It's only 3pm and the doors already knocking

[Sillysausage76]

It's 3pm and already we've had people trick n treating. I've now brought pumpkins inside until 5ish. Anyone else?

If there's a pumpkin outside it's a go where we live! 🎃

Our pumpkins will go out the front about 4.30ish. Everybody is really well-trained round here and only knock on doors when there's a pumpkin outside. Benefits of living in a v small town - everyone knows the rules!

I will light a candle in the living room window as well, since it is also Diwali.

We often get one or two before it gets properly dark (little ones on their first halloween)... it's adorable.

It's half term here so I'm expecting it to start a bit earlier but most wont be around until 6pm cos most people are at work.

How can you help being too rural for people to call? It is what it is. Presumably the poster is driving to the nearest houses!

After 5pm for me . I'm still working so have not had chance to set everything thing up . 3pm is too early .

Maybe some people prefer not to be out in the dark

Not seen anyone at all 🫤 got my Sweet's all ready

@wiesowarum dear god…it’s Halloween for gods sake! It’s not like we do it every night. It’s one night a year! I’d be delighted if people called to mine in reality…but they don’t, I don’t control that. Nothing I can do about it really.

Well they shouldn't go trick or treating then!

Exactly this!

No, people drive to estates.

Brilliant can't wait for it to start, the more the merrier!

So my dc shouldn’t go trick or treating? How does it spoil “the vibe”?

You’ll haven’t to expect most people to still be at work then since sunset is around half 4.

But this is their community too... Just because they live a bit further away doesn't mean they're not legitimate members of our village community. If I can take my little kids to the streets around ours, I don't see why other people can't take their little kids to the streets around their school.

It’s fine, maybe better for the younger ones. They might be doing it on their way home from nursery/ school.

Too early! I do think it needs to be contained to within a 2 hour window or so - even if you’re happy for them to come round and have sweets you don’t want them o be disturbed for hours on end!

It's awful. I want to give sweets to my neighbours not people who've driven here

No, it isn’t ok. That’s just annoying. It’s traditional to wait for dark, anyway?!

Jesus…it was tongue in cheek. I would love if I got people calling, but I don’t because I’m too far out! My dc are still entitled to call to houses for the Halloween experience so I drive 6mins to the village (the same village where they attends sports etc!) and we go to the estate there…because that’s where the houses are. It’s logic!

What a grabby CF attitude.

We've had people knocking on since last Friday, they have all been told to come back on Halloween.

Not really bothered what time people call today but knocking a week early is bloody cheeky!

We're prepared with a box of sweets just in case, but I'm hoping that no-one knocks (like last year) so we can keep them for ourselves! 😂

3 is a little early, not even school let out time (if it's not half-term ofc). The littlest ones start around 4.30 here so I'll be putting my pumpkin out then.

I've got a huge bag of individualy wrapped lollipops to hand out and some backup chocolate in case there are over 100 trick or treaters. DS feels he is too old to trick or treat, but he is dressing up and plans to help me hand out candy. We've changed our doorbell tone to a spooky tone. We'll answer until we run out of candy or until 7 whichever comes first, although I think there's no chance we'll last until 7 - it's trick or treat central here!

Exactly this! We know a lot of people in that estate from school and sports clubs. But then again we’re in Ireland where people don’t seem to care about these things. Most people love Halloween here!