For not having alternatives for trick or treaters?

[mummydoris2006]

Last night we had lots of kids trick or treating and was very busy answering the door. It was lovely to see all the different costumes and all the excited kids but at around 7pm we sat down to eat our tea so didn't want to be disturbed.

I decided to leave a bowl of mini haribo and squashems out next to the pumpkins and also inserted some lollipops into a pumpkin too. I figured that way the parents could see they were lollies and could decide if their kids were allowed them and also the younger kiddies had already been earlier on in the night.

Around 7.30pm there was a knock on the door and I answered to find a woman and her son stood on the doorstep. She said she knocked to tell me the bowl was empty! I was a bit taken aback and thanked her for letting me know and said her son was welcome to help himself to a lolly instead, it was at that point she said he wasn't really allowed lollies so she'd knocked for an alternative!!!!!

I explained there was no alternatives if the bowl was empty, and she stomped off in a huff. Even though my DC is too old to trick or treat we still put out pumpkins and welcome trick or treaters but surely, we're now not expected to have a never-ending supply of sweets!?!

Go team Freddo! If anyone is very brave image search Halloween turnips, I think they were the Celtic equivalent before Americans came along with pumpkins - now they're REALLY scary!

I'm disabled so I leave out my pumpkins and a bowl of sweets - chocolate and Haribo etc. I do this so I don't have to keep going to the door every time someone knocks, as do most people.
One year some kind soul egg and floured the front door, front windows and the porch roof then for good measure grew my pumpkin at the door. It made a huge bang as it smashed against the door. I was too frightened to go out and had no idea about the eggs and flour until morning. By which time it had stuck fast to everything. It was a nightmare to clean off, were talking days and multiple washes 🤦🏻‍♀️
I live in a quiet little village most people know I'm disabled and where I live. Since then we don't take part. Some people have to spoil it for everyone.

Halloween is probably pagan, pre- christian, maybe originally thousands of years old. When I mentioned 'Trick and Treat' house-to-house behaviour, I think that was a much more recent idea from the 'States. Does anyone remenber this in the UK from before WW2? I think not.

Last year I got a knock asking if I had any “vegan alternatives”.

I gave them an apple.

Yes. What is it with some English people totally dismissing traditions that arent theirs?

Trick or treating was called guiding. The Irish and the Scots have been doing it for hundreds if years. Children would dress up as evil spirits and go from house to house. People would give out an "offering" to ward of realty evol spirits.

Going from house to house to get a treat is hundreds of years old. People in Scotland certainly were doing it pre WW2.

When you dont understand the history behind something, why dont you try just listening instead of continuing to insist that it is an American import and no one in britain was doing it before.

We have. For hundreds of years.

Bloody cheek! I never answer the door. I hate halloween.

We used to get the same an apple or orange monkey nuts and a sweet must be an old Scottish thing ! You would go in the house as new all the people was about 40 houses and they would try and guess your names lol