halloween

[chicken12]

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

I can’t believe that people would even consider allowing children out during this pandemic to go begging around the streets for sweets!! It’s bad enough in normal times, but to actually put your children in more danger from contracting/spreading Coronovirus to everyone else is beyond selfish.
Just do things at home, but your kids sweets and watch a scarey film and play games.
Please do not send your children outside and put them and everyone else at even more risk.

No. We're in a lockdown area so we won't be answering the door. I'm surprised the government (or at least my local council!) haven't officially banned trick or treating.

Ill be taking mine around looking at the window displays and we will be going to a local play area for a party. I will answer the door if anyone knocks too. We are in a lockdown area at the moment.

Definitely no 'trick or treating' for us this year and I won't be answering the door.
We'll decorate the inside of the house for our DC this year and although the kids will still carve a pumpkin it's staying indoors. I don't want to do any window displays, put a pumpkin out etc as I don't want people to think we're inviting kids to knock. I also won't be leaving sweets out- even if they're "individually wrapped" as pp are suggesting, you'll still have lots of little hands going into the same bowl to fish them out! Our DC will dress up, have a party food type tea with music and I'll hide treats around the house instead, like an Easter egg hunt but for Halloween.

A little party at home for the kids and maybe a walk about.
I can't believe some ppl are actually thinking of carrying on as normal...they also compare trick or treating to being no different than popping to Macdonald's or receiving a parcel off the postman! Well I don't think the ppl in my area are individually doing track and trace.

I think ppl need to think about others a bit more, the effort is towards limiting contact as much as possible to prevent/slow the spread so we don't face serious issues if we are faced with a flu crisis on top of what's going on.

iOS we are buying sweeties for ourselves and shall being crafts and baking in a Halloween theme inside. We shall draw a pumpkin in the window as I know the locally some people are going on a pumpkin hunt rather than trick or treat.

I also notice a lot of ppl are complaining that they hate Halloween cos ppl knock on their doors...this I HATE...kids shouldn't be knocking on random ppl's doors, it should be a pre agreed event. I have vunerable family and friends who experience this each year and it's just horrible for them.

I might open the door, but not sure we will get visitors anyway. Only had two sets of kids last year.

I'm in lockdown and there's no way we will be going trick or treating. I doubt anyone will even answer the door.

DD is too young for trick or treating. We usually have a few kids from the street but I'm not expecting them this year. Having said that I will have something by the door just in case. The actual risk is so low - even giving it to them you'd be less than 2m from them for about 30 secs so I figure it's the parents choice.

Trick or treating is banned where I am anyway this year, and I imagine it will be announced that it is more widely soon anyway. Our local area (and i think many others) are decorating windows though, so kids can walk around, spotting pumpkins etc though, which should be really lovely

The actual risk is so low - even giving it to them you'd be less than 2m from them for about 30 secs so I figure it's the parents choice.

The virus doesn't have 30 second rule. I have to disagree on the "parent's choice" part. It should absolutely be the other way and choice of the occupiers in the houses.
It's a shame, because some of the masks were freaking adorable last year, but no way am I opening the door to that walking petri dishes.

I seriously hope all parents will realise that knocking and not getting answers would upset the kids as well as the occupants.

A site you own, I'm guessing.

We will be trick or treating BIG STYLE.

Luckily we live in a fun area.

Oh wait, this is a thread from last year!

Resurrecting an old thread to advertise! 🙄

Very poor form.