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Southeast Calgary family prepares for oversized Halloween [Video]

A house in southeast Calgary is expected to be very, very busy on Halloween.

That’s because people in an Auburn Bay home — the Soda Family– will be giving out two-litre bottles of pop again this year for the 12th year.

And this Halloween, they’ve added family-sized bags of chips donated by Old Dutch.

A video of their unique idea went viral on social media during the pandemic, and since then, visitors have grown into the thousands.

This is the first year sponsors are taking care of the treats, alleviating the financial burden for the family, who started the event a dozen years ago by handing out flashlights on Halloween to kids in the community.

“This year, because there are a lot more people involved, we started getting ready for this at the beginning of October,” said homeowner Stacy Walton. “The slides were built in, put up a week ago …

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