to go trick or treating on Saturday?

[littledawley]

rather than Sunday which is actually Halloween.

DC have never done it before but really want to and I thought that Saturday would be easier, no school the next day etc.

Yes you would as it's not halloween & I won't have the sweets ready.

People may get peed off tbh.

Yes, many people hate it as an American import (we have the less menacing guising up here) so giving them 2 days instead of 1 is selfish. Having a Halloween Party on the Saturday would be understandable, but knocking on doors isn't.

You can try it but it's unlikely people have treats ready and they might not be as sociable.

Give them an early tea, out by 5, back by 6, bath, bed, sorted.

StewieGriffinsMom - But many people DO hate it as an American import. They are a bit silly, but there you go.

YABU, but I am very grumpy about trick or treating...

Just go out early on Sunday if you must.

I've always thought kids who start trick or treating a few days early just look very greedy. Try and rearrange things on sunday to get it done at some point then instead.

Why hate something just because it originates in America? Smacks of racism to me...

Anyway, wait until it's dark and then go out on Sunday, we love it and loads of children do it round here too. I think it's lovely seeing all the children dressed up and being so polite, we even get some older ones (13/14 etc) and they are lovely and well mannered too so also get given sweets; they really make an effort with costumes too.

We'll probably go out at around 6ish, don't go too early imo.

You'd be coming back to my house on Sunday [hgrin]. I send everyone away before Halloween, but with the promise of sweets on Halloween. Also don't give if the kids can't be bothered to make an effort (I'm such a grump)

Not sure why it beig school the next day is an issue, surely you're not going to be out that late? The clocks go back on Staurday night, so it will be darker earlier on Sunday night anyway.

Scotland already has it's own Halloween tradition of guising, where kids dress up and sing songs, say a rhyme. No demanding treats with menace. Why import a nastier tradition?

Ha ha hating halloween = racist!

People don't hate it because it originates from America - they hate it because they see it as a commercial enterprise that is not traditional to this country and therefore has no place in our past worth celebrating.

We lived in the ME for a number of years and Halloween was well integrated there - the children loved it and there was a long run up with children leaving "boo" notices in the week leading up. It wars a lot of fun and they will miss it here in the UK this year where frankly I don't think we will have the nerve to go trick or treating on halloween let alone the night before.

I would like to do it with DS, but don't think anyone would have anything ready!

Yes. I hate it already and would be REALLY pissed off to have people knocking on the day before as well as the actual day.

If you came to my door, the 2 German Shepherds and the Labrador might not scare you.

But I would!

"No demanding treats with menace"

Can't say I've ever seen that and I moved here from East London, never happened there either.

"Why import a nastier tradition?"

Nasty in your opinion. I happen to think it's lovely.

YABU.

You'll probably find you get alot of slammed doors if you do.

YANBU

A lot of people here are going trick or treating on Saturday instead as there is a lot of bad feeling towards doing Halloween things on a Sunday.

"Ha ha hating halloween = racist!

People don't hate it because it originates from America - they hate it because they see it as a commercial enterprise that is not traditional to this country and therefore has no place in our past worth celebrating."

I was referring to the previous comment stating exactly what I said, nothing to do with commercialism was mentioned.

I'd be annoyed if anyone trick or treated us on a day that's not halloween. How will you know which houses are up for it, nobody will have their pumpkins out?

Plus, we wouldn't have any sweets ready.

Hating something because it comes from a particular country is NOT racist. Americans are not a race. Nor are the British or even the Scots. The word you are looking for is Xenophobic.

I'm going against the grain here- I expect to get trick or treaters on saturday and if anything would prefer then to a sunday when we are in the back to work rush on a sunday night.

Surely most people will have stuff in rather than buying them on Sunday- the day itself?

So OP- YANBU if you came to my house- but I think I'm the odd one out!

Scots just like to claim that Guising is superior to trick or treating as a way of coping with their massive inferiority complex.

I didn't say I hated Halloween. It's trick and treating that is the nasty American import, which is just demanding sweats with menace.
I'm quite happy with Halloween parties etc

I live in Scotland but am not a Scot.
When I grew up in England no-one did trick and treating. Bonfire night was the big celebration with apple bobbing, large group parties "penny for the guy" etc. Trick and treating is a recent US import. Guising has been going on in Scotland for generations.