AIBU to ask what you think of this year's Halloween?

[Deyes999]

I normally take my children trick or treating around our neighbourhood, they get all excited to get dressed up and usually really enjoy it. This year however I am not sure if its the right thing to be doing. I have asked some friends if they plan to still do it and had mixed responses, some saying yes and others saying absolutely no way. I would like to know what others think.

Whole lot of nope.

But I find encouraging kids to take sweets off strangers odd anyway tbh.

I've been wondering myself how this will play out this year. No small ones myself but every year we get loads of trick or treaters
Usually run out of treats.
Not sure what'll happen this year so I'm interested in what parents are thinking

Mine won’t be going out

We usually dress the house up, hand out sweets, go trick or treating etc but I’ve told the kids we’re not doing it this year. I debated it too because mine prefer Halloween to Christmas but I don’t fancy risking 100 kids coming in and out my garden.

Unfortunately I think it's too risky. I'm hoping to hold small party at home instead with school friends. Not sure if that's allowed?

I normally buy sweets for trick or treaters but the idea of all those kids who have been at school having to get close enough to me to take a sweet (and all from the same bowl even if wrapper). Just too risky for me

I find encouraging kids to take sweets off strangers odd anyway tbh

🙄

I am a lapsed goth so it’s full on Halloween at our house already and will be just the same as normal. The kids wanted to stay in this year and hand out sweets anyway so that works for us. We have a garage full of decorations so the house will be done up as usual. I’ve already got the movie marathons sorted and food planned for a party we might have in the garden (just us and the kids cousins).

That said, if people don’t want to trick or treat, that’s fine too. Mostly we do it for us, Halloween is more about the time of year than the trick or treating.

My class have been asking me about this already - "Miss, do you think trick or treating will happen?". I've hedged my bets and just said we'll have to wait and see but fingers crossed.

I love Halloween, it's better than Christmas.

Of course it’s not the right thing to be doing. We are still meant to be isolating. That doesn’t change for a night just to get free treats.

I will do pumpkins on the doorstep and ghosty things in the window but put wrapped sweets in individual bags in a spooky-looking bucket by the gate. Will keep topping the bucket up every 20 mins or so in case The Grabbies clear the lot out in one hit (again).
I can't see Trick or Treating stopping where I live. Most adults haven't twigged about masks and 2m here let alone the kids.

Our village will likely do a scarecrow festival type trail with dressed houses

Seeing as trick or treating is looking very unlikely this year I'm going to do up the house and set up an Halloween style treat hunt (like Easter, but spooky.)

I've got some Pinterest Halloween craft and baking ideas, we're going to make her own costume from things we find around the house and then do the hunt in the evening.

Might even be a new tradition!

Unnecessary social contact at a time like this. In any case, where I live you can't even visit close relatives socially distanced in private gardens.

Why not put a clothes line out, or bunting and tie sweets on in little bags?

Little notice explains Covid safety measures?

Might be a nice idea?

Love the clothesline idea, am nicking that! Much better than my bucket by the gate.

Oir town has already cancelled

I hate Halloween cos I never have anything for trick or treaters and I’m usually working anyway, and gone are the days when I went to parties. I managed to get to a convenient football match once but that was it. I thought kids were only supposed to knock on houses that were obviously celebrating it, with pumpkins outside or whatever, but I still get the odd trick or treater.

No idea if anyone in my road is doing it btw. I live in one of the cities where there’s been a lot of cases of late.

I'm thinking Halloween scavenger hunt 🤷. Dress up, run around the yard (garden), in the end, find a bucket of candy 🤣

Round by me people put pumpkins out of they are happy to have trick or treaters.

Some already put sweets In a bucket by the door.

I will still take my kids out for an hour.

I think I will prearrange for us to go trick or treating at a couple of nearby school friends and family and reciprocate. Bucket of little bags of haribo on the step - can all be done at a distance (although they are not distancing at school so 🤷‍♀️)

@BluebellsGreenbells

Why not put a clothes line out, or bunting and tie sweets on in little bags?

Little notice explains Covid safety measures?

Might be a nice idea?

Fantastic!!!

I can't decide either. It does feel illogical to have lots if kids pressing our doorbell and diving into the same bowl and I wouldn't want to send them out to t or t if we weren't reciprocating at home.

I like the washing line idea so the treats are spaced out.

I think we'll just invite DSs grandparents round for a tiny halloween party (spooky food, donut bobbing, and a movie).

(My dad works at DS1s school so is getting the school germs anyway)