[Closed] Trick or treat

My biggest one has taken the littlest one out, the middle one doesn't want to go out so is manning the door in his TMNT outfit, and I am doing regular checks to ensure the gingerbread men I made today aren't going stale.

Also, where the hell have all these kids been living all year? I thought I knew the neighbour kids but these people either stay indoors all the time [b]or have travelled far and wide in search of free sweets.[/b]

I do feel sorry for everyone who has to stand there while my five year old tries to tell them a knock knock joke for his turn. It has more restarts than Gareth Gates trying to read the script for Groundhog Day.

I bought a shed load of haribo and have not had one small person knock on the door to claim their free tangfastics.

One little kid knocked and said "FANK YOU!" then his parents tried to explain to him yet again how it's meant to go. He left with "hello FANK YOU"

No visitors yet. One of the benefits of living a bit out the way. Sweets about 1/4 gone.

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I'm sitting in a cracking pub in deepest Hampshire having supper and there's a brood of about 20 sitting in the bar whilst the parents drink beer.

Good call that having a pub en route.

Get more every year. Only me in the eldest is out with her friends and the youngest is out with the Mrs and a group.

I'm watching Ghostbusters but I reckon by 7.30 the pub may be calling.

Superman is on channel 5

I'm hiding in my house with all the lights ignoring the door. Humbug. 👿

Superman is on channel 5

III which is a very odd Superman.

Humbug.

It's not even Christmas.

Just realised it's III, thought the scene with the fire and the frozen lake was in I

Keep hearing fireworks, either the kids or someone who doesn't want disturbed...

I've disconnected the doorbell and turned the TV up.
We need an equivalent to bah humbug for Halloween

My wife has taken the kids out, I am at home manning the door. Means I can safely eat a few every time kids come round.

Also, where the hell have all these kids been living all year? I thought I knew the neighbour kids but these people either stay indoors all the time or have travelled far and wide in search of free sweets.

This is me/my estate. Swarms of kids, high on sugar....I feel scared....

My kids are stuffing their faces with some grapes we bought earlier. Weirdos.

Should have found an "Achtung Minen" with skull and crossbones motif and printed off to stick on the front gate.

Not had any. Not seen any either...

Is it early yet? I had loads come round last year... so far today - 1 child. With crappy cat whiskers. Massive bowl of sweets to get rid of and she took one sweet.

I'm in my grandparents house a few doors up from Jonathan Ross. It's total bedlam! I reckon there's about 1000 kids on the roads. Grid lock, police etc. He's got a great cabaret show, candy floss machine, hot chicks on stilts etc. We ran out of sweets in about 5 mins. I've turned the outside light off and disabled the door bell.

That's it I'm off to the pub.

All the kids round here have obviously confused Halloween with Bonfire Night. More explosions than World War II out there but no-one has come knocking for sweets!

Silence.

we've only had a few, all local

one group of 6 lasses, all in matching outfits, only took one sweet each (til I told them to get stuck in) and then left us with a thankyou note !

awwww

Weird here only one local kid so far . crankbrat was all dressed up as a policeman gruffalo so desperate to answer the door he was secretly knocking on furniture then running to open the door.

Our village is too small for trick or treaters - the few kids in the village, if they're allowed out, will be in the larger neighbouring village.

I wasn't permitted to trick or treat as a child in the 80s - apparently the American kids from the nearby USAF base were about to wreak the apocalypse at any moment. Turns out Mrs North considers it akin to begging.

So we're all dressed up and watching the TV.

This is weird.

Considering giving high caffeine shok bloks as treats.........

Am I a bad man?

Don't agree with it ,never did it or allowed my kids to ,an American fad which is basically demanding money with menaces .Remember mum chasing a kid in the village down the road who turned her bin over when she didn`t give in to his demands

I'm [s]hiding[/s] blatantly watching tv in my house with all the lights on ignoring the door. Humbug.

Well the Mrs and Nephews are in full swing in deepest Harrogate, if you are there I feel sorry for you all. Apparently the kids are now carrying shopping bags full of sweeties...

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I disagree with it but have no say in the matter.

I've been out with the kids and some of their friends. MrsMC was at home feeling poorly and handing out sweets - either that or she locked the door and ate them herself.

Usual number of kids this year I think, gone through a tub of Celebrations.

For the first time ever I have witnessed kids being chauffeured around by car (actually a faux by four). Pathetic.

Neighbours and I still fondly remember the year a group of older girls (hopefully MUCH older girls) came round much later than the usual youngsters, dressed as slightly spooky St Trinians girls. "Trick or treat?" never sounded [s]right[/s] wrong!

Love it. Have had a good number of kids this year, probably around 40-50. Got several "That was best house yet" comments, which always makes me smile. 😀

I'm all for it. I was just saying to the missus that it is a proper traditional community event and investing a few quid to make kids happy is money well spent.

Our kids stayed in. They like hosting and they know there are usually plenty of sweets left over anyway.

[quote=MoreCashThanDash ]For the first time ever I have witnessed kids being chauffeured around by car (actually a faux by four). Pathetic.

Have a horrible feeling we had the same here - an unfamiliar people carrier pulled into our bit of road, lingered for enough time for kids to go round houses, then a couple of kids got in before it drove off. We're in a little village a few miles form anywhere else and all the locals walk round. Very unimpressed.

Very pleased with the response to my installation this year. Quite a few "oh my god"s and lots of kids jumping when the skull "floating" in mid air where it's not all that obvious switched on the LEDs in its eyes and started laughing loudly as they approached (it switches on with a PIR sensor). I think I might have won "scariest" as I didn't see that response anywhere else 🙂

I'd reckon well over 100 kids going round here, maybe 200 - it's become quite a big thing.

Weve just been raided, a tenners worth of sweets in about an 30 mins. Its great to see the kids turn out and good on you GrahamS, that's the spirit. 🙂

Waaaa! Waaaa! I don't agree with kids being kids and enjoying themselves.

Bloody typical, been decorating all day and trick or treat slipped my mind. Remembered about 5 o clock, nipped down Tescos for a pile of sweets etc, even though I was knackered, and not one of the little gits have shown up. Well, let me tell you lot, I know where you live, and if you don't get here quick smart, I'm coming to yours 😈

we put this up, not had a single caller 🙂

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I feel sick now.

Don't agree with it ,never did it or allowed my kids to ,an American fad which is basically demanding money with menaces

What a load of bullshit. Guising as its properly known is ancient and has nothing to do with demanding anything. You turn up you do your piece you get a reward. The adults get to scare the kids and the kids spew all overthemselves as they come down from their sugar high.

Its traditional.

Its quite sad to see everybody sheperding kids though isn't it?

Thankfully undisturbed this evening (especially as we got nothing in).
Kids aren't bothered and both fighting off colds.

Fireworks in the garden with friends next weekend and a nice open fire (not near the fireworks obviously) . That will be good. 😀

Some suggestion that it came to the US from Scotland anyway.

Klunk owes me half a pint which I've just spat out...ha.
I'm with Edric,basically begging for sugar.
We've just had 8(!!) under 4's at ours,fire in the garden,apple bobbing,toffee apples & toasted marshmallows .total sugary carnage.
I think it might be a three pint night.

I used to be incredibly negative about it in the way some of the posters on here appear to be. Now it's one of my favourite occasions - as well as my animatronic skull, much fun was had with the kids making a graveyard on the front garden* and I also enjoy going round seeing what other people have done.

* yes that does sound all wrong, CBA rephrasing!