Trick or Treat?

melancholly

xXMessedUpXx wrote: »

Wow, some people are miserable, do you have the same attitude to christmas carolers? :rotfl:

i'm actually even more cynical about them because there are so many scams where they pretend to raise money for charity and really keep it all themselves! not that i've had any in the last 5 years at least.

the less US imports of how society 'should' behave, the better in my bood!

RobertoMoir

xXMessedUpXx wrote: »

Wow, some people are miserable, do you have the same attitude to christmas carolers? :rotfl:

I wish the uk was more like the US at Halloween

Yes I'm miserable at halloween. I've already explained why a few posts above this one.

If you don't like that, feel free to put me on ignore and sod off.

Torry_Quine

xXMessedUpXx wrote: »

Wow, some people are miserable, do you have the same attitude to christmas carolers? :rotfl:

I wish the uk was more like the US at Halloween

have never had any carol singers either.

cheltenham_dude

xXMessedUpXx wrote: »

Wow, some people are miserable, do you have the same attitude to christmas carolers? :rotfl:

I wish the uk was more like the US at Halloween

I'd prefer the UK's Halloween was more like Mexico's Day of the Dead, where you have the festivals and costumes, but the focus is on respecting the dead.

Christmas Carolers can be a mixed bag - some I have tolerance for, some I don't. I think the model the town brass band my parents use to play in had the right idea (not strictly caroling, but they were playing carols) which was to go round the local pubs and restaurants with a collection bucket and play - it was a lot more efficient than knocking on random residential doors, but it is something that only works if the local pubs and restaurants agree to a large group of people turning up and singing / playing brass instruments.

Alison_B

Last year we had lots of sweets for the children but did not decorate the house, so got no callers. This year we decorated and got loads of trick or treaters coming around. At 8 pm decided we had had enough as they had been calling since 5 pm and once we took everything down, we didn't receive anyone else knocking although they called at other houses that were decorated.

davidlizard

The old ones are always the best, but when they say "trick or treat?", say "I'll have a treat please" and hold out your hand.

The reaction on the face is often priceless.

Either that or answer the door in your pants.

I didn't get any trick or treaters this year, which I am a bit hacked off about as I got a load of sweets in just in case so I did not appear a miserable sod to the neighbours.

Dave101t

if people leave their light off when they are in, how are burglars supposed to know where to go?

Beetlemama

The schools are sending home letters with the kids saying what to do and how to do it, my point in saying this originally was that if the kids are told this is what they should do then it's only fair for the community to know what the kids have been told.

Beetlemama wrote: »

...the parents sites and the letters they send home from school tell you these are the rules you should follow, it seems a shame if only the kids know them and risk upsetting people - and people upsetting the kids.

Peace out.

I can't get our letter on to the computer but there's a copy on line at the councils website here . This is the advice going out to kids, from the Council, via the school on how to Trick Or Treat.

We didn't trick or treat as kids, but then not really anyone did - but we did have carol singer. Now though we get maybe one carol singer a year but lots of Trick or Treaters.

pogofish wrote: »

Well bugg*r-off back to the States then - Its Guizing in this country

I'm not from the US and in my 40's I've never heard anyone say "guizing" except on this thread.

Again, thank you for the support posts.

eezer

Alex-Riley. wrote: »

Jesus people

They're not welcome either...

Amanita_2

Beetlemama wrote: »

I'm not from the US and in my 40's I've never heard anyone say "guizing" except on this thread.

Well it's normally spelt guising but yes far better known to me than your "rules".

It's a shame that as a nation we are so quick to adopt US customs and forget about our own heritage.

(Also in my 40s and not from the US )