Halloween (8 Viewers)

[Saddlebrains]

Anyone else gone through the motions with it?
Couldnt stand it for years but as my children grow up i really enjoy seeing them get dressed up and 'scary' for parties or trick or treating. Always make sure only the houses with pumpkins or decorations outside are knocked.

Thoughts, American shite that's a waste of time or a lovely event for the kids?

 

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[Nick]

Have seen some people go way over their top with the houses. Like it's a competition.

It's great for the little kids but when there's teenagers or massive crowds of 40-50 people going round together they can fuck off.

 

[skybluetony176]

Anyone else gone through the motions with it?
Couldnt stand it for years but as my children grow up i really enjoy seeing them get dressed up and 'scary' for parties or trick or treating. Always make sure only the houses with pumpkins or decorations outside are knocked.

Thoughts, American shite that's a waste of time or a lovely event for the kids?

We’re coming out the other side now as the kids are getting older. Still decorated the house like mad and trick or treating but we normally have a party and full house before hand but we haven’t done that this year.

 

[Gaz]

I'm fine with it all myself.
I enjoyed going trick or treating when I was a kid and had fun taking my daughter out trick or treating when she was younger too.
I'm happy to keep it all going for others so brought £20 worth of bits out of the pound shop today and have setup lights in pumpkins outside the house.

It's all good fun for the kids

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

No interest whatsoever

 

[shmmeee]

Just got in. It’s my eldest’s (9) favourite festival so we’ve done pumpkin carving and “scary” movies last weekend and just been out trick or treating. Round here it seems enough people go for it that you can stick to houses with decorations and not bother those who aren’t up for it. Which seems a good compromise.

Fifteen year olds in a tracksuit and a Jason mask can get in the bin though. Pathetic.

 

[Otis]

Used to enjoy it when my daughter was younger, but she is now 15, so we just watched a scary movie instead. We watched Us, which we both really enjoyed.

 

[shmmeee]

Have seen some people go way over their top with the houses. Like it's a competition.

It's great for the little kids but when there's teenagers or massive crowds of 40-50 people going round together they can fuck off.

I like it when people go all out. We don’t do enough celebrations in this country, all a bit po faced. I like Diwali and Bonfire Night and Christmas as well.

Wish we had something in the summer like a carnival or proper St George’s/May Day celebrations TBH.

 

[djr8369]

It’s an interesting and fun holiday/tradition/thing but not keen on getting as massively into as the Americans and I find trick or treating crass and weird. Of course when it’s an adorable toddler being led around by their parents it’s really sweet, not so much teenagers demanding stuff.

Decorating the outside of the house and getting into competitions with the neighbours is just silly. Find it a bit odd that a lot of women make it all about dressing sexy as well.

Maybe I don’t like it after all...


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[bringbackrattles]

Had an egg smack against my window earlier. Could be because I never answered the door to kids ? Then again better than a brick !

 

[djr8369]

Had an egg smack against my window earlier. Could be because I never answered the door to kids ? Then again better than a brick !

This is what I don’t get. It’s not an excuse to be dicks to your neighbours.


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[Blind-Faith]

Can’t stand it almost as much as Christmas , aload of bollocks the lot of it. Turns out I’m a miserable bastard at heart!

 

[Johnnythespider]

American shite, penny for the guy

 

[Mcbean]

I’m am the archetypal grumpy old man so no no and thrice no - a few years ago a bunch of teenage boys were round knocking on the doors - I offered them bananas and told them to get real - I think the penny dropped - pure American commercialisation - we have been brainwashed

 

[bringbackrattles]

This is what I don’t get. It’s not an excuse to be dicks to your neighbours.


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I live in Bell Green by the shops. Kids/youths use Halloween and Bonfire Night as an excuse to run amok. Waste of time going out to them as they run off, or the older ones act like gangsters and stand their ground.

 

[hill83]

Worst night of the year. Although it’s a lot quieter where I live now and people only go to the houses that are decorated.

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

This is what I don’t get. It’s not an excuse to be dicks to your neighbours.


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Yeah. Just answer the door next time!

 

[skybluetony176]

Worst night of the year. Although it’s a lot quieter where I live now and people only go to the houses that are decorated.

