A Perfgect Haloween

[PeteXXX]

Chocolate covered brussle sprouts is always a winner..

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Hah! Lowest attendance year that I can remember. Plenty of sweets left over. Not sure why.

I did have a creepy 9 year old clown knock on Wednesday (instead of Thursday):

Me: You are a day early!

Him: I know. I’m practicing for tomorrow!

(And I’ve also got CCTV footage of a kid taking a shortcut from the neighbour’s over the side fence...And falling off with his bucket into my garden . Karma.)

 

[Dirk]

We've not had any of the Halloween mob at our door for as long as I've lived here - 15 years. Didn't have any at our last place either, and we were there for 10 years.
There doesn't appear to be as much enthusiasm for it this year; the shops aren't carrying as much Halloween tat as in previous years - maybe because it's all unnecessary plastic and people are getting sensitive about buying such things?
Maybe the whole Halloween thing is losing traction?
I do hope so; it's just another commercialised American event that was virtually uncelebrated prior to 1983 and the release of the film ET.

 

[Paulus]

No trick or treaters at chez Paulus last night. I'm with @Dirkwith this , an un necessary American import. The traditional all Hallows night has been hijacked by cheap commercialism.

 

[fossyant]

The general consensus in our area is if you have a pumpkin outside you are signaling that you are fair game.

No pumpkin no treats. It’s very simple.

It's the same here - you don't bother with the houses with nothing. We've done it for 25 years since moving in, and then with our own kids, but as we've been busy, we didn't bother this year (and with a new kitten, didn't want that getting out).

 

[Beebo]

Our rabbits get to enjoy the left overs.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

It's just an excuse to buy more crappy sweets and even crappier tat.
It's a celebration of landfill and diabetes.

 

[Dave7]

It's just an excuse to buy more crappy sweets and even crappier tat.
It's a celebration of landfill and diabetes.

But apart from that you enjoy it

 

[cyberknight]

Same around here: No decorations = Do not disturb.

It's the same here - you don't bother with the houses with nothing. We've done it for 25 years since moving in, and then with our own kids, but as we've been busy, we didn't bother this year (and with a new kitten, didn't want that getting out).

Same here we only knock on those that have decorations
Got home from work and even before i had had a shower , cuppa or even tea had to drive lad round to mates so he could go off with them .
After rejuvination took my daughter out for an hour ish and she had a lot of fun then picked lad back up.
We had loads of people and even had to open some xmas sweets ( dont get me started mrs ck pre shopping ), mind you the lights , pumpkins and alexa playing halloween music out of the bedroom window probably sent the message we were open for business
TBH im not a big fan but the kids enjoy it and if theyare happy = im not being called a grumpy daddy .

 

[raleighnut]

We cheated and went out, mind you it was to an Otway/Barrett gig

 

[Drago]

You absolute rotter.

In my mind you said that in Dudley Moore's voice!

 

[fossyant]

I've done the spooky music before, hidden a speaker in the hedge. We usually have a few pumpkins and a 'smoking' skull in the porch. It's when 'fading' rear bike lights come in dead handy for lighting pumpkins. Last year a neighbour was having a party for her kids and their friends. All was well until she took them out trick or treating, 30 kids cleared us out of sweets, and we had bought loads. Bit unfair with that many descending at once.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Had one bunch knock. Mrs 26 dealt with them as I was already comatose.

 

[graham bowers]

The missus loves to see the kids all dressed up and so encourages them with an illuminated pumpkin to lure them in.
I avoid them.

 

[Beebo]

I've done the spooky music before, hidden a speaker in the hedge. We usually have a few pumpkins and a 'smoking' skull in the porch. It's when 'fading' rear bike lights come in dead handy for lighting pumpkins. Last year a neighbour was having a party for her kids and their friends. All was well until she took them out trick or treating, 30 kids cleared us out of sweets, and we had bought loads. Bit unfair with that many descending at once.

30 kids at once is going be like a plague of locusts.