this chain letter.

Our neighborhood takes it to a whole new level. When you get booed the kids run out of the house trying to hunt down the booer. My kids had to run into the woods behind somebodies house to hide, it took them about a 1/2 an hour to make their way back to our house and sneak in undetected. It was hilarious. My youngest one slipped and my oldest had to grab him and hide him and then go back for him later... once it was all clear. Never leave a man behind.

Anonymous wrote:I booZed my neighbors. Bottle of wine and vodka with tonic.

Now this is something I can get behind!

Before we lived in the burbs Halloween was one single night. Now there's booing and Halloween Bunco, and some kind of trick or treat map that's online and halloween decorations that go up two weeks before the event, some kind of "it's not Halloween" thing at church, a haunted house, maybe a parade (in Vienna), a visit to the pumpkin farm. It's overkill. Excess. We've had years that by the time the big night rolls around, the costumes are already worn out and everyone's sick of it. Just say no.

Anonymous wrote:DA FUQ? I've never heard of this. Just one more good reason to live in the 'hood, although I'd love to know what neighborhoods do this.

I live in the sticks, and I haven't heard of it either, which I'm grateful for. I do not need another thing to feel guilty about not doing.

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Anonymous wrote:I had never heard of this until we moved to a neighborhood in Colorado where it was a big thing. There were ghost-shaped notes that people would put on doors, along with a little gift bag. The ghost-notes would stay up, to let others know you'd already been "booed." Probably 90% of the houses in one area had the ghost-hotes by Halloween. We've been in the DC area for a decade now, and haven't ever lived in a neighborhood where people do this.

May I ask what neighborhood in CO this was?

Eastern side of Denver, off 6th avenue.

Same with us but we were in Parker.

DA FUQ? I've never heard of this. Just one more good reason to live in the 'hood, although I'd love to know what neighborhoods do this.

Anonymous wrote:I thought you get boo'ed once and it's over. Why would you do it back to someone?

We didn't return the favor last year because we were busy. This year my kids really wanted to do it. Had candy in the house already, threw into a bag and it was done.

It's like a chain letter, except you supposedly don't know who Boo'd you. The version in our neighborhood is typically if you get Boo'd, you put the sign in your window and then within a few days you anonymously Boo two other houses. Last year I didn't do edible items, but instead grabbed some stickers and a spider ring at Target. Cost me less than $5 and I'm at Target all the time anyway. My DD loved doing it, and her best friend's mom told me that her little ones loved it too.

I can see where it could be an extra hassle for some families, so don't feel the need to participate. I WOH but have a lot of flexibility and so was able to do it without much hardship.

I booZed my neighbors. Bottle of wine and vodka with tonic.

I thought you get boo'ed once and it's over. Why would you do it back to someone?

We didn't return the favor last year because we were busy. This year my kids really wanted to do it. Had candy in the house already, threw into a bag and it was done.

I think it's fun for the kids if you just let THEM do it and don't get involved yourself. I've actually never even heard of it before this thread but it sounds like something I would've loved as a kid and my kids would love to do! However...I wouldn't ever let my kids eat anything that comes from a bag somebody puts in front of our doorstep. And I am not usually a paranoid person at all LOL

I just regifted, or boo'd, someone else with the goody bag I got.

Problem solved.

Anonymous wrote:What if your neighbor is a gun-toting crazy who sees someone running from his front door and shoots him?

Also, why would you eat candy left by a random stranger on your doorstep?

You don't boo strangers you boo close friends and family.

What if your neighbor is a gun-toting crazy who sees someone running from his front door and shoots him?

Also, why would you eat candy left by a random stranger on your doorstep?

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Anonymous wrote:Suburban people have too much time on their hands.

It is part of mommy wars. Shams do it to working women to make a point.

Actually, in our neighborhood it's clicky SAHMs that want to prove how they all think they fit in and how they think others don't.. ha- at this point it;s just like 4 people doing it.. more power to them ..

Are those SAHMs with arthritis?

Let me google that for you.. but since that may to much- here is a link defining this..

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clicky

It's clique, genius. And adding the Y sound makes a nonsense word. Although plenty of morans say clique-y.

From a boo mom who has nothing to do but stay at home since she has no real job prospects (oh wait- let me object how you have a lala degree and just had to give up millions per year!!!)

Wrong. I WAH and am one who moved to the burbs last year and got booed for the first time. I let the kids boo back-- they loved it -- I'm not a total Scrooge.