Will you partake in trick-or-treating on Halloween?

AB Editor | 11:27 Tue 30th Oct 2018 | Seasonal

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Will you partake in trick-or-treating on Halloween?

No - 88 votes
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Kromovaracun

Myself and Mr. Krom will be going to see Woman in Black on Halloween night :)

spathiphyllum

I assume the play?

Apparently it is genuinely scary.. Take some tenna ;)

ludwig

I think it's a bit of a shame that it's become so commercialised, and just another thing hard up parents feel pressured into forking out for.

Having said that, if I get any at my door I always give them something. I think you'd have to be a miserable git not to.

gness

In all my years of trick or treating in Canada and the UK as a mum with her children and now as a witch behind her door I've never known nastiness.

It's always been fun making the costumes with the children and chatting with the neighbours.... :-)

vulcan42

It was fine when children came around, although I'm not sure if making them sick at best or contributing to their future obesity at worst, was doing them any favours. However over the past few years it has changed in this area, young children no longer call, it's teenagers and these days, only ask for money.

spathiphyllum

I do not agree with any form of asking, especially regarding money. Halloween is not about that.

gness

We did have one year here when the little group of children decided that they would ask for tins and packets to be donated to Save the Children for their grocery sale......
A lovely idea but I had to make dozens and dozens of notes to put through doors beforehand so folk could, if they wish, have those goodies ready rather than sweeties... :-(

It's what you make it isn't it.....x

spathiphyllum

Absolutely Gness and i'm sure every street / cul de sac experiences their own perception of Halloween

Old_Geezer

Halloween is fine, although in the past we've preferred to concentrate on burning an efficacy of a religious terrorist on the 5th instead to show what our culture thinks of that.

'Trick or treat', on the other hand is a further abominable adoption of US culture which encourages kids to demand sweets with menaces, as they try extortion and threats on the rest of the neighbourhood. Having parents supervise is merely putting a gloss on it, the unacceptable behavior is still encouraged. Those who first practiced it here should be thoroughly ashamed. Their irresponsible actions encouraged their kids' schoolfriends to persuade their parents to fail to parent properly also, and allow their kids to go out threatening others too. Next thing you know knocking on doors and demanding from others what you want starts seeming to be the norm.

If folk want Halloween let them hold a party.

maggiebee

Trick or treat is a no no as far as I am concerned. If they come to my door guising then they will get a wee something - usually sweets and a few bob.

spathiphyllum

Not to offend OG but get a grip lol. Trick or treating started in Europe by children and poor adults who went around begging for sweets or money in exchange for songs or a small performance. It then migrated to the US with europeans..

It paused for a bit during WW2 due to sugar rations.

237SJ

Nope. Not interested and I won't be answering the door either. We didn't get any last year anyway. I`ve noticed the fireworks are quiet this year as well. Not as many idiots setting off bangers at 1am.

Old_Geezer

Couldn't grip any tighter if one tried. I think some are in denial to be able to cope with their choice of activity.

spathiphyllum

It's a bit of light hearted fun. I also think it's good that one day of the year is a bit more spiritually sinister to the others

gness

And I'm ready! Hall and front door all spooked up.....creepy lights in the front garden bushes and in the bedroom windows.....lovely evening for them and if nobody turns up I'll have lots of chocolate goodies to eat.... bliss.....:-)