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chicken12 · 2020-10-04T22:30:07+00:00

are you letting your kids out on Halloween or not and are you going to answer the door 🤔 I live in a high risk area

Morgan12 · 05/10/2020 10:52

No. I am in a local lockdown area in Scotland. May not be in local lockdown by the time Halloween is here but I just think the risk is too much this year.

I will dress my two up and take them round family doors in the car possibly.

The sweet hunt at home is a good idea so I will be stealing that.

No decorations in the windows though as that's the signal round here that you should knock that door.

Hiccupiscal · 05/10/2020 10:58

Will he decorating the house, doing pumpkins, lots of Halloween activities on the week before.
DC are with thier dad actual Halloween so I have no idea what they plan to do, but I doubt they will be going trick or treating.

If I am at home on the 31st, I will be answering the door, likely using fishing nets to hand out sweets at a distance.
We don't tend to get many TOTs though.

Racoonworld · 05/10/2020 11:14

No, not in a lockdown area but won’t be answering the door to any children. It’s irresponsible of parents to let their children trick or treat at this time. Plenty of other Halloween things to do instead.

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FairfaxAikman · 05/10/2020 11:35

@nosswith

I hope none of you are, whether or not in a high risk area. Make a face in a pumpkin if you wish, but please no trick or treating.

Anyway, it's a US thing and we are not the 51st state.

It's a Scottish/Irish thing originally (Guising).

CustardyCreams · 05/10/2020 11:39

We will take part, we are In a low risk area. People where I live seem responsible and the kids are mainly primary age, all together in local catchment school. If you don’t want to take part, you don’t put the pumpkin out.

I’m most concerns about shared bowls of sweets, so my kids will be putting the treats in a special bag, and I’ll have a pocket of sweets they can eat as we go round. The special bag will go into a 72 hour quarantine in my house, so the kids will have to hold tight before they can have them.

We will be hanging our sweets on a string outside the house using pegs, kids will grab a sweet, dump the peg in a bucket. No need to answer the door.

Osquito · 05/10/2020 11:42

Our area is doing a “spot the pumpkins” idea, but other than that we are decorating inside and playing lots of Halloween games with DS.
I absolutely love Halloween, was so excited about this year’s (full moon! on a Saturday!) but there’s no way we will trick or treat or answer door to others.

Scoobidoo · 05/10/2020 11:46

We will be decorating and leaving sweets out in packets so they can easily be cleaned.

BashfulClam · 05/10/2020 11:48

The government have said no as it’s mixing households, no guising this year.

BojoKilledMyMojo · 05/10/2020 11:49

I've no issue with anyone coming around trick or treating but I'll leave sweets outside rather than be answering the door.

AhFiddledeedee · 05/10/2020 11:54

I was going to let the kids dress up and do a " pumpkin walk" with me giving them sweets for everyone they spot.

But apparently people round here can be fined for taking the kids trick or treating, so them being out and about dressed up with a bucket of sweets isnt going to look good is it? So I dont know now.

notso · 05/10/2020 11:54

We're going for a walk with friends to find any decorated houses then weather permitting we'll be having an outdoor bbq with them.
It's pretty much what we usually do but with no door knocking and staying outside.

mummy2oli · 05/10/2020 12:00

@AlwaysLatte

We've decided not to this year. Instead as a family we're dressing up, watching a scary film, having Halloween themed food and we'll get a load of sweets and get the kids to knock on the door multiple times! It's just as well because the 10 year old wants this costume this year - I think it might have traumatised the little ones!

My son got this costume 2 years ago, he did scare a few but the rest of people we seen said it was the best costume they had seen

mummy2oli · 05/10/2020 12:00

In answer to OP question, no we won’t be trick or treating and equally won’t be answering the door. Too high risk of an area. Instead watching Halloween movies, popcorn and sweets

FairfaxAikman · 05/10/2020 12:04

@BashfulClam

The government have said no as it’s mixing households, no guising this year.

It's only mixing households if they go inside or go round in groups. Families are allowed to go on a walk together, makes no difference if they wear costumes to do so.

Whammyyammy · 05/10/2020 12:08

The world: Global pandemic for a virus, country has had 6 months of restrictions that seen many businesses collapse, people losing their jobs and homes or dying. Governments tell you to social distance.

Mumsnet: who's up for trick or treating?

Friendsoftheearth · 05/10/2020 12:12

No door to door trick or treating is surely not going to happen with crowds of children and parents.

We plan to set up a halloween sweetie treasure hunt in the garden with decorations and clues - if it is pouring with rain we will do it inside with the lights off and torches.

AGoatAteIt · 05/10/2020 12:13

We won’t be trick or treating this year and we won’t be answering the door. I will be doing my best to get the kids pumpkins to carve, watch some Halloween movies and have sweeties though. And they can dress up if they want to. We’re in local lockdown so trick or treating will probably be officially banned here anyway.

Angel2702 · 05/10/2020 12:17

No we will be doing our usual activities at home but with just us not all the cousins this year. We will take part in the pumpkin trail and decorate the outside for people taking part but won’t be handing out sweets.

HollywoodHandshake · 05/10/2020 12:19

@Whammyyammy

The world: Global pandemic for a virus, country has had 6 months of restrictions that seen many businesses collapse, people losing their jobs and homes or dying. Governments tell you to social distance.

Mumsnet: who's up for trick or treating?

sadly, it's not just MN. There are a couple of mothers on my local groups insisting that their children could not face the disappointment and must be allowed their evening out getting some sweets. It's truly embarrassing.

Thankfully 90% of locals seem to have rejected the idea, so if only 1 or 2 houses are involved in the entire town, the risk should be limited.
Halloween is very much not cancelled, just trick or treat. It's not that big a deal is it.

VestaTilley · 05/10/2020 12:21

No; I don’t open the door on Hallowe’en anyway as we don’t “do” it in this house.

I think parents taking their children trick or treating this year is inappropriate and risky. Just play games or bob for apples at home.

IceCreamAndCandyfloss · 05/10/2020 13:34

@Whammyyammy

The world: Global pandemic for a virus, country has had 6 months of restrictions that seen many businesses collapse, people losing their jobs and homes or dying. Governments tell you to social distance.

Mumsnet: who's up for trick or treating?

Don’t forget birthday parties, sleepovers, weddings etc.

I’ve been really surprised by the sheer number ignoring SD, not wearing masks and continuing to host parties etc. I reckon, despite Covid, many will go out for Halloween as normal.

Blueshmoo · 05/10/2020 13:37

@nosswith

I hope none of you are, whether or not in a high risk area. Make a face in a pumpkin if you wish, but please no trick or treating.

Anyway, it's a US thing and we are not the 51st state.

It's a celtic thing

Whammyyammy · 05/10/2020 16:23

The local fb entitled brigade are displaying this near me.....

Teddybear27 · 08/10/2020 18:06

No, we are not doing anything and I wouldn’t be expecting anyone to knock at the door trick or treating. A shame but there you go....