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Trick or Treating, Saturday or Sunday night?

51 replies

IdLoveToButCantBeArsed · 28/10/2021 23:04

Just that really, if you're taking your children Trick or Treating, are you going Saturday night because no school the next day, or Sunday night because that's actually Halloween?

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SnarkyBag · 28/10/2021 23:41

It’s bizarre if Halloween falls on a Wednesday no one asks about going out on Saturday instead so no idea why a Sunday is any different!

TrashyPanda · 28/10/2021 23:44

Has to be on the day itself. So Sunday.

And fireworks are on bonfire night only, otherwise it’s antisocial.

Stompythedinosaur · 29/10/2021 00:46

Halloween is a one day only deal imo. My dc are going on Sunday.

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Notdoingthis · 29/10/2021 07:07

Sunday

TheChip · 29/10/2021 07:13

It would never even occur to me to go on another day.

Youcancallmeval · 29/10/2021 07:15

I'm not doing Halloween this year (no pumpkin=no visitors) but it would not occur to me to do my food shopping on a Saturday rather than my usual Sunday, in order to accommodate people who wanted to do Halloween on the wrong day. I don't keep a stash of sweets in the house on the off chance.

RudestLittleMadam · 29/10/2021 07:15

Sunday without a doubt. I won’t be opening my door on Saturday night to anyone trick or treating.

loudbatperson · 29/10/2021 07:43

Halloween falls on a school night more often than not, this year though everyone seems to have gone weird about because it's a Monday the next day.

maofteens · 29/10/2021 07:56

I won't be lighting our jack o' lanterns til Sunday. It's over by 8, earlier for the little kids. I don't think it matters that there's school the next day, as it would be most years anyway.

maofteens · 29/10/2021 07:57

Though I guess it could still be half term those years. Anyway, Halloween is one day and no other!

BarbaraofSeville · 29/10/2021 08:10

@TalesOfDrunkennessAndCruelty

This is almost as bizarre as the person on my local Facebook group who a week ago was panicking that nobody locally was "doing" Halloween, because they hadn't yet decorated their houses. It's a one day event.
They've been doing it all week here Confused

There were dressed up families out last weekend. Houses have halloween decorations and most notably, we have 'The Halloween House' that's festooned with lights and video screens that blasts out a 15 minute Ghostbusters show each even which gridlocks the local area due to the volume of people who come to see it.

Imnothereforthedrama · 29/10/2021 08:19

Course Sunday it’ll be dark by 5pm on Sunday with the clocks changing so the fact it’s a school night shouldn’t matter . I agree I won’t answer the door Saturday evening.

FreeBritnee · 29/10/2021 08:21

The weather is going to be atrocious.

Camblewick · 29/10/2021 08:22

Sunday. I wouldn't even think of any other day.

00100001 · 29/10/2021 08:33

@makingmiracles

Sunday of course. We however won’t be doing it for the second yr in a row as we are in the part of the country with the highest covid rates atm, having hoards of people touch our gate and doorbell etc and stand in close proximity to our front door is pretty much inviting covid, so we shall have a small party with our immediate neighbours ans hope that next yr we can get back to normal.
You're not doing Trick or Treating because the people standing outside your door pose a covid risk...so instead you're inviting your neighbours in to your house??? Confused

I would have thought transmission was more likely at the party held inside than from someone standing outside a few feet away, where you could easily keep your distance if you so wished...

00100001 · 29/10/2021 08:35

And yes, Sunday.

Otherwise of people start picking random days, it'll end up like Buy Fawkes, where people do whatever they bloody want....

People will start going round in the Friday as well, because they're invited to a party on the Saturday Evening, and on Sunday they're going to their friends house to go out with them in another village.

You'll end up with people knocking 3 days before and upto 3 days after the occasion!!!

00100001 · 29/10/2021 08:36

@IdLoveToButCantBeArsed.

Did you ever worry about it being a school day when it was on Mon-thurs?

Waxonwaxoff0 · 29/10/2021 08:38

Sunday. We don't go out late, about 5-6pm, it's dark by then anyway.

Normandy144 · 29/10/2021 08:44

Obviously it's Sunday. I'm amazed people can't remember this. Halloween is not a moveable feast. It's celebrated on the 31st October regardless of whether it is a Monday or Saturday. Just like Valentine's Day which is always the 14th February.

MrsDeaconClaybourne · 29/10/2021 09:22

I like halloween. I decorated my house last week as I'm part of a local 'pumpkin trail' someone has organised for half term. I'm on a thread justifying spending money on Halloween decorations.

I'd still be bemused and mildly irritated if anyone knocked on Saturday night. There's a good chance I might not have anything for you either depending on when I get round to going shopping.

I think it's a bit like Christmas celebrations, in that if I was having a party for little ones I'd probably do it on the nearest Friday or Saturday but actual trick or treating needs to be on the day.

MrsDeaconClaybourne · 29/10/2021 09:23

Clocks go back Saturday night/Sunday morning anyway so it'll be dark quite early on Sunday.

Findingapath · 29/10/2021 09:38

We live on the ‘go to’ street in the neighbourhood for Halloween, all the neighbors make a big effort with decorations and we get hundreds of trick or treaters with parents driving their kids to our street just so they can go trick or treating. We spend the evening constantly answering the door to a stream of kids. As we want at least one night of our weekend to relax we won’t be decorating until Sunday and will close the curtains/hide on Saturday Wink

itsgettingwierd · 29/10/2021 09:46

They better do Sunday round here!

I actually always love doing Halloween and greeting the local kids with sweets but this week we are up at 4am Saturday for ds swim training and up again 6am Sunday to drive 2.5 hours for a swim event.

I DO NOT want people ringing Saturday when I'm trying to sleep or even Sunday when I'm knackered from the weekend (and have to get up again Monday at 4 for ds swimming!)

I usually put a notice on my flat communal door to encourage people to ring and visit. Think I may out a sign saying do not ring this year!

I will unplug the phone buzzer but once people are let in by others they can still get to my door!

Crunchymum · 29/10/2021 10:25

We don't TT.

The consensus on another thread seems to be Sunday.

I have one friend holding a Halloween party this evening (kids / adults, no TT planned) my SIL is throwing a party tomorrow, there will be TT but it will just be her street (all residents are aware)

Thank God I have a stinking cold and we aren't going to either Grin

To me, TT is on the day only. Even of it is a school night chances are it's dark by 5pm and everyone can be home by 7pm.

Burnt0utMum · 29/10/2021 10:26

We're going on the Sunday as I think it'd be odd to go any other day. However, I really wouldn't mind people knocking here on the Saturday and would answer the door if I'm in.