{"id":467090,"date":"2026-10-15T19:47:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T19:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/467090\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T19:47:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T19:47:03","slug":"lubbock-youre-never-too-old-to-trick-or-treat-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/467090\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubbock, You’re Never Too Old to Trick-or-Treat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every Halloween, Lubbock heads over to the internet to complain in full force about teenagers trick-or-treating.<\/p>\n

“They’re too old for costumes.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“They probably have jobs.\u00a0They can buy their own candy.”<\/p>\n

“Halloween is for little kids.”<\/p>\n

For crying out loud, guys. Give them a mini Snickers and shut up already.<\/p>\n

Seriously.<\/p>\n

Let’s think about it…<\/p>\n

What would you rather these teenagers be doing?\"womanPhoto by Anya Batalova<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>woman in white hijab standing near brown brick wall<\/p>\n

They are out in a neighborhood, wearing silly costumes, hanging out with friends, and asking for candy handouts.<\/p>\n

That’s about as wholesome as teenage behavior can possibly get.<\/p>\n

They could be out drinking, vandalizing something, and getting into all kinds of mischief.<\/p>\n

A 6-foot-tall SpongeBob is the least of our worries.<\/p>\n

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And here’s something else to consider…\"aPhoto by Beyzanur K.<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>a couple of people sitting on the back of a car<\/p>\n

Not everyone who comes by knocking for candy on Halloween is going to be a little kid.<\/p>\n

Some adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities enjoy trick-or-treating, too.<\/p>\n

They may look forward to Halloween all year long.<\/p>\n

Please don’t ruin the night for them by being rude.<\/p>\n

Imagine being a grown adult who makes someone feel unwelcome or embarrassed over a piece of candy that costs approximately 17 cents…<\/p>\n

Exactly.<\/p>\n

Don’t be that guy.\"aPhoto by Vadim Bogulov<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>a group of three people dressed up as ghostes<\/p>\n

You don’t need to verify or ask questions.<\/p>\n

Just pass out candy.<\/p>\n

That’s your only job on Halloween.<\/p>\n

Candy.<\/p>\n

Easy peasy.<\/p>\n

There’s no legal age limit for trick-or-treating in Lubbock, by the way. Buy enough candy to make a few kids happy. Smile. Compliment their costumes. Enjoy the evening with your family.<\/p>\n

Halloween is all about fun.<\/p>\n

If a 45-year-old dinosaur shows up at your door, give him some candy and keep it moving. We’ve got bigger things to worry about in Lubbock.<\/p>\n

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Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every Halloween, Lubbock heads over to the internet to complain in full force about teenagers trick-or-treating. “They’re too…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-467090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}