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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Am I being a misery guts as I cannot enthuse about Halloween and the hype around it? We seem to follow the septics on most things and this celebration is directly out of the US tat marketing manual. I really cannot see the point of my barbers (a real gents barbers who asks if you need anything for the weekend) putting cotton wool, string and incongruous fake pumpkins dotted around the place.

I for one will be out on Monday as its the only day in the year when parents encourage kids to take sweets from strangers?

Bah Humbug

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

I'm completely the opposite to you OP, I love Halloween. Love the Halloween parties and the dressing up aspect to it. Like it or not Halloween is becoming more mainstream now and is one of the big calendar events of the year.

As for the kids trick or treating just a bit of fun for them isn't it?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm completely the opposite to you OP, I love Halloween. Love the Halloween parties and the dressing up aspect to it. Like it or not Halloween is becoming more mainstream now and is one of the big calendar events of the year.

As for the kids trick or treating just a bit of fun for them isn't it?

Blimey.

I agree with Centaur UK

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Am I being a misery guts as I cannot enthuse about Halloween and the hype around it? We seem to follow the septics on most things and this celebration is directly out of the US tat marketing manual. I really cannot see the point of my barbers (a real gents barbers who asks if you need anything for the weekend) putting cotton wool, string and incongruous fake pumpkins dotted around the place.

I for one will be out on Monday as its the only day in the year when parents encourage kids to take sweets from strangers?

Bah Humbug

I,m with you OP, I have downloaded posters from police site to put on my door to say no trick or treaters. I gave sweets last year, will never do it again. Fed up of seeing all the Shite in shops too. Very commercialized and over rated. X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I will, as usual, be switching all the lights off, sitting in the back room instead of the front, and ignoring the doorbell. They can fuck right off.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

We have kids dressed up this evening.................?

I blame Don Trump

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I will, as usual, be switching all the lights off, sitting in the back room instead of the front, and ignoring the doorbell. They can fuck right off. "

Firm but fair I would say!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think it's just something for the kids, I love seeing the effort some of the kids/parents go to, I think it's brilliant. But, unlike centaur, I think more people are less enthusiastic about it compared to when I was a kid. Many households go out or pretend to go out an not get involved, which I have no problem with as it's their choice, but I have a problem with those doing it yet letting their kids go out to get treats from other houses

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I think it's just something for the kids, I love seeing the effort some of the kids/parents go to, I think it's brilliant. But, unlike centaur, I think more people are less enthusiastic about it compared to when I was a kid. Many households go out or pretend to go out an not get involved, which I have no problem with as it's their choice, but I have a problem with those doing it yet letting their kids go out to get treats from other houses

I just don't see the attraction. But I am an old git!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh I love Halloween! Not the commercial stuff but I like spooky creepy scary things

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Never got it tbh. Get a job and buy your own sweets dumb kids

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Never got it tbh. Get a job and buy your own sweets dumb kids

Why when they can get it for free... Yes for fweeeeeee (film reference there, you may not know it)

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By *rightonfranceMan
over a year ago

brighton - chalais france

"Oh I love Halloween! Not the commercial stuff but I like spooky creepy scary things

Boo!!!

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By *andsonjohnMan
over a year ago

in the eye of the storm

"Oh I love Halloween! Not the commercial stuff but I like spooky creepy scary things

Samhain you mean the celebration of summers end and the night when the souls of the dead are allowed to rise from the underworld to walk amongst us once more .

Its a night of great power for those who know how to walk the mists of the ether where time has no meaning and there is no life or death .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I believe that it should be optional as to whether a household participates in giving out candy. I tell my kids to only go to participating houses i.e. those which have a pumpkin or such like. Most people where we live do participate because most have kids, and with the very young kids the parents will take them round, as I used to. I'm not overly keen on older teenagers doing this though, that tends to be when things get out of hand.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Oh I love Halloween! Not the commercial stuff but I like spooky creepy scary things

Samhain you mean the celebration of summers end and the night when the souls of the dead are allowed to rise from the underworld to walk amongst us once more .

Its a night of great power for those who know how to walk the mists of the ether where time has no meaning and there is no life or death ."

Pesky kids will be walking in the mists dressed up to look like Willy Wonkas munchskins gone scabby.

What happened to knocking on doors and running away or nicking gates for the Bongy?

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By *andsonjohnMan
over a year ago

in the eye of the storm

"Oh I love Halloween! Not the commercial stuff but I like spooky creepy scary things

Samhain you mean the celebration of summers end and the night when the souls of the dead are allowed to rise from the underworld to walk amongst us once more .

Its a night of great power for those who know how to walk the mists of the ether where time has no meaning and there is no life or death .

Pesky kids will be walking in the mists dressed up to look like Willy Wonkas munchskins gone scabby.

What happened to knocking on doors and running away or nicking gates for the Bongy?"

True but they are doing no harm and keeping a very very old festival alive even if they don't know its true meaning .

So I see no harm in kids having fun we where all kids once I used to love building a guy Fawkes as a kid and doing penny for the guy with the other kids down the street .

