Halloween: What are you giving Trick or Treaters?

jackboy1

Batteries out of the doorbell and door knocking ignored in our house

Ergates

SuperPikachu wrote: »

I just ignore the bell if it rings. I've never understood the point of "Trick or treating".

It's not complicated: Children like dressing up. Children like sweets. Combine the two.

Ergates

To answer the OP: A mixture of Haribo and refresher lollies.

Pollycat

MSE_Andrea wrote: »

Have you gone the whole hog and done a full-on trip to Costco/Aldi/Lidl/Tesco to stock up on bucket loads of sweets for the [STRIKE]little monsters[/STRIKE] kids.

Or will you be switching the lights off and sitting behind the sofa in the dark pretending to be out?

If you are joining in with the Halloween spirit(s) this year, what have you bought for the witches/wizards/ghosts/unicorns/spidermen/slendermen/Skull Rangers knocking on the door this week?

Perhaps you've made treats this year instead of buying?

Or are you giving them last year's leftovers passed their best before date?

(See why that's not as scary as it sounds!!)

We'll not be 'pretending to be out'.
We will be out.
Hundreds of kids from God-knows-where (certainly not local to us) queuing up at the end of the drive. The last time we stayed in, it lasted from just before dark to 9pm.
All our neighbours' kids are grown up.
I think there should be some recognisable sign that households are happy to participate in Halloween.

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Pollycat wrote: »

We'll not be 'pretending to be out'.
We will be out.
Hundreds of kids from God-knows-where (certainly not local to us) queuing up at the end of the drive. The last time we stayed in, it lasted from just before dark to 9pm.
All our neighbours' kids are grown up.
I think there should be some recognisable sign that households are happy to participate in Halloween.

There is around here, if they have any Halloween decorations up or a pumpkin we knock otherwise we miss it out.

p00hsticks

Pollycat wrote: »

I think there should be some recognisable sign that households are happy to participate in Halloween.

There is - a pumpkin on the doorstep / front step / gate.

Halloween etiquettte says that if there is no pumpkin, trick or treaters shouldn't knock.

SuperPikachu

Ergates wrote: »

It's not complicated: Children like dressing up. Children like sweets. Combine the two.

So you think taking your kids round to complete strangers houses to harass them for free sweets is a "fun" thing to do?

It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts.

I think you misunderstand my meaning of not seeing the point of it - I mean as in it has nothing to do with what Halloween was about.

To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities. During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other’s fortunes.

When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.

Like Easter & Christmas, these things just become Americanised/Commerical crap nowadays.

Anyway apologies to get so serious, enjoy your night

phryne

Pollycat wrote: »

I think there should be some recognisable sign that households are happy to participate in Halloween.

We put a Police sign up saying Sorry No Trick or Treat.


Not to be miserable, but we really don't want to encourage even more bad behaviour from local kids, who by and large tend to run amok round here anyway.

Pollycat

_shel wrote: »

There is around here, if they have any Halloween decorations up or a pumpkin we knock otherwise we miss it out.

p00hsticks wrote: »

There is - a pumpkin on the doorstep / front step / gate.

Halloween etiquettte says that if there is no pumpkin, trick or treaters shouldn't knock.

Well, somebody forgot to inform kids and parents in our area.

Grezz24

So many people ignoring the door/bell which i think is a real shame.

We will be giving out sweets and will be taking our son out too. But then there is a sense of community spirit here so id expect to see a lot of people out as per normal each year.