Saturday 31 October 2020

Halloween Report 2020

TOTAL: 151 trick or treaters. First caller at 5:40 pm. Last at 8:02 pm.
(Plus 22 parents and 5 dogs in costume!)

Nearly tied from last year, in spite of the Covid pandemic: it was a busy night!
Much thanks to survey help from Patricia Acheson, Anna Wedlock and Craig Stamp and all the parents and residents who took pandemic precautions with their masks, candy chutes and other remote candy delivery systems.

Best costume: Girl as basket ball net and illuminated back stop. Net was her candy bag!
Second: A huge dinosaur, twice as high as the kid wearing it.
Third: Four decades represented by four girls in homemade costumes.
Honourable mention: The two Covid 19 related costumes: the Purell Bottle and Plague Doctor.

Most popular costumes
1) Tie between two classics - Witches (8) and Skeletons (8)
2) Vampires (5)- Another classic
3) Harry Potter (5), but 8 if you include other Harry Potter characters (Hermione etc.)
4) Doki Doki Literary Club characters (5) one of whom kindly explained the video game for us!)

Other trends noted: 

  • Lots of fun ensemble pieces: entire cast of a video game, decade girls, Harry Potter characters
  • More dogs in costume.
  • Good selection of Star Wars characters
  • Sadly, only a single pirate!
  • Lots of video game characters
  • Greater range but fewer overall super heros: Spidermen, Black Panthers, only two Batmen!
  • Collapse of the once mighty princess category with more interesting range of female costumes.

Here's Last Year's Report for comparison: 2019 Halloween Report

Past Totals- 2019-143; 2018-138; 2017-114; 2016-81; 2015-101; 2014-97; 2013-80; 2012-50! 2011-80; 2010-88; 2009-99; 2008-103; 2007-125; 2006-168; 2005-187: 2004-184; 2003-187; 2002-193; 2001-152; 2000-171; 1999-175; 1998-160; 1996-215

 And here's the costume breakdown (this year with parents and dogs too!):

Annabelle Doll 1
Babies 3
Basketball Net 1
Banksy (Girl with balloon in famous painting) 1
Batman 2
Bumblebee (Transformer) 1
Bomb Disposal (in hazmat suit) 1
Black Panther (super hero) 2
Blue Jay (great costume) 1
Cat:  3
Chinless Man 1
Clown 2
Convict 1
Construction Worker 1
Corpse Princess  1
Cowboy 2
Decade Girl 1950s (part of ensemlble cast) 1
Decade Girl 1960s (part of ensemlble cast) 1
Decade Girl 1980s (part of ensemlble cast) 1
Decade Girl 1990s (part of ensemlble cast) 1
Dead Body 1
Darth Vader 1
Devils:  3
Dinosaur:  4
Doki Doki Literary Club (Entire Cast of video game!) 5
Doctor (duo with plague doctor) 1
Plague Doctor (duo with modern doctor) 1
Doll 1
Donut 1
Blue Elephant 1
Elephant: 1
Fairy:  2
Fire Fighter:  3
Football Player (wide receiver):  1
Ghoul Masks:  2
Ghosts:  2
Giraffe: 1
Godzilla 1
Harry Potters:  5
Harry Potter characters 3
Hotdog 2
Hunger Games (Katniss) Nice homemade costume! 1
Jason Hockey mask:  1
Jester: 2
Knight:  1
Lion:  1
Magic Doll 1
Mandalorian Characters 2
Marshmallow 1
Master Chief (video game character) 1
Mick Jagger 1
Merlin 1
Mermaid 1
Minnie Mouse 1
Mummy:  2
No discernible costume:  1
Ninja:  1
Ninja Turtle (Donatello) 1
Nintendo DS character 1
Olaf (snowman from Froozen) 1
Owl 1
Panda 2
Percy Jackson (character from fantasy novel series) 1
Pirates:  1
Pink Poop Emoji 1
Pennywise 1
Police Officer:  1
Pumpkin: 2
Purell Bottle 1
Princesses:  1
Robber 3
Robin Hood: 1
Scream Ghouls masks: 2
Sailor Moon: 2
Saw character (Pig with saw) 1
Skunk (vintage costume their mom wore!) 1
Skeleton:  8
Scooby Doo (very young boy) 1
Silver Surfer 1
Sonic the Hedgehog 1
Spiderman: 2
Iron Spiderman 1
Star Wars misc. character 1
Star Wars Stormtrooper  (homemade armour!) 1
Unicorn 3
Vampires:  5
Where's Waldo 1
Winnie the Poo 1
Witches: 8
Zalgo the Demon 1
Zombie: 2
Total trick or treaters: 151



Parents in Costume

Banana 1
Cat 3
Chicken 1
Clown 1
Creeper 1
Devil 3
Evil Bunny 1
Jason Hockey Mask 1
Jester 1
Knight 1
Robot (Awesom-0 from Southpark) 1
Tim the Enchanter (Monty Python character) 1
Unicorn 1
Vampires 3
Witch 2
Total Parents in costume 22  



Dogs in Costume
Angel 1
Headless horseman (cool costume) 1
Hotdog (classic!) 2
Lumber jack (amazing costume) 1
Total Dogs in Costume 5