What time does/should trick or treating end?

[UnderProtest]

My husband and I are currently in disagreement about when trick or treating should end. He wanted to turn off the lights a little after 8. I think 10pm is the right time to turn off the lights. What do you guys think?

[bunch]

9 is my cut off but we put the candy on the porch at 8 so that they wouldn't ring the bell. I'm going to turn off the light now...

[lindyanne]

Our is 6-8. We turned off our light at 8:15 but hadn't had anyone in a half hour by then.

[puppydoggie]

When my candy is out, lights out! 8:09pm

[yellowbrkrd]

The set hours in our community are 6-8pm. I was going to leave the lights on until 9pm because I remember staying out until at least 9 when I was kid. But after 8:15 they stopped coming.

We heard the church bells ring at 8pm. I couldn't figure it out until it clicked that it was probably the cut off time telling people to get home. LOL

[Deleted]

I think 9ish. But I only had 6 kids, all before 6:15 pm. :-(

[GailGoldie]

i say 9pm. Afer 9 I get pissed if someone calls me - let alone rings my bell.

[KaraOrNot]

Ours ends at 8:00.

[dexteroni]

Doesn't your town have set times? Ours is from 6 - 8. We turn out light out at 8 if there are no kids around, or earlier if we run out of candy.

[UnderProtest]

The concept of a set time and a set day (other than the actual day) is very foreign to me. I don't remember these restrictions growing up. And I recall being out fairly late (at least past 9 and I wasn't the last one in). Is this new or am I crazy? (I realize these are not mutually exclusive).

[protozoa]

9-ish. No set times here.

[Deleted]

8:30 is plenty late. No one ever comes after that.

[Deleted]

Ours ends at 8. I turned off the light at 8 too. I don't want anyone else coming here.... time to relax!

We do have a lot of candy left, though. Someone should remind me next year that 75 pieces is plenty! 150 was way too much.

[statlerwaldorf]

There is a set time here. 5:30-7:00

[Ashley&Scott]

It's 6-8 in our city. We turned our light off at 7:45 because it had died down & DS was going to bed.

[kadams767]

I would normally say 9, but I ran out of candy at 8:15, so I turned the light out then.

[puppyluv]

ToT ends at 8 here but I am leaving the light on until 9.

[Deleted]

Oct 31, 2012 20:23:43 GMT -5 dexteroni said:

Doesn't your town have set times? Ours is from 6 - 8. We turn out light out at 8 if there are no kids around, or earlier if we run out of candy.

We don't subscribe to the local newspaper, and a Google search for "atlanta trick or treating times" returns no useful results.

[dexteroni]

Oct 31, 2012 21:02:45 GMT -5 @redbellpeppers said:

Oct 31, 2012 20:23:43 GMT -5 dexteroni said:

Doesn't your town have set times? Ours is from 6 - 8. We turn out light out at 8 if there are no kids around, or earlier if we run out of candy.

We don't subscribe to the local newspaper, and a Google search for "atlanta trick or treating times" returns no useful results.

Ours are usually listed on the city's website.

[atouchofklasse]

We have no set times here.

[Deleted]

I have never had any reason to visit the City of Atlanta's website, but even so, ToT times aren't listed there. I guess we don't have set times?

Just turn off your light when you're tired of giving out candy.

[UnderProtest]

Ha, I'm trying to get rid of the candy, but hate answering the door, hence the disagreement.

[satama]

We put the rest of our candy on the porch right before 8 so we could put the kids to bed. 9 is the cut off IMO.

[badtzmaru22]

We don't have set times here, but I generally go by 6-8 because that's how it was when I lived in places that did specify the time.

10 pm though? No way.

[ondaflipside]

Our weather is very nice, so we'll likely turn off the lights at 9. We have 6 sets of kids so far. So it's been great.

[explorer2001]

People stopped coming shortly before 8 PM. My neighbor has a haunted house in her garage and I still haven't fixed my front walk. So we basically hang out in our driveways talking. When there was noone else on the street, we called it a night.

The first trick or treaters were right around 6 pm.

[Mashara]

Had our last ones just after 8pm and turned off the lights at 8:15. The rest of the neighborhood was dark, so must have been the last house. 8pm is the normal time when kids stop coming.

[Susie]

8 or 9 seems reasonable to me.

We turned the light off after giving candy to the group of kids who rang our doorbell at 9:35. I thought that was getting too late - I was surprised they were still out.

[lurkergirl123]

We turned off our light at 8:30pm and had one group of kids ring the bell after that.

[countthestars]

Ours is from 5:30-7:30