Halloween for the kids is more or less the same its a fun bonding experience for them harmless but fun .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was over in America once at Halloween and it was breath taking the effort they go to. Was lovely to see whole porches decked out and their front doors covered.

Visited Salem too and their witchy bookshops and trinket stostorwas just....fab!

I don't mind youngsters trick or treating but teenagers? No.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wish we had an option to edit a post we have just typed

*store

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What's life without whimsy ....

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By *andsonjohnMan
over a year ago

in the eye of the storm

"What's life without whimsy ....

Boring as hell

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By *unloversCouple
over a year ago

rotherham

Actually does my head when parents stand at the end of the driveway letting their kids knock on doors asking for sweets or money

I don't agree with it

Love the costumes but nothing else that goes with it

Another bah humbug

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

I like opening the door to all the little witches, wizards, goblins etc and pretending to be scared. I'm a woman of simple tastes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Detest it.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I like opening the door to all the little witches, wizards, goblins etc and pretending to be scared. I'm a woman of simple tastes

I just think it's all contrived kids with tubs of sugary gunk aided and abetted by parents who have succumbed to the ad men and women!

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"I like opening the door to all the little witches, wizards, goblins etc and pretending to be scared. I'm a woman of simple tastes

I just think it's all contrived kids with tubs of sugary gunk aided and abetted by parents who have succumbed to the ad men and women!"

There's truth in that but when a tiny kid dressed up as a witch is clearly having a great time I just enjoy it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You see, I don't mind the kids having fun with it. I grew up in an ex pat community abroad that was mainly Americans and I loved it as a kid.

But as a kid.

I can't abide adults making a big deal of it. Something really tacky about it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like it, but the kids here are pretty good and only go to the houses with pumpkins outside.

Bonfire night is better though.

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

I don't think Halloween is just for kids. Most pubs and nightclubs (even swingers clubs) have a Halloween theme night now and fancy dress parties for adults.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I like it, but the kids here are pretty good and only go to the houses with pumpkins outside.

Bonfire night is better though.

Bongy night was my fav as a kid. Weeks before building the bongy and having fires around it on the lead up to it. Great fun

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I don't think Halloween is just for kids. Most pubs and nightclubs (even swingers clubs) have a Halloween theme night now and fancy dress parties for adults. "

I agree with you there.

I went to a party at a club last year one lady went for the dressing up and make up gig but looked a little unusual emerging from a private room minus the costume and with the make up......shall we smudged a little!

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By *liciaKLWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

boo!

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

I love Halloween and it wasn't invented in America so stop blaming them

It began as a Celtic festival.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I love Halloween and it wasn't invented in America so stop blaming them

It began as a Celtic festival."

Are you sure it wasn't a Rangers festival?

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

"I love Halloween and it wasn't invented in America so stop blaming them

It began as a Celtic festival.

Are you sure it wasn't a Rangers festival?

Very good

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Started as a pagan festival called samhaim o americans had nothing to do with it other than commercialise it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cant stand it. We ignore the kids knocking on the door.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Cant stand it. We ignore the kids knocking on the door."

I just going to leave a tub of those dreadful haribos shite at the front gate with note saying knock yourself out kids

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

"Cant stand it. We ignore the kids knocking on the door.

I just going to leave a tub of those dreadful haribos shite at the front gate with note saying knock yourself out kids"

Hope Shag tonight doesn't know where you live.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cant stand it. We ignore the kids knocking on the door.

I just going to leave a tub of those dreadful haribos shite at the front gate with note saying knock yourself out kids"

TBH kids should not be going to non-participating houses.

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By *eovilcouple76Couple
over a year ago

yeovil

I'm having a Halloween party,, not the fab kind though

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By *ud and BryanCouple
over a year ago

Boston, Lincolnshire

So many people think the Americans 'invented' Halloween, when in reality, even a form of trick or treating was being done in medieval England! In fact, if anyone cares to come to the guildhall museum in Boston tomorrow, we'll happily show you how it all started.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't think Halloween is just for kids. Most pubs and nightclubs (even swingers clubs) have a Halloween theme night now and fancy dress parties for adults. "

Oh I know that and if I ever went out for Halloween I would participate, mainly because I love dressing up.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"So many people think the Americans 'invented' Halloween, when in reality, even a form of trick or treating was being done in medieval England! In fact, if anyone cares to come to the guildhall museum in Boston tomorrow, we'll happily show you how it all started."

I can't I am trick or treating!

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

I for one will be out on Monday as its the only day in the year when parents encourage kids to take sweets from strangers?

Bah Humbug

twice the normal size but it was a pumpkin made for kids that would soon go walkies if he left that out overnight.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"I will, as usual, be switching all the lights off, sitting in the back room instead of the front, and ignoring the doorbell. They can fuck right off. "
put some posters up on your door best way I do

I have,nt got one for carol singers yet...

Oh come all he faithful loveing and triumphant..

I don,t mind giveing but not at the doorstep only one or two I do that for.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"Cant stand it. We ignore the kids knocking on the door.

I just going to leave a tub of those dreadful haribos shite at the front gate with note saying knock yourself out kids"
Don,t tell shag that he,ll want some..

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