Halloween Fall On A Weekend!

[Doosh]

Don't you wish that we embraced halloween like the yanks instead of swithing off our lights and hiding everytime the bell rings? We should get more involved as apparently according to blair we stand shoulder to shoulder with the Americans when it comes to bombing poor civillians but not when it comes to accepting their culture.
I love dressing up and going out with likeminded people on halloween how about you?

[Doosh]

Smurfchops just make sure that your jason costume contains a real 2 foot machete! haha, obviously not but if you see an adult with them and the kids are knee or hip high then you'll probably be okay unless the kids are actually murderous midgets

[Eve]

I picked up some trick or treat sweets earlier for Hallowe'en. Don't get many trick or treaters but tend to have a few small groups early on, little ones with at least one parent. I like it, they are always very nice and polite and say thank you.

I check before I open the door and wouldn't open it if I didn't like the look of them. I have dressed up a bit in previous years for them too.

Surprises me that many even come round these days as so many people won't open the door or pretend not to be in (which is fair enough). Maybe stick more to other houses where there are children doing the same.

I never get carol singers round Christmas or anything like that. Used to back home though.

[New Judge]

I always go out for a nice meal on Halloween. I’ve had countless rows and arguments with scroats (and often their parents) knocking at my door demanding money with menaces. I’ve tried sitting in the dark (although I never really understood why I should do so). I’ve tried disconnecting my doorbell. I’ve tried simply ignoring callers whilst continuing to watch the six o’clock news. I’ve tried putting up notices. I’ve tried being polite. I’ve tried being obnoxious (easist of all for me :-) ). None of it works.

The idea that children should be encouraged to knock on people’s doors and demand to be treated accompanied by the threat to carry out some sort of “trick” is appalling. Basically, “If you don’t give me what I want I’ll do something nasty.” There’s no other way to dress it up. As has been said, fine when the “kiddies” are five or six and come round at 5:30 with a parent or two. Not so clever when they are fourteen or fifteen and arrive mob-handed at a quarter past ten.

I’ve no objection to people dressing up ridiculously and generally faffing about (though I do object to 25% of supermarket shelf space being given over to witches costumes, plastic pumpkins and rubber severed hands for a month). But I don’t want them knocking at my door.

[Davemano]

Time it was stopped.

[jourdain2]

'Trick or Treat' is an American import and I don't subscribe to it. I am making a notice for my door to that effect and will speak to neighbours to ensure their children do not bother us.

We always had 'Mischief Night' which was when small boys went around knocking on doors and then hiding in the bushes when someone came to answer. That's a dwindled-down of the original version.

Then this highly unpleasant 'Trick or Treat' arrived. If you explore the morality it is the same as teaching small children that 'demanding money with menaces' is perfectly OK. Arrant nonsense and it should be stamped on - hard. I certainly never allowed my children to participate - and have, unfortunately, upset several small children and parents by explaining my stand - which brings me back to why I am making my poster for my door. :)

[Cloverjo]

Let's hope it's raining on the night. I don't like being bothered by teenagers. I can just about tolerate small children coming round. I get a few sweets in just in case they do. My doorbell doesn't work, so hopefully I won't hear them anyway. They'd better not scratch my car!