My kids are out of town, so I shut out all the lights and parked my car over the walkway to block trick-or-treaters. Lots of voices outside, but nobody has come to my door yet. Plus, the house was vandalized last night. Flag stolen from porch and other flag thrown in the street. Not happy!
My Mum used to give out the candy while we walked the kids around and we were expecting to see here that day two years ago and didn't see here the previous weekend. She died on that Monday.
We waited until after trick-or-treating to tell the kids so as to not ruin the night for them.