halloween

SailorSam

paulwellerfan wrote: »

OP i am the same as you
i dont answer my front door from the 26 oct until way way after xmas./....

I don't answer the door from 1st Jan to 31st Dec.
If it's anyone that knows me they know not to come without telling me first.

RichandJ

Harry_Flashman wrote: »

A stout chain and padlock on my gate tonight and tomorrow methinks

And sitting in the garden with the 12 bore ?

Or perhaps leaving the gate open and setting up some tripwires. Hmm, I'm getting ideas now.

grayme-m

RichandJ wrote: »

And sitting in the garden with the 12 bore ?

Or perhaps leaving the gate open and setting up some tripwires. Hmm, I'm getting ideas now.

The 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines has a lot to answer to.

I gave up on Halloween a few years ago, when we were caught out and I gave some money (to each visitor, it got expensive!).

'Wha you get?' shouted the wonderful* parent from the path.

'Only 20p' shouted one of the wonderful children.

Since then I have left it to the wife and kids, but they have got fed up of it now.


* I didn't mean 'wonderful'...

zaksmum

It's only once a year though. I just buy a big multipack of crisps (24) for £3 and every kid that knocks gets a packet.

The kids enjoy it and we were all kids once.

Alex-Riley.

nancypearl wrote: »

This has just happened.
Doorbell rang.
I opened it.
The trick or treaters had not bothered to wait two minutes for me to open the door and had wandered off down the street.
They see me with a fruitbowl of fun sized sweets and all of the kids in the street run up to my door and begin grabbing sweets out of the bowl. They are between 6-12 years old.
Not one says thankyou.

I'm kind of a bit shocked at the lack of manners.

completely different from where i live then

we've had around 6 round here all of them have said thank you

one of them even said please at the end of trick or treat

jackieb

I leave my porch light on so the guisers know i'm willing to open my door. I've only made up 25 bags - any more than that and i'll have to sit with the lights out. I've had 10 so far - no teenagers though. Not expecting much more now as it's getting a bit late for the little ones. They've all said thank you.