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What do trick or treaters get at your house?

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Caggers · 30/10/2023 22:30

I’ve made up little bags each containing a fun size chocolate bar (from Lidl), a lollipop, mini bag of jellies, a small chewy bar (like a mini Wham or Refresher), and a sticker.

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BellaAndDave · 31/10/2023 00:00

Maddy70 · 30/10/2023 23:43

Nothing. I absolutely hate this American import of trick or treating. Makes my dogs bark. Fuck off with your begging. Leave me in peace

Trick or Treating never originated from America! It originated in Scotland and Ireland. It originates from Samhain (which we celebrate). We don’t call it Halloween. Your comment is very ill informed.

EconomyClassRockstar · 31/10/2023 00:04

We were renting a house one year in Halloween Central of our town (and this is in the US so you can imagine how crazy it is). I spent WEEKS making little gift bags with pencils, tattoos, stickers, toy skeletons, etc in and they were so cute! Then after about the 10th kid asked me, "Where's the candy though?!" I now just do Skittles, Haribo, Reeces Pieces and KitKat. Mainly so I don't eat any of it.

Lysianthus · 31/10/2023 00:04

@Caggers
Almost all pre-1940 uses of the term "trick-or-treat" are from the United States and Canada. Trick-or-treating spread throughout the United States, stalled only by World War II sugar rationing that began in April, 1942 and lasted until June, 1947.[52][5
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ManAboutTown · 31/10/2023 00:07

Some nice sweets and a small chocolate bar at our place.

When my kids were mid teens though they also got a bit of a surprise on the way out. I'm not going to go into detail as it would be too identifying but one mother got such a shock she fell into the bushes in our front garden. I'm embarrassed to say she could hear me laughing

BellaAndDave · 31/10/2023 00:12

Lysianthus · 31/10/2023 00:04

@Caggers
Almost all pre-1940 uses of the term "trick-or-treat" are from the United States and Canada. Trick-or-treating spread throughout the United States, stalled only by World War II sugar rationing that began in April, 1942 and lasted until June, 1947.[52][5
Excerpt from t'internet.
But Perhaps you have other sources?

It originated in Scotland and Ireland long before the 1940s and the Celts never referred to it as Trick or Treating.

Ladyj84 · 31/10/2023 00:22

Nothing

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Caggers · 31/10/2023 00:35

Lysianthus · 31/10/2023 00:04

@Caggers
Almost all pre-1940 uses of the term "trick-or-treat" are from the United States and Canada. Trick-or-treating spread throughout the United States, stalled only by World War II sugar rationing that began in April, 1942 and lasted until June, 1947.[52][5
Excerpt from t'internet.
But Perhaps you have other sources?

Yes, history.

The tradition of going door to door at Halloween has been in existence since the 1500s.

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coxesorangepippin · 31/10/2023 00:40

3 or four chocs whizzed in their buckets

No peanuts!

ManAboutTown · 31/10/2023 00:42

coxesorangepippin · 31/10/2023 00:40

3 or four chocs whizzed in their buckets

No peanuts!

Make sure it's something with plenty of e- numbers in though so they're bouncing off the walls and won't go to sleep when they get home.

Turquoise or lime green Haribos fit the bill@😂

mathanxiety · 31/10/2023 00:59

I'm in the US. I buy big bags of Dum Dum pops and Tootsie pops (both are lollipops). They're not everyone's favourite candy but they're good value for money and I give one or two to each trick or treater at the start of the evening and more to any callers toward the end of the night.

On a Hallowe'en with bad weather, I give out more to everyone as there are fewer callers, and I reckon they deserve a little extra for braving the elements. It's going to snow here tomorrow.

mathanxiety · 31/10/2023 01:05

Maddy70 · 30/10/2023 23:43

Nothing. I absolutely hate this American import of trick or treating. Makes my dogs bark. Fuck off with your begging. Leave me in peace

You seem to have a bee in your bonnet about stuff you think is American.

FYI, Hallowe'en isn't American.

mathanxiety · 31/10/2023 01:15

@Lysianthus
The custom originated in Scotland and Ireland, where people left out food for the spirits of their deceased loved ones who were believed to re-enter the realm of the living on that night (it was believed to be a liminal time, when boundaries between the worlds of living and dead were thinned) and youths in disguise (to scare off any actual spirits) wandered the roads, symbolically begging for food, which was often traditional food associated with the feast. Pranks were played - it was often a night of mischief.

Bogeyes · 31/10/2023 01:18

Sweet F A

SirenSays · 31/10/2023 01:23

I really doubt we'll get anyone knocking before we go out. We have a few full size chocolate bars and bags of buttons just in case.

Rincol · 31/10/2023 01:35

A random page from their future diary with the date ripped off.

ChewbaccasMrs · 31/10/2023 02:06

I've bought tons of different types of lollipops,chews and Halloween popping candy and we've bought little chocolate bars for the littlest trick or treaters, I'll give about 5 different things to each child we usually have over 100 trick or treaters.

Someoneonlyyouknow · 31/10/2023 02:14

ForfarBridie · 31/10/2023 01:52

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Guising (in the last century at least) involved performing in return for sweets. A joke was sufficient. Trick-or-treat seems American because most of the UK didn't do guising. Incidentally, Up Helly Aa (the Viking festivals in the Shetland Isles) also have Guisers - adults in costume who perform for food and drink.

QueenBitch666 · 31/10/2023 03:27

Mini skittle bags and Choc bars served up by me wearing a scary mask scaring the 💩 out of them 😆

Hotchocolatemousse · 31/10/2023 03:36

One sweet or chocolate bar each depending on what's leftover in home bargains today.

Ragwort · 31/10/2023 04:00

A choice from a rather naff tub of cheap sweets, we usually get around 25 children visiting - we don't have DC at home but it's generally good natured around here ... last year we had sweets left over which I donated to the Food Bank (only because I didn't like them Grin).

HappyDaze23 · 31/10/2023 04:13

Fun size packs of skittles or chocolate bars. We get through 100 plus treats usually as our area seems to be a destination for trick or treaters. I might even pop out to get more, as every year we seem to run out early on. Then the pumpkin will come in and lights go off at the front.

I’ll be instructing the kids cheerily to ‘just take one’.

Please, please be mindful of including treats that contain nuts.

ForfarBridie · 31/10/2023 04:29

Someoneonlyyouknow · 31/10/2023 02:14

Guising (in the last century at least) involved performing in return for sweets. A joke was sufficient. Trick-or-treat seems American because most of the UK didn't do guising. Incidentally, Up Helly Aa (the Viking festivals in the Shetland Isles) also have Guisers - adults in costume who perform for food and drink.

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When I was little we told a joke or sang a song when we went guising and I can’t say I’m a fan of trick or treating.

1stworldissues · 31/10/2023 05:00

Nowt here... we are all going to pretend no one is home

TerfTalking · 31/10/2023 05:04

Aethelberht · 30/10/2023 22:40

Nothing, as they never visit which is why I always get snacks in

Same here, bought sweets for years and they never come, we live off the road now. These days I don’t even bother and the day passes us by unnoticed.