Where's the annual moan about Halloween thread?
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Looking forward to taking the kids out. Won't be able to light the pumpkins until I'm back... Might be too late for the littluns, so will instead attract the neighborhood yoot and ne'er do wells. Ok as long as I answer the door with my homemade Freddy Krueger glove on display0
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Quite sad actually, walking home from Station I’ve passed just two houses out of 100+ houses with pumpkins, decorations on display. Going to be slim pickings for the kids0
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Sometimes a gated drive is not always a pain in the arse.1
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Seeing @Carter comments just reminded me of a couple years back, while out walking JJ in the evening towards one of our local pubs. Some youths hoovering outside decided to leap from the bushes surrounding the pub, now I'll hold my hands I nigh shit my pants, JJ doest take to kind to being scared gave them a volley of abuse which saw them grovelling back through the mud on their hands and knees much to their girlfriends amusement as one of them hand warned them about him.
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Isn’t there normally a thread talking about how the fireworks scare little snoopy and make him poop the house etc?3
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I pull up the drawbridgeME14addick said:We didn't get any callers last year,but I have bought some sweets in case.
I've put them in a bowl, but not sure if it is best to hand a couple of sweets to them when they call or let them help themselves. What do others do?
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Cant see them getting many treats in ScotlandHenry Irving said:
As @Riviera has correctly pointed out it's a British tradition that was exported to the colonies.hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
We're always desperate to copy the US.Henry Irving said:It's a bit of fun for kids and it annoys fundamentalist can, what's not to like?
Only negative I can see is that it diminishes bonfire night a little with no penny for the guy but still plenty of displays to go to.
In Cornwall, Scotland and elsewhere it has always been celebrated.
Don't be so anglocentric and celebrate it1 - Sponsored links:
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I’ve just been out with my daughter and it was great fun. Only knocked on pre arranged houses and ones that are obviously embracing it.AFKABartram said:Kids love it so I love it. Left work early so I can enjoy going round with them.
Swear all those people that moan about it don’t even get impacted by it. It’s rare that anyone knocks on your door unless you’ve got a pumpkin / decorations on show.
Good bit of neighbourhood spirit on display and all for what, the price of a bag of funsize
Really nice atmosphere and loads of kids/families enjoying themselves.5 -
Families knew how not to enjoy themselves when I was young - misery maketh the man.DaveMehmet said:
I’ve just been out with my daughter and it was great fun. Only knocked on pre arranged houses and ones that are obviously embracing it.AFKABartram said:Kids love it so I love it. Left work early so I can enjoy going round with them.
Swear all those people that moan about it don’t even get impacted by it. It’s rare that anyone knocks on your door unless you’ve got a pumpkin / decorations on show.
Good bit of neighbourhood spirit on display and all for what, the price of a bag of funsize
Really nice atmosphere and loads of kids/families enjoying themselves.0 -
I have a fucking great bowl of funsizes by the door. I have a pupmkin in the window and the dog is dressed as weredog. So we're ready for any callers. Mind you, as we live in God's waiting room. I suspect I'll be chowing down on a feast of choc, come 8 o'clock.6
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Typical lefty trying to discourage commerce 🤨hoof_it_up_to_benty said:Halloween - American crap
baby shower - American crap
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Chance for shops to sell tat...3 -
Going strong in my rd in Sundridge Park mate. Most houses have pumpkins inc ours and kids with their parents everywhere. Baby dressed up in his Halloween costume for nursery and when I picked him up, all the nursery workers had made some sort of effort and they were off to watch Halloween at the cinema tonight, paid by the nursery boss. What’s there not to like.AFKABartram said:Quite sad actually, walking home from Station I’ve passed just two houses out of 100+ houses with pumpkins, decorations on display. Going to be slim pickings for the kids
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load of old bollox ---- dont knock on my door unless your in an asbestos suit or have your own fire extinguisher6
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As with all the best celebrations...the Irish are claiming it as our own!! (to be fair, I always thought it was American tosh, but I’ll be embracing it now as my own!!!
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The Irish get everywhere!0
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We’ve had 6 lots of kids come round so far. No pumpkin or decorations, but have loads of Heroes/Celebrations by the door.
All the kids have made a great effort with face painting & costumes and they are all, without fail, so polite. Having to tell them it’s ok to take a handful instead of the one little sweet they’re taking.4 -
Without sounding a party pooper ..I wonder how many little uns are disturbed by these macabre costumes etc
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Not sure why there hasn’t been a thread but the ridiculous overreaction to fireworks has more than compensated.0
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I think the British Halloween is a bit of a travesty. Because it’s been “introduced” to us what we have is exactly what the merchandisers want us to have. Cheap plastic decorations and kids gorging on bucket loads of sweet rubbish. We don’t have a family history to fall back on and enjoy like we do at Christmas and Easter to go with our celebration. It’s all therefore a bit hollow. People think it’s been introduced from the USA and in part it has. We get the ott shallow American version. Mentioned it before but the traditions surrounding Halloween are steeped in Central European myth and legend. It’s a shame I think we never embraced it here because on the continent it’s something completely different to what we have imported and looks like a lot of family fun. I suppose the current generation of children are starting down the path of creating family traditions.
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None. Kids live scary stories just read most fairy stories or Harry potter.lolwray said:Without sounding a party pooper ..I wonder how many little uns are disturbed by these macabre costumes etc
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It's gone 7:30pm and we've not had one knock on the door. I'm going to enjoy scoffing all the sweets and biscuits we got in for Halloween!2
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I'll say this
Every single one of the kids that have knocked on the door tonight have been a joy, dressed up very polite and like someone else said, they needed encouragement to take more sweets than just one
Its not my cup of tea and never really has been but I can absolutely see why parents and kids do it
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You can swap them for the kids round where I live - they'd be robbing your house....Carter said:I'll say this
Every single one of the kids that have knocked on the door tonight have been a joy, dressed up very polite and like someone else said, they needed encouragement to take more sweets than just one
Its not my cup of tea and never really has been but I can absolutely see why parents and kids do it0 -
Maybe it's me rather than the kids !Henry Irving said:
None. Kids live scary stories just read most fairy stories or Harry potter.lolwray said:Without sounding a party pooper ..I wonder how many little uns are disturbed by these macabre costumes etc
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Where do you live out of interest?hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
You can swap them for the kids round where I live - they'd be robbing your house....Carter said:I'll say this
Every single one of the kids that have knocked on the door tonight have been a joy, dressed up very polite and like someone else said, they needed encouragement to take more sweets than just one
Its not my cup of tea and never really has been but I can absolutely see why parents and kids do it0 -
Well the bloke hiding in the dark under a sheet on the roof of his porch certainly frightened the shit out of melolwray said:Without sounding a party pooper ..I wonder how many little uns are disturbed by these macabre costumes etc
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I saw a couple of families out all dressed up on my walk back from the bus stop, which slightly made up for having to help the bus driver clean egg off the windscreen after yobs threw them at the bus on the way out of Dartford.0
