Halloween - what to do

As I have said before on another thread- we live in a cul de sac & the children all dress up & come round. Their parents dress up too & at the end of the evening there are drinks down in the turning circle.
I LOVD Halloween!

I think it is insane to encourage children to go around knocking on people's doors during a pandemic.

I usually dole out sweets to the local kids and my grandchildren go trick or treating (under strict parental supervision.) They love to show off their costumes but they won't be going this year. They will have games at home instead. I won't be answering the door if anyone calls here. Just hope they don't egg our house. That happened one year when we didn't join in, because we were at the hospital. I was quite annoyed.

I don't get involved with Halloween. So never been involved with giving out sweets. No I am not an old fuddy duddy. We never let our children go round knocking on doors when they were children.

I moved last year to the north west from the west midlands. I was shocked to find there is a mischief night. It happened bto fall on the night before rubbish was to be collected so my bin was at the end of my drive. It was windy and heard the bin go over. It was pitch black so went out in case it had gone in the road. Only to find my neighbour putting it up and then told me kids had been all along the street knocking the bins over for mischief night.

When did that start does anyone know and what's it got to do with Halloween?

I would support the idea of putting sweeties or fruit into bags to hand out. Ordinary freezer bags will do.

Really don’t like Halloween or bonfire night. So if they’re cancelled that’s fine by me.

Like many others on here, our area is encouraging decorated windows children walk with an adult and when they spot a window the adult pops a sweet in their bag. No door knocking no exchanging sweets all good fun.

Trick or Treat has always seemed to me similar to Demanding money or goods with menaces.

I will not buy Haribos
I will not buy Haribos
I will not buy Haribos

I only end up eating them myself .

Parsley3

Hasn’t truck or treat been replaced by test and trace this year?
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LOL

Here in my small part of Canada someone had the great idea of placing the treats in a long tube and firing the candy directly into the kiddies treat bag.

I’m going to do that, it’s all a but of fun. ?

Hasn’t truck or treat been replaced by test and trace this year?
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I agree. I absolutely hate Hallowe'en. I put a notice on my door saying 'Sorry, no trick or treat'. You can get them from the police or make your own.

I’ve sent my grand children some sweets in the post for Halloween and we never seem to get anyone calling around here. I was thinking of putting some sweets in a dish outside the front door, just in case. I wont be answering the door.

I think it might be scarier if they came to your door without wearing a mask !
I love Hallowe'en and usually put paper crows in my window and light lanterns , I even grew pumpkins for this year . So Im going to go ahead and make up wee paper twists containing sweeties , if nobody comes I can have the treats myself !

We have always celebrated Halloween with a big family party. Also an adult has taken the children round for trick or treat. Party games for them on return, pass the parcel, musical bumps, pinjata etc. Last year daughter hosted it and we stayed over with her. This year we will be home alone which seems sad somehow.

Hear, hear, @Chewbacca.

I think that I must be unusually lucky because I have never had any bad experiences with Trick or Treaters @ Halloween in any house I've lived in. Without exception, the littlies are always accompanied by a parent or adult and have been polite and grateful for the treats they're given and for the trouble I go to to dress the front of my house. The older ones tend to come without an adult but they're the same; no trouble whatsoever. Personally I love to see the effort they go to to dress up. I love to see the excitement on their faces as they see the lanterns and pumpkins etc. And heaven knows, there has been precious little for children to get excited about this year so if I can give them a little something to smile about at Halloween; I'll take part in that. ?

Usually make a big deal of Halloween as we have a lot of young children around here and they make a real effort to dress up. The parents always come with them and it's a really nice evening. They don't knock unless you put a pumpkin outside either. This year 'though the word's out no one's doing it because of Covid, so.....

We've lived here over 30 yrs. We've never had any trick or treaters call.

I will do what I always do - ignore Halloween.

In N.Ireland we don't have Guy Fawkes, so fireworks are set off Halloween night. I close the blinds& curtains anyway cos the dog is so frightened of the noise. Not many kids where I live anyway, a lot retired, so probably won't be bothered too much anyway with them coming to the door.

Fortunately we have very few children living in my road, so Halloween usually passes peacefully. I feel there is something rather disturbing about it so I have never gone along with trick or treat and my golden rule is never yo open the front door.

hicaz46 I agree with you 100%

Halloween chocolate lollipops is the answer! One each ??

I find it difficult to believe that you are allowing yourself to be blackmailed by these little horrors - because that is what it is!

I have no time for a made up, imported, silly thing like this. When it all started I had eggs thrown at my front door because I refused to give them sweets (I would not give them to my own grandchildren, so why would I give them to someone elses?).

Unfortunately for the little monsters who did it, I knew where they lived and so I went round and reciprocated. The parents started to protest and then stopped when they realised what it was about. How did they know? One of the little horrors dropped thier mask and I took it, as well as 6 eggs, with me.

I haven't been bothered since.