Hey, Kids! Seniors Trick-or-Treat the Best — Dave’s Diary

Maybe your kids are already planning out their routes for Halloween’s night of trick-or-treating. If so, you might remind them that the most lucrative houses to hit in the neighborhood belong to seniors.New data from the National Confectioners Association shows that people aged 60-plus are most likely to hand out candy on the big night. In the association’s recent survey of 1,800 adult consumers, 84 percent of people in that demographic planned to hand out candy this year, compared with 75 percent overall. Make every minute count, right?

And those seniors will be well-stocked, too: Only 37 percent of respondents in this category reported running out of treats, versus half of the general population.

What’s behind the trend?  The National Confectioners Association says the baby boom generation was the first to celebrate Halloween the way we do today and they’re the first generation who sent their kids out trick-or-treating who had also done it themselves, so they knew what was going to be fun. And now they’re the first generation of grandparents who have done it. Because it’s something they really loved, it’s something they love to continue.

So, if you love Halloween, thank a baby boomer! (Today.com)

If getting the pants scared off you is also part of the fun for Halloween, make sure you check out Terror on the Ave at 411 W. Yakima Ave. (the former Schultz Furniture building). It’s the Townsquare Haunted House and it’s a downright doozy! You might even see yourself on the Washington Telco Scare Cam!

The haunt's open from 7-10 Thursdays and from 7-11 Friday and Saturdays throughout October.

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