22 months and Halloween....head-on, or avoid?!

[Elibean]

DD is just beginning to enjoy dressing up, but doesn't know about masks and has no idea what witches etc are yet.....plus, is just starting to have a few fears about the unknown (noises, people, etc).
I think she's probably too little to go trick or treating (wouldn't have a clue what we were doing or why, and don't want her going on a sugar high just before bed time, or any time, much!) but we usually have lots of kids ringing our doorbell and I feel mean hiding in the kitchen with the curtains drawn...can't really open the front door with DD locked in the kitchen either...
Anyone have thoughts/experiences on under 2s being confronted with masked witches and demons yelling 'trick or treat'?!?

Will scare the shit out of her. DS is 18mo and it would him anyway!

Thanks, hunkerpumpkin....thats kind of what I thought, but think I needed a nudge to allow myself to avoid the whole thing, turn the lights out, and hide at the back of the house!

Happy Halloween....

I used to put up a sign - wake the baby and I will cast a spell on you.

Now I just answer the door because ds will be in bed. But it's spring here and light until 8.30pm, so kids do it later.

Don't answer the door, really don't agree with the 'begging' which in reality is all its about!

Yes have a fancy dress party, yes have fun with a couple of your neighbours you know, but DON'T beg from every Tom Dick and Harry!

I'm getting out of he house for the night. Dd is 3 and really frightened of witches at the moment - she won't even watch her fave disney films because of the witches - and she'll have nightmares forever if she sees the thousands of t or t-ers we get round our way. Plus she's too smart/nosey to ignore the door. So we're decamping to my dad's for the night where we're likely to be undisturbed.

Agree, put a note on the door if you don't want any visitors. Round here they only seem to call if you have a pumpkin in the window. I let ds see them last year, when he was 1.5, but went out to 'vet' them first, and told anyone with horror type masks to take them off before he came to see. They were usually quite amenable until they saw my idea of a 'treat' (fruit instead of sweets - bwah hah hah)

Thanks all - think I will put a note on door saying something along the lines of spells being cast on any bell ringers, and that we're off brewing double portions of treats for next year....