What do you do for Hallowe'en? Do you go trick or treating? Are you horrfied by what they come back with in terms of treats? Do you like people coming to your house or not, for treats? Do you hide behind the settee and not answer the door? Have you got religious reservations about Hallowe'en? Do you wear fancy dress?
Please share your family traditions :D
There are lots of American families round here and so Hallowe'en has become more of a "thing". I do agree about elderly people: even if they don't get egged, they could be scared by groups of teens looming at their door. My Mum doesn't answer the door on that night.
The Git used to do Halloween parties for them (including in the family home with a 'friend' - and I wasn't invited!), and then out of the blue he decided they were evil.
So, we organised a very last minute one (our first halloween here) and the children loved it. We only trick and treat on the estate, as we know where we're welcome, and the children do all sorts here - spiders out of windows on threads onto children's heads, cobwebs...
We have poison and blood for drinks (limeade and cherryade - honest!), and all sorts of Iceland £1 specials!
Most of all we have fun and do it our way.
:D
Hi Pansy
Sooooooooo, you'll be doing a bit of trick or treating yourself then ;) ;) ;)
Have fun, and I hope the kids have a good time too.
That is a good suggestion about the shop isn't it?
Take care, enjoy your Sunday
Alison
x :)
What a brillaint idea to have those stickers/posters asking for no trick and treating. On a side note, I have a little printed board nest to my front door (which I bought from an ebay shop) and it says "No cold callers" It avoids all those door to door electricity salesmen, double glazing, religious callers and surveys. If a person occasi0onal ignores the notice, I open the door and point to the notice and say "Sorry we do no accept callers". HA!! :lol: :lol: Mind you, I will cover it up for Hallowe'en as I like to see the kids
Sparkling lime, I had to giggle at the title of your Hallowe'en drinks, we did the same with greee and red when the "Goosebumps" books were popular some years ago.
I must get one of those notices.
Where I lived before was on the side of a main road, so we didn't have passing callers, which we do here.
Have to laugh - there's me organising a 21st birthday fair for the Scout hut... Seems it's 31!! :lol: I can't count :shock: Having said that, no one else noticed either :roll:
Off to the hut in a mo - may as well stay there until tomorrow evening hahahaha!
Get a good seat for when Nick Knowles arrives :oops:
Hi all
How did everyone's Halloween go? I hope the children all had a great time.
I didn't go out, as I wasn't feeling too good, but my friend picked my son up, and took him to the friends that we've been going too for a few years. He had a wonderful time, dressed as a vampire! Brought back enough sweets to last him months (not with me around though) :lol: :lol:
We had a few callers, but we are at the side of a house, so not many people realise we are there.
I took the opportunity of ringing the sperm doner when my son had gone. He is in Spain, and works as a children's entertainer :lol: :lol: :lol:
I asked the receptionist to get him to call me, (I knew he wouldn't). I gave it 10 mins, then rang again, and got her to put me through to his room. As soon as he knew it was me, he put the phone down. I then sent him a text, which went unanswered. Complete waste of space thats what he is.
Hope you all have a lovely peaceful Sunday. The weather is awful here, pouring with rain, and windy, so possibly a pj day. ;) School starts back on Tuesday, and homework still needs doing, so will go and upset my son now. :lol:
My lot decided not to go trick n treating - I think they were a bit flat as their friends didn't come around as they did last year. The youngest's friend was here, and they enjoyed answering the door. Only had about six callers (last year we were far busier), so there were loads of sweets left (now in the safe!).
No idea why it was so quiet really, as it was a mild evening and it was dry!
I was far too tired to worry about it though!
I bet you were exhausted sparkling lime, after all your recent excitement!
Glad your son had a good time, alisoncam. Lots of sweets, eh? ;)
Claire-Louise I felt in a whirl just reading about your Hallowe'en. My elder son went out dressed as a zombie and the younger son went to a party festooned with flashing devils' horns and we had a lot of callers for sweets, hardly any left now :?
It takes me weeks to recover from staying up till 10pm! :D
Glad it has beena decent half term for so many of us, now we have Bonfire Night on the horizon. Unbelieveably, my son's school has a Parent's Evening that night, I am sure there are many families wiht smaller children who would like to have gone to a bonfire
We've cancelled the Cubs, Scouts and Explorer's on Thursday - my fault... Said I wasn't missing the fireworks! :lol: The rugby club has a brilliant display, usually, so virtually everyone goes there - so little point sitting in the Scout hut sulking.
Good for you Sparkling, you need to do something for just you and your children :)
Am sure scouts etc will off to a fireworks display too.
Have fun. Will just get my son some sparklers. Haven't seen anything advertised round here yet, and I don't like doing them myself. Hopefully, there'll be something for him to go too, but if not, we can watch them from the window.
I hope you find some sparklers - I've not even looked yet!
You're not mean at all. I even begrudge the sparklers! Money going up in smoke!!
Don't children have a lovely way with words though?!
there always seems to be more fireworks round here on New Years Eve than bonfire night! I can remember one year when my son's wobbly tooth came out in a toffee appple and he wrote and told the tooth fairy (who, by the way, had QUITE enough to do that night what with cooking hot dogs and supervising sparklers, without having to rootle around for a 50p at midnight too! :shock: )
hahahahahahaha!!!!
Hi
For the last few years, I have taken my son to a friends neighbourhood. They really go to town, and the kids come back with a carrier bag of sweets!!!!
Have to say they thought my son was a bit 'wierd', as he was delighted when he received a kiwi. (he loves fruit).
My area isn't so hot on the trick or treating. I always put a pumpkin in the window, and have sweets ready, but don't have many callers I have to say.
I do know that some elderly neighbours here have had eggs thrown at the windows if they don't answer. It is so awful.
I actually think we in England are trying to do what the Americans do, and I don't particularly like it. :)