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 display
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
Quite enjoy it and my daughter (aged 13) says she prefers it to Christmas! Heard on the radio today that the Americans will spend around $10.2 billion dollars on it...
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.
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
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.
Really nice atmosphere and loads of kids/families enjoying themselves.
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
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.
Really nice atmosphere and loads of kids/families enjoying themselves.
Families knew how not to enjoy themselves when I was young - misery maketh the man.
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.
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
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.
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!!!
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.
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.
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
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
You can swap them for the kids round where I live - they'd be robbing your house....
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
You can swap them for the kids round where I live - they'd be robbing your house....
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.
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Really nice atmosphere and loads of kids/families enjoying themselves.
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.
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