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Halloween, should I?

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phoenix Tue 24-Oct-17 19:59:00

Evening all, and sending every good wish.

I live in a cul de sac in a small village. The local children seem to enjoy Halloween.

I have made it clear that I'm happy to open the door to the "littleys", who are always accompanied by parents ( can't be doing with the teenagers! hmm

Last year I had saved up the Stickeez that Lidl had been giving out, and when the children had knocked at the door, after pretending to be frightened, we all enjoyed me throwing them and they had to run to get themgrin

Now, here's the question. I've got in some sweets, in small individually wrapped bags, BUT, would it make it more fun for them for me to be wearing a witches costume (complete with green face paintshock and open the door a crack and say (in a"witchy " voice) something like "So, who is it that comes knocking on my door?" Then wait for a response before exposing myself (so to speak) or might that scare the living daylights out of them?

Please bear in mind that they will have a parent (usually mum) with them.

pollyperkins Wed 25-Oct-17 20:46:35

Im not keen on trick or treat since the time we were away and had eggs thrown at the door which dried and was difficult to remove and took off all the varnish ( it was a new door!) however only children we know, with their parents ever come these days so I try to have some sweets ready. The trouble is,sometimes so many come I run out of sweets and other years hardly anyone comes and I have loads left over ( only buy ones I dislike to avoid temptation!)

ruthjean Wed 25-Oct-17 22:49:24

me neither , not a festival I celebrate.
As a retired professional in the child protection area it has always concerned me that all year we train our children about 'stranger danger' then on one dark evening a year we actively encourage them to knock on strangers doors demanding sweets!

maddy629 Thu 26-Oct-17 06:40:28

phoenix do it the kids will love it and so will you. I hope you have a lovely time.

jacq10 Thu 26-Oct-17 09:35:44

Yes, JanaNana. You've described exactly what happened in the North of Scotland in the early 50's. We loved dressing up (not always scarily) and we had great fun rehearsing our songs or poems. There was nothing scary about it and it is still more or less the same nowadays except that Mum or Dad is usually hovering in the background to make sure kids are safe.

Witzend Thu 26-Oct-17 09:58:58

Somewhere I have a large, green, bumpy, warty witch's nose that I have been know to wear while answering the door to trick or treaters. The only person ever to be freaked out be it was our dog, RIP, bless her.
She was frightened of pumpkin 'faces', too - once found her barking furiously at the large grinning pumpkin left on our garden table.
I now buy a relatively small one and turn it into Thai style pumpkin soup next day - with chilli and ginger and coconut milk. Pumpkin needs something to liven it up! Waste not want not...

Kittycat Thu 26-Oct-17 10:00:26

Yes all our little visitors have grown ups with them if they don't I ask them where they are! They wait at the gate and we put porch light on when we answer the door so everyone can see. If any big ones turn up I give them a sweet each as their handfuls would empty my basket of goodies quickly! Then either when sweets run out or at 7.00 I turn off all the decorations in the windows and that's it, don't answer the door anymore.

HillyN Thu 26-Oct-17 21:31:03

I have a were-wolf hand/glove that I wear when I hold out the basket of sweets to the children. It gets some interesting reactions!

123kitty Fri 27-Oct-17 21:31:38

All this 'how to have fun at Halloween' has restored my faith in fellow GNs.

pollyperkins Fri 27-Oct-17 23:18:53

As a childe I would have been absolutely terrified to see a witch with a green face. I used to have nightmares about green witches after seeing The Wizaed of Oz. But then we didnt go trick or treating in those days.
I dont mind children dressing as witchs or ghosts but some of the costumes you can buy today are most unpleasant like axe murderers etc. Apparently there was even an Ann Frank costume but it was withdrawn after protests. Really appalling taste!