Trick or Treat - Discuss

[The Original]

OK - if under 10 years old and accompanied by a responsible adult(s) and ONLY on 31 October
Not OK - groups of teenagers making no effort on the costume expecting a free handout

 

[sten_super]

Last year we stocked up (in fear rather than anticipation) and no-one came. This year I will be going to the pub. Think it's all a load of nonsense.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

Ah what a welcoming bunch the english are. What ever happened to community?

what has some 16 year old scrote in a shell suit demanding you give him your food got to do with community?

 

[DerbyGull]

One of the cornerstones of 'community' is to offer, not to beg.

what has some 16 year old scrote in a shell suit demanding you give him your food got to do with community?

What is 1 night out of 365 days to you and it only lasts a couple of hours 6-8pm. Hardly an inconvenience imo.

 

[nail-Z]

We just get the local children normally accompanied by their parents (who we don't know, but often acknowledge when passing in the street). I think it's harmless fun for the young'ens, but only when you know whose door your knocking on. Why would parents trust food from strangers anyway?

My attitude would certainly change if 'teens' starting turning up.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Imported American rubbish. Is it really a good idea to encourage kids to go scrounging to strangers ?


*tin hat*

 

[bhaexpress]

Ah what a welcoming bunch the english are. What ever happened to community?

God knows (as most people realise that's irrelevant as he/she/it doesn't exist).

 

[FamilyGuy]

What is 1 night out of 365 days to you and it only lasts a couple of hours 6-8pm. Hardly an inconvenience imo.

Tell that to the little old lady who lives alone in the house next door to me!!

 

[bhaexpress]

What is 1 night out of 365 days to you and it only lasts a couple of hours 6-8pm. Hardly an inconvenience imo.

Might do round your way, it's an open invitation to vandalism elsewhere.

 

[The Large One]

It's the aggravation that comes with a polite 'thank, but no thanks' to the little 'uns from the yappy parents.

 

[DerbyGull]

Tell that to the little old lady who lives alone in the house next door to me!!

If you're nice to the kids, they'll be nice back, simples. Doesn't hurt to be a nice guy.

 

[DerbyGull]

God knows (as most people realise that's irrelevant as he/she/it doesn't exist).

I blame Thatcher

 

[Bean]

it's all about:

 

[Champagne charles]

I spent last halloween in an irish bar in Frankfurt what a crack that was and had happy ending

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

I spent last halloween in an irish bar in Frankfurt what a crack that was and had happy ending

you got rogered by a leprechaun ?

 

[Champagne charles]

you got rogered by a leprechaun ?

lol nah eastern european down the road

 

[Frutos]

Load of shit, best ignored.

 

[Trufflehound]

nope, i cant remember when kids started celebrating Halloween over here, all i know is i'm 51 and cant remember knowing anything about it when i was a kid.
i hate it

I'm only a couple of years younger than that, and we had kids parties every Halloween (in Brighton) in the late 60s/early 70s. Used to dress up as witches or - like me - take the lazy option and bung a sheet over your head and pretend to be a ghost. I remember carving up pumpkins and bobbing for apples in friends' back gardens (the latter being difficult at the best of times, but ruddy impossible if you've got a sheet over your head...).

What we never had however, thank Gus, was trick or treating. That didn't come in for another decade or so. But I do remember having a saucepan of iced water ready by the door waiting for the kids who mistakenly visited our our student house in the early 80s - in fact, i can specifically date that event to 1984 - so it must have arrived in the UK by then...

 

[Lord Bracknell]

When I was a kid, living in the capital city of God's Own County, we had Mischievous Night. Much better than tricking or treating - it left the lasting legacy of a trashed neighbourhood.

 

[goldstone]

Annoying?

It's nothing less than begging.

Nothing at my house (fortunately a rural lane) apart from a closed door.