To ignore the door to trick or treaters

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It's been advised in our area trick or treating is not allowed, we are in tier 3 and I believe you get fined if caught doing so, I'm normally the sort to buys loads of sweets love answering the door to trick or treaters as it's something I never did as a child, but this year I've bought nothing nor have I put any decorations up due to current restrictions and am not taking dc trick or treating, however my neighbours have a Facebook group and someone had posted today saying they are still trick or treating as all the kids play out together anyway, almost everyone agreed, but I haven't bought any sweets for the kids! AIBU to ignore the door if they knock on?

Ignore. I hope no one will knock. We are in tier 3 so they shouldn't.
Shame, because like you I haven't grown up with Halloween so I really like it normally

No, course your not, if you don't want to answer it don't.

I never answer the door unless I am expecting a person or a parcel. I know MNers think this is weird, I think it's weirder to encourage people to invade your privacy.

I am this year. No decorations and my house is dark at the front. I normally go all out. I'm not a misery generally.
Tbf we usually have loads but not seen anyone yet. So maybe it won't be an issue.

How about putting up a notice on your windown saying no to trick and treaters. We havn;t had any round our way and most poeple I know are not doing it. I have no sweets this year and no jack-o lantern.

We have put decorations up as the village is doing a pumpkin trail but haven't put sweets out. Lots have though.

I am ignoring this year too. Yanbu.

I've shut my curtains and turned off the lights I've got a baby too so I'm hoping if they are knocking it won't wake him up feel like such a Scrooge it's a very close knit neighbourhood haha

We're Tier 3 too, no pumpkin out the front this year but if we get any knocks I'll answer and say we'll have double sweets out next year (if we can then, fingers crossed).

Ignore it. The general rule is, if the house hasn't got a pumpkin outside or isn't decorated then you don't knock on the door anyway.

If the porch light is off, they should skip your home.

OP, if your neighbours have a FB group, can you post on it saying you'll not have any treats out this year and ask for the kids not too be sent to yours?

Don't answer it.
In our area we have decorated outside. Someone has produced a map of all houses decorated up.
And no knocking at doors allowed.

Our hedge has a spiders web full of wrapped sweets if the kids are allowed to take them.

I'm loving no knocks at the door but still letting the little ones have fun.

Our house isn't decorated / we don't have a pumpkin out. I won't be impressed if parents let their DC knock.

I don’t think anyone will be knocking this year (unless they are exceeeeedingly dim.) We don’t celebrate it so usually it a sign up saying no thank you and keep the house dark/no pumpkin outside. It’s always been respected.

You never have to open the door if you don’t want to. Be strong!!

@crankysaurus yes I could do that's A good idea, there's a few who aren't on it though so might still knock will just have to wait and see I suppose

In my area they definitely won't knock if you haven't put a pumpkin out.

Just thinking, we'd have had a whole load of little kids round by now, it's been dark a while

Tier 3 here too. I’m not answering to trick or treaters. I’m hoping no one knocks because there are no decorations up.

Similar to yourself OP!

I normally buy sweets to give the kids but, as we live semi rurally in a small cul de sac, some years no one comes anyway.

However, this year we definitely won't be answering the door unfortunately. We are tier 2!

I did this sometimes even before coronavirus: curtains closed, no pumpkin, no decorations and I was upstairs with TV on so could not hear a thing. I always thought that no decorations/pumpkins was a clue.

Such a shame for the kids. This is (hopefully) our last halloween in our house. Been here many years and always put on a big thing for the local kids with loads of decorations and sweets.

I really do feel very sorry for youngsters in this climate.

I wouldn't personally knock at a house with no decorations but I know my parents never put decorations up and have always had trick or treaters over the years

Do kids actually knock where there are no decorations? They don't round here. I've got decorations up and sweets in a tin on the wall and nobody has knocked here.

We’re not tier 3 but I won’t be answering the door. I’ve not put pumpkins out and no one has knocked yet.