Anonymous wrote:We live on Davis (well known Alexandria ToT street) and our funny retiree at the end of the block used a costco-type counter. It was bedlum starting at around 5:15 until we all turned the lights out at 9. Final count? 1,134.

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We live on Davis (well known Alexandria ToT street) and our funny retiree at the end of the block used a costco-type counter. It was bedlum starting at around 5:15 until we all turned the lights out at 9. Final count? 1,134.

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Anonymous wrote:We are in Arlington and didn't start getting ToT until about 15 mins ago. It was eerily quiet before then.

Also in Arlington in what is usually a high ToT traffic neighborhood. Feels like about half of last year. We definitely overbought candy.

Same here in Arlington. I bought full-size bars which usually attracts them, but I've got a bunch left. Like others, I noticed how super-polite and friendly all the kids were -- that was nice. I think we only had a couple kids who were being escorted by their parents. Please don't tell me parents don't take their kids ToTing anymore....

How old were the parentless kids? Is your neighborhood dangerous or something?

Anonymous wrote:One group in my Rockville neighborhood so far. Very quiet. DH and I were just saying this.

Same here. By the end of the night, we had just one group come to the door. Someone came by without knocking and stole a flashlight we had put out near the porch step for extra light. The excitement for the night was all from our middle school DC and his buddies who made the rounds in the neighborhood.
By contrast, since we've lived here 95% of the Halloweens have been non-stop ToTers from before 6 till after 9.

Super busy in downtown Frederick, but only on the rich people blocks. There are lines down the sidewalk for each door on some streets, and no kids a 5 minute walk away. (Not so bad for my kids, our immediate neighbors were VERY generous with their candy given how few other kids they saw!)

In Arlington. We usually don't receive many t-o-t-ers because of the way our house is situated, but this year was our biggest year ever! Early on, I had to go from 2 pieces per kid to just one, since we were running low. Maybe 50-60 kids in all, when most years we've had less than 20.

Kids were very polite. One group accidentally visited my house twice, and refused to take candy the second time when they realized their mistake.

Our typically packed and festive neighborhood in NoVa was also quieter than usual and people seemed to pack it in earlier. My kid and his friends loved it because people were literally pouring candy into their bags at every house.

So so so quiet this year.

Full streets in Old Town Alexandria

It was very quiet here in our neighborhood. Our doorbell usually starts ringing a little before 6 when our neighborhood gathering breaks up but it was 6:30 before we had the 1st. And then it was a trickle of 2-4 kids about every 15-20 minutes. We had no large groups which is odd. It’s never exactly bustling as we have a fairly quiet street tucked deep in but this is probably the least we had except 2020. We counted 18 total. 2 were college friends of my child coming by to visit so I probably shouldn’t count them. And 3 were probably not from the neighborhood as they were dropped off by a car at a late hour (fine as they were polite and I was happy to unload the candy). So really I feel like we only had 13 children. I think we usually have 25-30 and all local kids.

Quiet in our Petworth neighborhood as well. Had to walk down to the circle, which did not disappoint!

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Anonymous wrote:Really? I was stuck in traffic next to a lady in a full on clown costume today, wig and all.

Could have been her job!

Yep, she works on the Hill. Poor lady.

It was more quiet than typical here in the burbs as well.

Cursing the parent who handed out kazoos! 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Anonymous wrote:We are in Arlington and didn't start getting ToT until about 15 mins ago. It was eerily quiet before then.

Also in Arlington in what is usually a high ToT traffic neighborhood. Feels like about half of last year. We definitely overbought candy.

Same here in Arlington. I bought full-size bars which usually attracts them, but I've got a bunch left. Like others, I noticed how super-polite and friendly all the kids were -- that was nice. I think we only had a couple kids who were being escorted by their parents. Please don't tell me parents don't take their kids ToTing anymore....