To dislike Halloween?

[LittlebearH]

I don't remeber as a child ever celebrating Halloween. My mother thinks trick or treating is begging, I am inclined to agree.
It seems to get bigger and bigger each year.

I think that it must scare some younger children, when I see the costumes, some are horrible.

I just don't get it. Nothing about it seems particularly nice at all.

Is it just me?

yes the local churches are doing light parties. I have let my children go trick or treating with their friends with another adult but i have never instigated it.

i will give sweets out if someone knocks but i am not overly keen on overgrown teenagers coming to my door.

Ninks - like your idea!
I love Hallowe'en, and have my costume already. There seems to be a convention that only houses with pumpkins outside are approached, so others left alone. Ans I have stocked up at Asda for the treats to hand out to kids who come here.
Tho' the DC say I am like the dentist in Wilie Wonka as I only let them eat wrapped chocolate, not the other tooth rotting sweets.. [hgrin]

I don't like it either (and I'm American!), however, I am a believer that fun sized chocolate bars should be eaten in large quantities on Halloween night! [hgrin]

Halloween's origins date to the ancient Celts who celebrated their New Year on November 1st.

It was believed that during this period, the barriers between the living and the dead came down and spirits walked the earth.

I guess that kids running around begging for "treats" isn't quite so spooky.

I still go to Mass on All Saints Day, "Just in Case"[hgrin]

If you go to your local police station you can pick up a label for your door/window that says "Sorry - no trick or treating - I will not answer the door to you"

It's endorsed with the Police logo, too, so no one should ignore it.

I don't approve of anything which means I have to get off the sofa once the kids are in bed

course it's not new to go trick or treating! we went in the 70s. used to get massive bars of chocolate at the more affulent homes.

only difference is we used a swede instead of a turnip

Where we live, it seems to have got 'nicer' as it has got more prolific. I remember Mum & Dad always being a bit worried about teenage trick or treaters throwing stuff at the house/windows or damaging the cars etc. (which did happen once or twice). These days, most of the ones that come around to us seem to be young kids who've really gone to town with great outfits, and it seems much more child and family orientated than it ever used to be.

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YANBU. I hate Halloween.

Where I'm from its used as an excuse by teenagers to put eggs and flour through people's letter boxes and generally act in a threatening and destructive way.