We always do that and you would think that’s a fairly safe system but last year we knocked on a door of a decorated house and got told to go away and stop annoying people. Weirdo’s.

 

[Houchens Head]

Never liked it as a kid over 60+ years ago and like it even less now. American shite!

 

[Otis]

Worst night of the year. Although it’s a lot quieter where I live now and people only go to the houses that are decorated.

Same here. Though I do live in posh Keresley.

Never had a problem ever with trick or treaters to be honest. Not once. Usually just small kids coming round with their parents and that's it.

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

Glorified begging.

Not got any kids yet but going to try and restrict it to Halloween parties only (I think the dressing up aspect is a laugh) and not knocking strangers doors for sweets.

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[Mcbean]

Fortunately our dog ran and barked at the friend of the main culprit in our road a year or so ago so we were undisturbed - he was provoked by a pink bicycle and flappy gloves and they seem to remember this event

 

[rob9872]

Had an egg smack against my window earlier. Could be because I never answered the door to kids ? Then again better than a brick !

Nice to see some kids are still keeping up with traditions instead of all this sanitised stuff. It's all treats and no tricks these days

 

[OffenhamSkyBlue]

I find adults getting excited about going to a Halloween party quite disturbing. I suppose if you're going to dress up as a witch or ghost or Frankenstein, etc, that's OK, but adopting the American approach of treating simply as a general fancy-dress party makes me want to puke!
And as for people having fireworks on Halloween - fuck RIGHT off. Bonfire Night is next Tuesday, though most of the parties will be over the weekend, which is acceptable if the 5th is a school night.

 

[Sky_Blue_Daz]

As a kid I was never allowed to go trick or treating my parents considered it begging

 

[rob9872]

As a kid I was never allowed to go trick or treating my parents considered it begging

Mine were the same, but gang mentality meant we simply went round the streets being dicks to all and sundry. Basically used as an excuse for mindless vandalism. Not proud of it, but it was 30 years ago now.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Glorified begging.

Not got any kids yet but going to try and restrict it to Halloween parties only (I think the dressing up aspect is a laugh) and not knocking strangers doors for sweets.

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Beat me to it glorified beggingI have kids I asked them not to go out but they wanted to so when I went to work they went out.

 

[shmmeee]

Beat me to it glorified beggingI have kids I asked them not to go out but they wanted to so when I went to work they went out.

Are you also against Christmas Carrolling and penny for the guy?

I see it as a net neutral TBH. I buy two or three big bags of sweets that get handed out and that’s roughly equal to what my kids get.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Are you also against Christmas Carrolling and penny for the guy?

I see it as a net neutral TBH. I buy two or three big bags of sweets that get handed out and that’s roughly equal to what my kids get.

Moth do t real see plenty for the guy anymore Christmas Carols are ok if it’s by the Salvation Army etc not Jordan aged 17 singing out of tune with the incorrect words

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Moth do t real see plenty for the guy anymore Christmas Carols are ok

Wut?

 

[Tommo1993]

Our parents always used to send us down the shop with a few quid to get the sweets we actually wanted because they saw trick or treating as begging.

Mrs made me go pumpkin picking then told me I had to carve it, even though I didn’t want one. Now it’s sat rotting in the garage. The pumpkin that is.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Wut?

Don’t see real it should have said the auto correct is a bit off on this phone

 

[Gazolba]

I live in an upscale area so the kids from all the outlying districts get driven here in huge SUVs and swarm out to take advantage of what they think will be sweeter pickings than their own neighbourhood.
I stayed at work late, did shopping on the way back, and got home after it was all over.
My daughter went to a Halloween party, spent a fortune on a special dress, mask and nake-up.

 

[Johnnythespider]

Moth do t real see plenty for the guy anymore Christmas Carols are ok if it’s by the Salvation Army etc not Jordan aged 17 singing out of tune with the incorrect words

"While shepherd's washed their socks by night"

 

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

Never liked it as a kid over 60+ years ago and like it even less now. American shite!

Totally agree. Its utter shite designed simply to get you to spend more cash.
Another fucking "let's copy the USA " crap.
Next it'll be Thanksgiving.