Trick or Treaters

[Eve]

Anyone had any yet?

[fliptheswitch]

I did that too... although it's amazing what a few glasses of wine does to you!

[Caran]

We will be moving both cars onto the road away from the house, Luckily Motor Home is at daughters as we have no room on drive due to garden landscaping. We do not open the door on Hallween. I cannot abide Halloween it's another form of glorified begging.

[persguru]

I'm in the United States. In our town, the kids will go Trick or Treating between 6pm and 9 pm on Monday night.

[fliptheswitch]

Persguru, it's huge there, right? Like Christmas!

[Eve]

I'd like it if it was all nice and innocent and little kids out dressed up having fun in the community and I'd quite enjoy making an effort if that was the case. Not likely round here though.

Don't think there are any on my street, not young ones anyway and if they come from down the road (Moss Side) I'm hiding!

[Eve]

Ah see when I see it on US shows it looks great, like a real community thing for the younger kids though I wonder if it really is like that or whether it's more glorified on the TV like Christmas often is (save the Hallowe'en films that is haha!).

[fliptheswitch]

Jenna, that's what I was wondering. Is it really that big over there.

[persguru]

Not quite as huge as Christmas because Halloween is not a national holiday like Christmas. However, in most towns, you will see tons of children in their little costumes going to houses (usually the ones that are decorated or have their lights on) with their parents. The amount of candy that the kids end up with is amazing. Also, there are Halloween parties where adults and children go.

[Eve]

I was in California for Easter years ago and that was so much more of a big deal than I'd thought, painting eggs the night before and waking up to a gorgeous Easter basket from the family I was staying with then friends over for an Easter egg hunt in the garden before a special lunch and dinner with their friends and family with a dip in the hot tub, never had an Easter like that over here :)

[persguru]

In the neighborhood I live in now, just about every house is decorated and families will walk down both sides of the street. It is a very community-based thing.

[fliptheswitch]

When you go shopping and stuff, do people say "happy Halloween"... like what they do in the movies.

[nungate]

Trick or Treat is relatively new over here. When I was young we went Guisin'. You had to dress up and went round your neighbours asking "please help the guisers" and you were invited in and you have to ing, dance or recite something before you got sweets or some money. Things were reckoned to be more innocent then (not that I am that ancient)
That's a really cute kitty you have as your avatar Jenna he looks so sweet.

[Eve]

That sounds really nice persguru :)

[persguru]

When shopping, I have never had anyone say Happy Halloween.

[Eve]

Thanks nungate :) Sounds like my dad at Christmas when kids knocked on to "carol sing" for money. He'd make them to sing something first before they got anything :) Don't see them around much either nowadays.

[RATTER15]

I will set the dogs on the pesky little beggars!!

[Ann]

No - we already have the official Police poster pinned up on our door requesting No Trick or Treaters thank you! I personally hate this (American) tradition, for instance we have little children on our estate going from door to door, what are their parents thinking allowing them to go round unaccompanied, its so unsafe and just asking for trouble. Not to mention groups of teenagers frightening elderly people living alone .....a nasty new tradition brought to our country which should be banned IMHO!!

[nungate]

Shame, no Carol singers.
Last year was the first time I'd had "proper" trick or treaters as we'd only just moved to this house then, before that we had the usual older kids with "attitude" and the eggs and so on, consequently we never opened the door. This area, has lots of little ones and primary school ages kids so it's far nicer to have them visit, they usually have some corny jokes or a silly poem to tell before they dive into the "goodie" bowl - and I have a little "surprise" of my own in there for them (a rubber spider) which goes down well - oh and they have their parents with them so it's all nice and friendly which is why I've decorated the porch as a srt of welcome

[Ann]

Thats lovely nungate - much nicer than the nasty sort we usually hear about ..... I wouldn't mind that at all!

[vulcan]

Jenna, last year a couple of youngsters came to my house and after I gave them something for Halloween they sang the fist verse of a carol. When I commented they were too early, one of them said it will save coming round again.