(there were a few groups who found our place too scary and moved on -one even crossed the road to pass by
) pre-teens.
The little kids weren't bothered in the slightest, older sibs held the younger's hand on the pretense that the younger one might be afraid
Unusual quantity of tiny babies this year. Like in slings, not even strollers. Methinks the parents were having that "shit, we're old, all this responsibility, wish we were still young enough to TorT can't afford to buy candy to hand out, oh wait... this is baby's first halloween...." kind of a thing -like when dads freed from the turmoil of newbornness for the first time rush out any but complex Lego kits.......