Absolutely perfect, Adam. I've just printed a letter-sized poster of the notice to put up so as to divert trick-or-treaters.
When I was young and trick-or-treating around my neighborhood, I and my friends knew a particular rule of trick-or-treating etiquette which states that if you see a house whose porch light is not lit, you don't go knock on that house's door. During the last two Halloweens I've been at home with my porch light off and I still get kids knocking on my door. If they figure out I'm home but not answering they make rude comments. If I answer and say I have no candy, they make rude comments. Sometime in the last 25 years Halloween became less polite and I don't much want to have anything to do with it anymore.
Right, that's what the rules were that I remember. (Such "rules" as there ever were). Participating houses usually had decorations, too, even if it was just a jack-o-lantern or something hanging on the front door.
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Date: 2003-10-31 12:44 pm (UTC)When I was young and trick-or-treating around my neighborhood, I and my friends knew a particular rule of trick-or-treating etiquette which states that if you see a house whose porch light is not lit, you don't go knock on that house's door. During the last two Halloweens I've been at home with my porch light off and I still get kids knocking on my door. If they figure out I'm home but not answering they make rude comments. If I answer and say I have no candy, they make rude comments. Sometime in the last 25 years Halloween became less polite and I don't much want to have anything to do with it anymore.
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