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Since when do we celebrate this? And why?

Thanks in advance.
 
A group of kids dressed up as gnoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties went bump in the night on my front door tonight.
It may be easy for me to say when I don't have any children, and maybe I'm being over-protective - but the thought of children visiting the homes of complete strangers asking for lollies gives me the horrors.
 
All hallows eve orginated in Ireland and the Americans commercialised it. Actually lived in Dublin when I was younger for 3yrs and it was massive fun! Though I agree it's not that big here.
 

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Apparently we're right into it now.

Overheard in my local K-mart today, "If you kids don't behave I won't let you go Trick or Treat."
 
Glory and Fame said:
It may be easy for me to say when I don't have any children, and maybe I'm being over-protective - but the thought of children visiting the homes of complete strangers asking for lollies gives me the horrors.
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I'm with you GaF.Taking kids door to door and asking strangers to give them lollies is just wrong.If it's an organised thing with neighbours,then fair enough.
We had 2 lots rock up after 8.30pm tonight.They got nothing.

scout said:
Apparently we're right into it now.

Overheard in my local K-mart today, "If you kids don't behave I won't let you go Trick or Treat."
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You sure you heard right ?
Maybe the mum said she was going tricking tonight ;)
 
It's just an excuse for egging haha
 
We have a big sign up at the only entrance to our suburb- "Trick or Treat, tonight, 5-8, leave your porch light on" We were going to hand out lollies but we were tired after a big day and didnt want to be answering the door every 5 minutes, so we decided to eat them instead. We have a nice little area but some of the kids seemed to have put very little effort into the costumes, I left the porch light off and nobody knocked on my door, would have seen at least 50-60 kids walking around though. Most of the parents are still there, they just hang back and walk a few houses behind the kids. They seemed to be having fun though, I know its not our custom, but I dont really care, they dont harm me, so I dont care if they are having fun...
 
We had 4 lots of kids come to our house. We had bought a couple of bags of different chocolates for the night and handed them out. The smaller kids had parents at the end of the driveway, the slightly older ones would still have been primary school age and their parents were not visible but may have been hanging back.

All of the kids were polite and seemed to be enjoying themselves.

I have no problem with it. The kids are enjoying themselves and if we embrace it as a bit of fun, there is no harm done.
 
Glory and Fame said:
A group of kids dressed up as gnoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties went bump in the night on my front door tonight.
It may be easy for me to say when I don't have any children, and maybe I'm being over-protective - but the thought of children visiting the homes of complete strangers asking for lollies gives me the horrors.
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I have grown up kids, but there is no way I would have let them go round begging the neighbours for lollies, especially with the amount of sickos out there.
 
American garbage that we don't need.
 

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We had some kids turn up and I didn't have any lollies so offered to do a trick and because I'm no magician I had to think quick so I said "Abracadabra alacazam, make these trick or treaters disapear" then to add to the illussion I made out that they had really disapeared said "well that worked" turned around and shut the door.
 
Halloween is a poorly manufactured event here..... i always feel bad for the kids, knowing that a fair amount of the houses they knock won't have any lollies in there for them

but saying that, i have no real qualms about the event, as it's for the adorable little kids

just hate it when some ******** thinks it's funny to egg someones house, or some older teens go out and trick or treat themselves (losers of the highest order)
 
if there dressed up i say give them something but if there just in normal clothes then **** them

i don't think its dangerous at all because from what i've seen theres always a bunch of parents hanging out the back. Wouldn't be surprised if in 10 years its a proper event it seems like every year you see more and more kids doing it....
 
JimDocker said:
We had 4 lots of kids come to our house. We had bought a couple of bags of different chocolates for the night and handed them out. The smaller kids had parents at the end of the driveway, the slightly older ones would still have been primary school age and their parents were not visible but may have been hanging back.

All of the kids were polite and seemed to be enjoying themselves.

I have no problem with it. The kids are enjoying themselves and if we embrace it as a bit of fun, there is no harm done.
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same.
i'm not a real fan of it but if the kids have gone to an effort with their costumes then i'll give them choccies or lollies. my kids go with a group of friends from the neighbourhood and the mums (stuffed if i'll be seen walking around with them) will walk a few houses behind.
my kids went yesterday evening and had some good responses but there were some pricks who yelled out go away and 1 son of a bitch that told my kids to "**** off we're not yanks, or i'll give you a hiding" (my kids and their friends are all around the 6-11 year old age group). guess what knackers, my kids remembered the house and street and i have a day off tomorrow. i will be knocking on your door and asking for an explanation and if i'm really pissed off about it may give you a hiding you piece of shit, talking to 6 year old girls like that.
 
I have a heavy 7 metre wide front gate. Before I left for afternoon shift I made sure I closed it.

Halloween shits me no end along with valentines day.

And I do have a wife and 2 little kids.

I wish we still had Guy Fawkes night and could buy firecrackers, skyrockets, volcanoes, catherine wheels etc from the milkbar/deli.

Anyone remember roman candles at ten paces and spuds in foil in the bonfire?

You kids today don't know what you missed out on when they banned it.
 

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Herne Hill Hammer said:
I wish we still had Guy Fawkes night and could buy firecrackers, skyrockets, volcanoes, catherine wheels etc from the milkbar/deli.

Anyone remember roman candles at ten paces and spuds in foil in the bonfire?

You kids today don't know what you missed out on when they banned it.
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This.

Am too young to have done it here, but have at Sylvester (NYE) in Germany. Me and my German mate spent a coupla good hours drinking beer and lighting every rocket we could get our hands on. Dropping them into sewer grates was the best fun.
 
Herne Hill Hammer said:
I have a heavy 7 metre wide front gate. Before I left for afternoon shift I made sure I closed it.

Halloween shits me no end along with valentines day.

And I do have a wife and 2 little kids.
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Do you have females knocking at your door asking you for a date or a quickie ? :D
 
FERRIS said:
same.
i'm not a real fan of it but if the kids have gone to an effort with their costumes then i'll give them choccies or lollies. my kids go with a group of friends from the neighbourhood and the MOMS (stuffed if i'll be seen walking around with them) will walk a few houses behind.
my kids went yesterday evening and had some good responses but there were some pricks who yelled out go away and 1 son of a bitch that told my kids to "**** off we're not yanks, or i'll give you a hiding" (my kids and their friends are all around the 6-11 year old age group). guess what knackers, my kids remembered the house and street and i have a day off tomorrow. i will be knocking on your door and asking for an explanation and if i'm really pissed off about it may give you a hiding you piece of shit, talking to 6 year old girls like that.
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can hardly blame him. go to america if you want to follow shitty traditions
 
strung_out7 said:
can hardly blame him. go to america if you want to follow shitty traditions
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they're little kids ********. how can you not blame an adult if they say they'll give a kid a hiding for knocking on a door. read my earlier post, as i said i dont really agree with it but each to their own.
with a bit of luck that door i'll be knocking on tomorrow will be yours
 
Not only does this one night go against everything parents tell their kids, but it seems some kids are unaware of the dangers of walking onto someones property.

Last year, after closing the door (without locking it) and proceeding to go and get some more chocolates for later a small child and friends enter the house without knocking and starts walking around followed by his friends.

Yes, It may be my fault that I didn't lock the door, but nevertheless, children entering a strangers house without ringing the door bell even concerns me. It was lucky, if not for my dog being in the backyard with my parents, it could have gone at the kid (unlikely though).

This year, being Anti-Halloween and not in the mood of dealing with little kids, I locked the gate. Problem solved.
 
We had a few empty stubbies still out the front from the other day-may have scared off any potential halloweeners.
 

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