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Halloween
I really hate Halloween. It seems to get more intrusive every year. Years ago, it used to be a fairly quiet, low-key affair, with a bit of apple dunking and a few sparklers. Now it seems to be a bigger celebration than Christmas.
Yesterday a woman in my street called me a spoil sport because I don't answer the door at Halloween, don't put out decorations, or play scary music.
My family are originally from the Londonderry area. I lost a family member and a very dear friend in the Rising Sun Bar at Halloween 1993, and I cannot bear to hear Trick or Treat.
I don't interfere with anyone who wants to enjoy the Halloween break, but I don't want to join in with it. Why can people not accept that?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I don't know why they can't accept it. Stick, politely, to your guns.
In our village the children now know that if they say 'Trick or treat' they get a short lecture on American cultural influences instead of 'Mischief night'; the original meaning of Hallowe'en and the equivalence of the phrase to the highwayman's 'Your money or your life'. It was amazing how quickly they swapped to coming to show us their outfits! Naturally, they receive a sweet treat for effort with costumes!
If a household doesn't indicate to the mums that they welcome visitors, then they are passed by.
I used to answer the door in full witch gear and makeup and shout back into the house, 'suppers arrived, ' great fun watching the little darlings run screaming.... Then I got my sweetie cauldron out.... Had a group of older lads come late one Halloween, they were really scary, ( not) I said you are all too old for haribos.... They werent, apparently they were taking sweets back for younger siblings who hadn't been allowed out.