Halloween: What are you giving Trick or Treaters?

tain

PasturesNew wrote: »

As for that "if there's a pumpkin ... it's OK" - NO - it's not OK because that's an arbitrary rule that a few people made up themselves.

That's what an 'etiquette' is :rotfl: an arbitrary rule that becomes a general norm, even if you happen to disagree with it.

I get why you don't like the rule, but I can't think of a better way to differentiate between who does and doesn't want knockers.

Pollycat

tain wrote: »

That's what an 'etiquette' is :rotfl: an arbitrary rule that becomes a general norm, even if you happen to disagree with it.

I get why you don't like the rule, but I can't think of a better way to differentiate between who does and doesn't want knockers.

I'd be happy if that rule was observed.
But it isn't - not always.

tain

Mela322 wrote: »

We don't participate in any part of trick or treating. We constantly teach our children about stranger danger and don't take anything from stranger or don't talk to strangers and then on halloween, the children are sent door to door asking for treats from strangers. Doesn't matter if you are with them or not. For me, it teaches opposite of what I teach them so we stay out of it.

Also to add, I'm American who grew up trick or treating and our entire family would meet up at my grandparents house because they always had the best treats. However, so many times, we had to be careful of people who would put needles and other dangerous things in the candy. It got to the point that there were stations where you could go have your treats scanned!

Depends if you call your neighbours 'strangers' I guess.

In terms of danger - I can't see Dave and Alison from number 18 giving your kids LSD laced haribo or rat poison pick n mix. You kind of know where they live. I'm sure kids are smart enough to know the difference between a stranger and a neighbour as well.

tain

Pollycat wrote: »

But if you've read other posts you'll realise that not every area respects the 'no pumpkin on my doorstep, so don't knock' tradition.

My old gaff in east London used to have tons of kids knocking despite no decorations, so I really understand the folk that get annoyed by it and choose to cut themselves off for the night.

I really don't get the total hate for everyone though. There are tons of people who will have no idea about the rule - maybe if people really don't want others knocking, put a sign out to say so and explain the decorations rule?

If there are no sweets to be had, I'm sure no one would want to bother anyone.

SuperPikachu

tain wrote: »

I cannot think of a single bad thing about getting outside with the kids, having fun, them getting to dress up, people maybe playing fun 'tricks' on them, and them getting to have a few sweets as well.

We all appear to have different experiences of people "getting out with the kids having fun".

And you not being able to think of a single bad thing just shows you are not very open minded to thinking about what can and does actually happen on these nights in various places.

PS. I live in a block of flats and we still get kids come and press all the buzzers. That is good fun now isn't it? Get me some Halloween spirit.

Pollycat

tain wrote: »

My old gaff in east London used to have tons of kids knocking despite no decorations, so I really understand the folk that get annoyed by it and choose to cut themselves off for the night.

I really don't get the total hate for everyone though. There are tons of people who will have no idea about the rule - maybe if people really don't want others knocking, put a sign out to say so and explain the decorations rule?

If there are no sweets to be had, I'm sure no one would want to bother anyone.

Or maybe we should start our own tradition and put man-traps along the drive. :rotfl:


I really don't see why I should have to go to the trouble to put signs up to tell people I don't want them on my property.

tain

Pollycat wrote: »

I really don't see why I should have to go to the trouble to put signs up to tell people I don't want them on my property.

Because you live in a country where we do things on Halloween that you don't want to take part in. If that's your idea of trouble, then you have a very trouble free life indeed.

Sometimes you need to be active to enjoy the peace you require. You can't expect everyone else to guess that for you. It really isn't any trouble.

tain

SuperPikachu wrote: »

We all appear to have different experiences of people "getting out with the kids having fun".

And you not being able to think of a single bad thing just shows you are not very open minded to thinking about what can and does actually happen on these nights in various places.

PS. I live in a block of flats and we still get kids come and press all the buzzers. That is good fun now isn't it? Get me some Halloween spirit.

So Halloween is the only cause of these troubles? Because it sounds like you have these troubles all year round and Halloween is just a scapegoat for it.

Again, a sign is so so little effort if you feel so passionately about getting peace and quiet. If the kids still ignore that, then rip their heads off and defecate down the hole. But don't blame Halloween, which by its very nature is meant to be well intended.

Ergates

Obviously, everyone is free to choose to take part or not, if you want to pretend to be out or just not answer the door then that is clearly your right.

Having said that - I find it strange the number of people who seem to be taking some kind of moral stance against trick-or-treating (or guising, depending on where you live). Like they're taking a stand against something - the moral decay of society probably.

aussie_in_wales

I heard someone on the radio this morning saying they had dipped shallots in chocolate to give to trick or treaters!!