The 2008 Halloween Report (David Tyndall)

Gannondale retained its status as a destination neighborhood for Halloween 2008, with an unofficial record 120 trick-or-treaters counted at one house which had counted "only" 86 children in 2007. Not only were the crowds larger, but more of them arrived later in the evening than last year, as shown in the accompanying chart:

From Blogger Pictures

Weather was just about perfect both years -- sunny with highs in the 60's last year, sunny and 70+ this time around -- so the only apparent difference was Halloween falling on a weekend night this time around. Not sure what this means for 2009, when All Hallows Eve will fall on a Saturday. One guess: An earlier start, and an even larger number of ghoulish visitors!

David Tyndall (7540 Stanford)