3 Reasons to like Halloween -
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Loathe.
I do remember going round as a kid and having to do a wee turn in neighbours houses. My kids love it, their mother might like it more though. Not that I see the benefit of that anymore.
I do it but actully hope they'll grow out of it soon, I'm always a bit embarassed taking them roudn the houses.
Love the smell of burnt turnip from the "old school" Halloween lanterns
This!
loathe with a passion. doorbell will be off and if i had some the hounds of hell would be lying in wait
Like the pre-commercial version that i remember as a kid.
agree with Deadly - it was certainly a tradition in Ireland but more about telling stories (ghostly) and peeling apples in front of a mirror than trick or treat.
It's become yet another American blight - the only chance of seeing any of those lovelies is in a nightclub at the weekend.
It should be for the kids to have honest fun - not commercialised beyond belief as it and every other festival has
I hate that almost everyone calls it Halloween.
It's Hallowe'en.
I can't say I am a big fan, however my fiancée has always done something for it and so far our daughter is enjoying her first Halloween.
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I hate that almost everyone calls it Halloween.It's Hallowe'en.
Not being pedantic or anything are you?
I hate everyone who doesn't call it by the correct name of "All Hallows' Evening". The lazy abbreviation gets my goat.
There is that.
Surely as a celtic tradition the correct name would be sabhain. 🙂 I like it so Sabhain mhath dhuibh a huile duine... Have a good Halloween/hallowe'en everyone
Load of bollocks
I hope it rains and very heavy at that 🙂
It was never a big deal round our way, Bonfire night was always good though and doing "penny for the guy". No problem with the kids enjoying it, but adults getting into it is odd to me, but as I said it was never a big deal when I was a kid.
Not today, thank you. 🙄
My lad was standing outside the bathroom in full devil mask and jack-o-lantern regalia this morning waiting for me to stagger out half asleep. The little git is getting his comeuppance later (swaps copy of The Exorcist into his favourite DVD case).
Turnips? Jeezus! Surely, a holesaw-drillbit would be easier with those
Coming from the US I'd never heard of using anything but pumpkins, called my wife to ask what to do after not being able to find any to buy on Halloween eve, she said get a turnip, I bought a parsnip instead 😳
Was a bit surprised about how much of a faff was to carve, given that everything online suggested it was the traditional thing to do...
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Piss off and roll on bonfire night
Oh can barely contain my excitement of getting fireworks, stones, bottles and last years new missile jaffa cakes 😕 thrown at me.
When did the tradition of burning wheelie bins creep in to celebrate a failed terrorist?
I love it, but then it's my (and my brother's) birthday so I have good reason to enjoy it 🙂
I have some large bags of goodies waiting for the trick or treaters, though they largely don't bother as we have a good few steps to get up to the house. More for me then 🙂
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Count me in
Love or Loathe
Ignore
Unfortunately the whole thing has been hijacked by U.S style trick or treating plus our Supermarkets over commercialisation of everything associated with it (Pumpkins, costumes etc)
I have fond memories of it as a kid - cost the family nothing more than the price of a Turnip and a candle. All the costumes were home made at zero cost and I cant even remember any of the houses giving us money, it was tangerines, monkey nuts, sweets and toffee apples (home made.) Also, there was none of this pitching up with a sh1t joke and trousering ££ - we had to sing, or tell a story or play an instrument. Dooking for apples that's gone too. Sighs...
If I knew it was going to be under-tens with their parents/guardians coming round for sweets then no problem. I'd get a tub of sweets and say hello.
Unfortunately it tends to be the 14-15 year olds that just want money.
theblackmount - there'll be apple bobbing and other games at our house this weekend, along with home made toffee & cakes etc, so it's not gone altogether 🙂
Good man 😉
Wysiwyg that's a great costume a nice tribute to one of the greatest films of the 80's too.
When we were kids you got money and the occasional sweet, now all kids get is sweets. We never had to do any singing or tell jokes the idea was they give you a treat or get a trick.
Pumpkins we're carved last night before I went to work in preparation for tonight and their costumes are ready. I'm off to work so kids can knock as much as they want they'll only get a terrier trying to make them look like Wysiwyg (no not really).
Loathe. I have a 3am start tomorrow but no doubt the doorbell will be ringing up until 11pm like it was last year. Wouldn't be so bad if it was just young kids with their parents, but round my neck of the woods it's basically teenage gangs out to stock up on junk food.
round my neck of the woods it's basically teenage gangs out to stock up on junk food.
Tough 'hood.
Drac> thanks. All made from scratch, modeled, cast moulds and then slip cast with latex. Took about 3 evenings
has anyone seen that pic that's doing the rounds on Facebook, of the mature lady getting into the spirit of Hallowe'en..?
I'd quite like to post it to give this thread some balance but I fear that I will be spirited away by the mods..
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Ha,
What a bunch of moaners 🙂
All the kids we have had at the door have been remarkably polite.
Calcot in Readings not the best of places. Our boy is nearly 3 and he is an ace time
Guisin , turnip lanterns and dookin for Apples. Great memories from my youth in East Lothian.
Although we did used to always go to an auld bloke who lived on his own every year. He used to have a big tub full of water and apples and tons of sweets.
He would probably have has his house torched now a days. He was a big fan of sport as he was always watching us playing football and swimming in the river.
Well, the wife and kids are out trick or treating, leaving me to man the fort and deal with the group of inappropriately dressed zombie schoolgirls that turned up just after they left......
He would probably have has his house torched now a days. He was a big fan of sport as he was always watching us playing football and swimming in
At the moment he'd probably be with DLT and the rest with viewing habits like that....
Here in the US, I grew up on a cattle ranch with the closest neighbor 12 miles away, so trick & treating wasn't something we ever did---so don't have any memories good or bad about it.
At present, in my neighborhood, it's lot's of cute little kids with their parents around dusk, which is nice-----but after dark, it's mostly 13-16 year olds, usually looking for all the candy they can grab and trouble in general.
Mrs busydog had foot surgery, so I will be tasked with controlling the 2 big dogs, answering the door and doling out candy.
Thank you in advance, Mr. Jack Daniels, for helping me through it.
Love it. All nice kids around by me. They make an effort with costumes and such. Best thing it gives me an excuse to buy in loads of sweets which I get to eat 😀 got a party saturday night, that'll make the cyclocross interesting Sunday.
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