I have come to dislike Halloween There is a community center miles and miles from my area which drop off bus loads of kids in our neighborhood. Within an hour you could go through five BIG bags of candy. My yard would be trampled, cars vandalized, kids would come 20 at a time to the door. On top of that, there was always a lot of older teenagers and adults. I cannot tell you how many "parents" came to the door stating their children were home sick. I close the drapes, lock the front gate, and migrate to the rear of the house with our dogs to keep me and them calm.