we had our first last night but it was really sweet. We gave them some money and in return we could pick a little sweet or chocolate bar from there little mystery bag.
Well done to those parents!
One year I gave money to the kids when I lived in Slough
Big mistake got people coming from Belgium soon after
The next year same house hardly anyone came ??
This year its got to be just sweets
I like the kids who have made an effort who are accompanied by a parent
I don’t like the 15 yr old on a bike who just puts his hand out etc
I’m going of course make sure my car is wired to the power grid so any ‘youth’ who wants to key my car gets a shock
What do people do on this night ?
Ps its tomorrow (31/10) if people don’t know
we had our first last night but it was really sweet. We gave them some money and in return we could pick a little sweet or chocolate bar from there little mystery bag.
Well done to those parents!
LOL - i didn't know i had any until just a minute ago.(muffs that is) !!! - Ive got the kids new sweet holders this year. Asda have some great gear for the kids.
this is a bright orange bag with a handle on top that has a torch on it. Kids can see where they are going (they will love it). Mind you £3 a bag.
I'll be dancing at Clapham - they've got a Halloween party. Hope some people do do fancy dress - not like Christmas where almost no-one bothered to dress up I'll have my green nail varnish on and black lipstick - wonder how many dances I'll get
As for Trick or Treating... I usually forget it's Halloween anyway, so would never have anything suitable to give to kids if they did knock. And (putting grumpy old woman's hat on), I never did it when I was a child, and it's an American import so don't see why I should! (Although I don't think that I've ever actually had anyone knock on my door anyway.)
Hmph bah humbug (sorry, wrong festival).
Oooohh.. have to pull you up on that one dear.. it's actually an Irish/Scottish EXPORT ! We gave Guising to America. We used to carve turnips.. but being Americans turnips were in short supply they used pumpkins.
Halloween.. The Hallowed Eve is/was an important spiritual festival in celtic lands.
yes, trick or treating is very much American.. but going round doors singing a song, telling a joke or doing another party piece in return for apples, sweets etc is very much from this side of the Atlantic.
sorry
EDIT Gav beat me
But it never died out in Scotland .. it was never a big thing in England as far as I'm aware. i remember some English cousins coming up when i was in school and being totally baffled by the idea of dressing up and going round the streets.
The Celts Led the way.. the Americans Followed.. and the English plodded along behind.
English... always behind the Americans !
Neither did I, but times change and you gotta keep up. My kids would never forgive me if I didn't let them dress up and go out trick or treating. As a parent I think it's better to join in than to say "Didn't do it in my day...you're not doing it".
I can just hear them in twenty years time if I didn't "You never let us do anything...everyone else got to go out trick or treating"
Fair enough - you've got kids, I haven't. And it's certainly safer than them trying to do it by themselves. But if it's not something you've ever done, and you don't have kids, you don't tend to be as aware of it.
Might also be a London thing - I've rarely seen it done where I live (not just now, but over the last 20 odd years). Of course someone else will now post that it happens all the time where they live
Just out of curiousity, what sort of tricks do you/the kids pull if you don't get a treat? Or does that not happen?
Fairy nuff
Same here. it was fun when Kids did something entertaining and got sweets or something. but now they knock on your door, demand some money and wander off.
it's not the same any more.
When i was back home we used to decorate the front porch, set up atmospheric lighting and my Sister would dress up to "greet" the guisers as they entered.
They would do their party pieces then a white gloved hand would emerge from a small wooden box on the table with a handful of sweets for the kids.. Very much in the Addams Family "Thing" manner..
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And yes.. I was always the mug that had to hide behind the fake wall with the bowls of sweets, nuts etc and poke my hand up through a hole in the back of the box
Even in Aberdeen, My Halloween parties were usually epic events. Lots of time and effort in making the outfits and decorating the house.
Halloween is one of my favourite holidays .. alas the magic is going out of it now
The trick this year is my kids masks, which have a hand held control. If you press the botton it lights up and lets out a scream and an evil laugh. All good fun.
Our local shops wont sell eggs and flour to teenagers this time of year. I think its great with the little kids, when they are accompanied by adults do it, but the teenagers demading money, or an egg in the face spoil it for everyone.
You've just brought back some very happy memories ! I grew up in Dundee, we used to go guising, but it was always singing etc & only the local neighbours, & never the 'trick' side of things which came over from America... A totally distinct practice I think.
I'll be out dancing...
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