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Ziggysmom

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12. Oh yes, in SE Wisconsin I remember needing the winter coat under my costume several

Thu Oct 31, 2024, 09:01 AM

Oct 2024

times. Of course, back in the 1960s we did Trick or Treat the evening of Halloween. Now most cities do it during daylight hours. It was much spookier and fun at night

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Did it ever rain or snow when you went Trick or Treating? [View all] debm55 Oct 2024 OP

Nope but it is 64 today in central Texas. efhmc Oct 2024 #1

That's pretty good for PA. Would you have to wear a sweatshirt in Texas? debm55 Oct 2024 #5

Yes. Most years it was either rain or snow or cold. Srkdqltr Oct 2024 #2

Where was that? efhmc Oct 2024 #3

Michigan. Of course some Halloweens were mild. We get all weather. Sometimes all in one day. Srkdqltr Oct 2024 #6

Pretty much the same here in Wisconsin. Archae Oct 2024 #19

Never a dull moment. Supposed to rain here today. Srkdqltr Oct 2024 #25

Rain for sure sorcrow Oct 2024 #4

Thank you. We had snow here in PA My son slipped down the steps. debm55 Oct 2024 #7

Absolutely. Rain, sleet, snow, were not uncommon for Halloween in NE Ohio. Diamond_Dog Oct 2024 #8

That's good trick or treat weather. debm55 Oct 2024 #9

Almost so long ago I can barely remember rurallib Oct 2024 #10

thank you ruralib. It;s a bummer carrying umbrellas debm55 Oct 2024 #16

Snowed... as a very little girl long ago in Missouri... We were already so bundled up no one could see our costumes... hlthe2b Oct 2024 #11

Had that too. It is a bummer. debm55 Oct 2024 #17

Oh yes, in SE Wisconsin I remember needing the winter coat under my costume several Ziggysmom Oct 2024 #12

Ours is tonight. I also remember the coat under the costume. Bummer. debm55 Oct 2024 #18

When I was a kid, I often had to wear an overcoat over my costume. Squaredeal Oct 2024 #13

Thank you Squareleal that sounds wonderful. debm55 Oct 2024 #23

Yes, I remember a very cold and snowy Halloween back in the 1950s in Ohio. sinkingfeeling Oct 2024 #14

We had them too in western PA. I t was bummer to wear winter stuff over your costume. debm55 Oct 2024 #21

Bedraggled mermaid, Dear_Prudence Oct 2024 #15

Thank you Dear_Prudence. That is sad. debm55 Oct 2024 #20

my mom made us crepe paper costumes too!!! samnsara Oct 2024 #29

Snowed justaprogressive Oct 2024 #22

Thank you justaprogressive. debm55 Oct 2024 #24

Of course. It's Minnesota at the end of October. Ocelot II Oct 2024 #26

Thank you Ocelot II That's a bummer. debm55 Oct 2024 #27

i live in the PNW so every year we went trick or treating with coats over our costumes samnsara Oct 2024 #28

Thank you samnsara. That's sad. debm55 Oct 2024 #30

Upstate NY in the 1950's where I grew up, it was a lot colder than it is now. patphil Oct 2024 #31

Thank you very much patphil. debm55 Oct 2024 #33

Grew up at Tahoe so at the very least it was cold. chicoescuela Oct 2024 #32

Thank you chicoescuela. I hated it when it was cold like that. debm55 Oct 2024 #34

Back in the late 1970s, I took my kids trick or treating in 3 inches of snow. In Omaha. OLDMDDEM Oct 2024 #35

Thank you OLDMDDEM . Did you stop or continue? debm55 Oct 2024 #36

We continued. We were used to the snow in Nebraska. OLDMDDEM Oct 2024 #37

Thank you . debm55 Oct 2024 #40

I once went as a clown. I wore polkadot pajamas of my mom. applegrove Oct 2024 #38

Thank you applegrove for your post. debm55 Oct 2024 #41

Every year! stopdiggin Oct 2024 #39

Thank you stopdiiggin. I' m glad you continued debm55 Oct 2024 #42

I don't remember that so much as taking my kids out murielm99 Oct 2024 #43

So sorry murielm99. thank you for your post. debm55 Oct 2024 #44

Can't say when we trick or treated in our apt building but when we went to the NJ burb it was usually dry.. electric_blue68 Oct 2024 #45

Thank you electric_blue68 debm55 Oct 2024 #46

Rain? Yes, :( I had to wear a raincoat once or twice as a kid. discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2024 #47

Thank you discntnt-irny-srcsm. debm55 Oct 2024 #48

Probably ProfessorGAC Oct 2024 #49

That was very nice of you and your neighbors for doing that. debm55 Oct 2024 #50

Hell yes orangecrush Oct 2024 #51

Thank you orangecrush. debm55 Oct 2024 #52

Yes 2011 in the Lower Hudson Valley, NY... FalloutShelter Oct 2024 #53

Great to hear debm55 Oct 2024 #55

Grew up in AZ Bristlecone Oct 2024 #54

Thank you, it was close to 80 here in western PA debm55 Oct 2024 #56

In the south, we never had to worry about snow in October. OldBaldy1701E Nov 2024 #57

Not that I can remember. Elessar Zappa Nov 2024 #58