Halloween: What are you giving Trick or Treaters?

SuperPikachu

tain wrote: »

Who are these mass tat pushers who can secretly influence millions into buying pumpkins from local farmers? Or do you mean the supermarkets selling outfits, which being clothes aren't 'tat'?

I think your numbers are probably quite exaggerated

tain

SuperPikachu wrote: »

I think your numbers are probably quite exaggerated

Then it's not the commercial exploitation you're making it out to be? It's either one or the other.

Amara

It looks like I'm one of very few here , who gave away sweets to treat-or-treaters, all children behaved themselves, my house hasn't been egged and my son came back very happy with bag full of sweets. I live in very safe and friendly area. Good to know.

Slinky

tain wrote: »

Are you saying 'trick please!' when the kids come to the door? Or are they requesting a trick from you?

I put a sign on the door saying no trick or treat please and spent a normal night at home undisturbed.

Metranil_Vavin

My son ended up in hospital last night after accidentally eating a peanut m&m which sent him into anaphylactic shock.

Fortunately we were on our road at the time so OH rushed him home and gave him a shot of adrenaline. Ambulance was there in 10 mins and he spent 6 hours under observation in hospital.

Not the fun evening we had planned

Gloomendoom

tain wrote: »

Or do you mean the supermarkets selling outfits, which being clothes aren't 'tat'?

They could be...

Tat

noun INFORMAL•BRITISH
noun: tat
tasteless or shoddy clothes, jewellery, or ornaments.
"the place was decorated with all manner of gaudy tat"

Rubik

Metranil_Vavin wrote: »

My son ended up in hospital last night after accidentally eating a peanut m&m which sent him into anaphylactic shock.

Fortunately we were on our road at the time so OH rushed him home and gave him a shot of adrenaline. Ambulance was there in 10 mins and he spent 6 hours under observation in hospital.

Not the fun evening we had planned

Hope your son is ok now?

tain

Gloomendoom wrote: »

They could be...

So what wicked conglomerate evilness is corrupting our poor fragile little minds?

kerri_gt

Scared the cr*p out of a number of kids as I was busy doing Halloween makeup for an event I was going to :rotfl:

The ones that were make of more stoic stuff and didn't run off got some lollies for their efforts (although I had picked out all the Drumstick ones as they are my fav ) OH then got put on door duty before going out himself.

It was actually quite fun seeing the kids out and about - all supervised by parents / semi responsible adults and some cracking costume efforts as well. Good luck to the parents getting the kids to sleep though after all that sugar consumption :eek:

Hard_Saver

Have not laughed so much in ages reading some of the comments on trick or treating here, especially the lengthy dingdongs between people who are so determined almost to force others to accept their view (whichever side they are on)

So much depends on where you live and who you know. I live alone, I am getting on in years, I would never open the door on a night to anybody no matter what night it was (unless I was expecting them). and so I ignored the knock. It was just the one this year. No doubt they found more welcoming neighbours. I hope they had fun. And I hope they were supervised, and nobody was caused any aggro.

I used to live in a rougher neighbourhood before, where it was halloween most nights, not just 31 October. I lived in almost constant dread of noises, knocks, bangs, footballs, shrieks, and all manner of anti-social behaviour from kids (which I eventually stopped bothering the police with, because they could do nothing). No supervision by any parents, at any time of the year. The only answer was to move. (Luckily I could afford to.) So I tend to sympathise more with those who don't like to join in the "fun".

Also agree with the person who mentioned the way Halloween is marketed these days. It's not a 'tradition'. It's an import, a commercial opportunity to exploit parents of young kids who are pressured into buying tat for this so-called 'festival'. Try saying no - it's impossible, and the supermarkets know that. They make a bomb. And the environment suffers at the end as much of the tat, used for a couple of hours, is disposed of in landfill.

I too hope the kid with anaphylactic shock is OK now. And that his parents are OK too. That must have been very upsetting and worrying.