Halloween

No but very nutritious!?

Never taken much notice of Halloween and not keen on slit throats, blood and gore!
However, my DD was due home around 6 after a long drive from the south, so I had my outside lights on and some lights around a little wooden decorative boat (from the Range, I live by the sea)
Three children turned up so I found some chocolate muffins, twas something.
I remember one year handing over bananas, not sure they gave much pleasure ?

kittylester

Our neighbour has a lit pumpkin by the front door and a sign in the window saying 'No Trick or Treaters'. Confusing or what.

Yes that is confusing for people.

We put a few pumpkins out and children called even though it was very stormy and wet!
Watch the Halloween episode of Motherland when people stopped calling . Very funny.

I’ll swap you a few chocolate eyeballs for a whole big pile of chews and lollies. What was I thinking? I’ve already got a chipped tooth and a missing filling awaiting my dentist’s attention next week.

No-one came, but it was bucketing down with rain.

Sweeties anyone? Or perhaps you'd prefer a chocolate eyeball?

We had the 6 year old identical twin girls from over the road both dressed as skeletons and their 8 year old brother (batman). Delightful, polite children. Dad was in the background.

I considered turning off the front lights and retiring to the bedroom to escape the festivities but I’m glad I reconsidered. Put up some Halloween decorations at the last minute and ended up having quite a nice evening greeting the trick-or-treat crowd and their parents. Handed out all the treats, too so won’t be forced to eat them myself! ✅

I adore Halloween. Just love it for its twinkly, spooky fun and tiny witches with home made broomsticks and little white sheeted ghosts with chocolatey hands. Don't children just adore it! We always make the most of it here. I'm really sorry that some kids make it a bad experience for some of you and hope that changes.

Our road was busy too last night.

For the first time all the goodies I’d bought were gone and I also put balloons in the bowl for younger children. They were a popular addition.
It was nice to see the effort they had gone to and they all had parents with them. One lovely lady had a little boy in a wheelchair and an able bodied boy. They were loving it as like she said they live down one of the cul de sacs and don’t get any trick or treaters down there.
I put a few decs up in my living room for my grandson and will leave them there until his after school visit tomorrow.

We’re a bit off the beaten track and only had 10 callers, in 4 groups, all with adults. They were all very polite and the younger ones very excited. It rained all evening, so some had their big coats and hoods over the Hallowe’en outfits.

I’ve got an awful lot of sticky sweets and lollies left, that I don’t think would do my ageing teeth any favours. Note to self - stick to chocolate only next year!

That's horrible Lincslass I hope you didn't have any problems.
Not many children in our village but they came round with their parents, my husband made up bags of sweets, he is eating the leftovers himself !!

You’re all very lucky to have had no problems. In our area little yobs have been pouring hard surface cleaner over cars and vans, smashing windows and generally terrorising the neighbourhood.

Our neighbour has a lit pumpkin by the front door and a sign in the window saying 'No Trick or Treaters'. Confusing or what.

DD lives on a new estate and the whole place was absolutely buzzing! Little ones dressed up accompanied by adults, often dressed up too - pumpkins outside houses and bowls of sweets. Other houses encouraged to knock, as the owners were in costume to hand the sweets in person. Some houses had inflatable ghosts, monsters and witches on their gardens and it was so enjoyable and good humoured, with adults and children recognizing each other in the dark (only 5pm). I was so glad I’d gone along - we did nothing like it in my day.

We usually get a steady stream of callers, but yesterday there were just two groups of youngsters and none of the littlies we usually get, so we have leftovers! Lollies anyone?

It was very busy here. Sone of the residents on our street had gone to so much effort. Making up little bags of sweets. It all made me smile.

No sign of it round here last night. I usually join in, but we only got back home on Saturday afternoon after a week away and then I developed a migraine, so wasn't really functional.

Not only did no one knock on our door, the norm when the house has no pumpkin, but i didn't hear anyone in the street.

I put some lights out on my doorstep and just had a few groups of little ones all dressed up and excited, with parents waiting on the pavement. I had a pumpkin shaped bag of packets of sweets and they were very good just taking one pack each and saying thank you and wishing me a happy night one little girl went to dig in again but her sister told her not to !
I live in what’s deemed a disadvantaged area !!
I took the lights in about 7 and no one else called
I don’t actually like Hallowean but just do this low level bit every year

I love to see the children. Only had a few visits last night but our estate has a FB page s we have agreed to do it again tonight if we have left over treats