Halloween

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I struggle to see the point…..

yes it makes me grumpy…

Kids getting dressed up as murder victims ….just why….

enough sweets to set off a a diabetic pandemic ….

Although I like pumpkin soup ….

Has anyone mentioned 'begging for sweets' yet?

Well done OP I think it’s the first Halloween hating thread this year.

Well I love it.

Decorations
Parties
Guising
Chocolate
Keeping up traditions

and it’s not American it’s Celtic

And don't forget the "Boo Baskets" for Hallowe'en .

"Is this A Thing"?
Probably not .

I love Halloween but I am Irish so we don't have Guy Fawkes night. I grew up in the 70s and our costume was basically a mask, usually a witch or a vampire, and we had sparklers, apple bobbing and other games, we went around the houses and were given apples and nuts, not sweets, and it was just great fun. Fireworks are illegal here but you can get them easily enough, i hate them because they cause so much stress for wildlife and pets. I always make a bit of an effort with sweets and decorating even though my dc are grown up now.

We don't take part. Our daughter is 25 and lives away. Even when she was an age to participate in the begging shite we discouraged it.
Currently, living alone. No pumpkin, don't even fucking try your luck

A bit predictable for ragebait but I respect the simplicity of it. Don't forget to post your "I hate Christmas" thread in December (or next month, since the bloody rotten people in this country celebrate it far too early).

I love it how a light hearted post gets people worked up because they love it…..let me be grumpy, I’m not stopping you enjoying it.

fireworks are shite too….

Rage bait. Try harder.

Try harder to do what?

Wind 'em up and watch 'em go.

Ah, the weight loss jab posts are best for that.

What's wrong with Chucky?

I love a comedy horror film…

just not seeing kids dressed up with fake wounds and blood carrying a machete.

@TicklishReader Nothing....if you like that type of thing (not my thing).
He has nothing much to do with Halloween though if you are going by the various different traditions.

Diabetes is an automatic disease.

automatic?

I grew up in America and can say with absolute certainty that Halloween is much less about horror in America than it is in the UK. Kids in America do not by and large wear "scary" costumes for Halloween. I was surprised when I first moved here how little diversity there was in Halloween costumes in the UK and how uniformly it was about "scary" costumes. Can't blame America for this one.

70s Ne Scotland..
A neep lantern
Sair hands and bent spoons
Dooking for apples
Treacle scones on string hands ahind back.

I'm Irish and as far back as I can remember, there have always been gory/horror film costumes.

In the 90's we didn't have any fancy fake wounds. We used our mum's red lipstick for our gruesome injuries.

My Dad used to chisel the centre from a neep (turnip) with a carpentry tool that was like a razor sharp scooped spoon/chisel.
The smell of the burning flesh is so memorable , and finding the wizened remains two weeks later

It’s an excuse to celebrate together what’s not to love, dip in a bit go the whole hog.

reall can’t see an issue in any of it.

Wouldn't it be some much better for kids to be stuck at home on screen rather that out, engaging with their community, and having fun? 🙄

Never been to the US around Halloween then 😂

My daughter is going as Miraculous Ladybug this year too!

Admittedly I only know what I've seen in American TV/movies/books but it seems that children in the USA dress up in fancy dress of all different characters like princesses and superheroes which also might include "scary" characters like ghosts,skeletons, witches etc but do they have many children (children - not teens) who dress up as Freddy Kruger, the clown from IT, whatever that character from the Scream films is called etc.
Do they dress up as serial killers, carry pretend chainsaws or knives?
(this is a genuine question)
My knowledge from films etc makes USA Halloween seem more about cute fancy dress, sweets (candy) and pumpkins plus a bit of scary from skeletons, ghosts and witches. It doesn't seem as gruesome as how it's become in the UK in recent years.
I have never been to America so I honestly don't know.