Halloween

[nellodee]

I've thought about Christmas and how it might be affected, but it only just struck me tonight. Halloween can't happen, can it?

[KitKatastrophe]

People could still trick or treat. In small groups or single family groups. People could easily leave a bowl of sweets on the doorstep if they dont want to open the door.

[TellMeAStoryIllTellYouTheTruth]

I'm taking the kids on a pumpkin trail/scavenger hunt. So they dress up and we walk round the neighbourhood and I give them a treat for every pumpkin or decoration they see. I actually prefer it this way to knocking on doors!

[Cusano34]

Why can’t Halloween happen? Decorate front gardens, dress up, go for walks, sparklers, have your own indoor party with your family, loaded potato skins! Watch scary films, make Halloween treats! Life isn’t cancelled guys

[CovidChristmas]

I’m curious about the poster who said kids missed Easter this year, we still did our own egg hunt as we do every year.
I have booked our local panto (fingers crossed it goes ahead) and will probably so some hedge trimming to make a bonfire at home. We can still have treacle toffee and sparklers maybe not the same as an organised display but not totally missing out either.
For halloween I’m planning dress up and eat Pinterest inspired halloween party food. May also have a walk around pre agreed houses of other parents who are happy to put out a bowl of sweets but won’t be doing the usual knock on any door with a pumpkin. Surely if we only visit the houses of kids they are at school with and just take sweets from a bowl the risk is pretty low. Can’t wait to see Boris Johnson trying to announce a Halloween policy.

[taylluca]

Yes your probably right. Such a shame🍁🎃

[RedskyAtnight]

If individual sweet parcels were prepped wearing gloves three days before and then left on a table in the front garden wouldn't this be acceptable?

You must live in a different sort of area to me ... wouldn't the first group to come along just take all of them? And even if they didn't take all of them, they would probably handle all of them, therefore rendering the prep with gloves etc pretty redundant.

[taylluca]

If individual sweet parcels were prepped wearing gloves three days before and then left on a table in the front garden wouldn't this be acceptable? I was going to cut some bin bags up put some sweets and treats in there, wrapped up with saved orange netting ( from orange and tangerine packaging) and tied up with raffia, placed on the table and allow kids to help themselves. Just an idea, otherwise it looks like buy your own and watch scary movies. Still going to decorate etc.

[covetingthepreciousthings]

Many, many theatres have already cancelled their pantomimes, as it is around now that preparations for them start

Both our local theatres have said they won't reopen until 2021, if they can

[cantkeepawayforever]

[quote Yesterdayforgotten]@cantkeepawayforever Ah I see so no theatre performances than[/quote]
I think there will be small drama productions, where the economics might just about work and it keeps the theatres from remaining completely dark, but nothing larger.

Similarly with music, chamber music or solosts - yes; larger orchestras - no. Choirs, wind and brass bands - a very definite no.

[BabyMoonPie]

@Iremembertheelderlykoreanlady - because a lot of people don't work on Saturday and there is no school so more opportunity to do something

[Yesterdayforgotten]

@cantkeepawayforever Ah I see so no theatre performances than

[cantkeepawayforever]

I think pantomimes and a lot of similar events will go ahead just with less capacity and social distancing in place.

Many, many theatres have already cancelled their pantomimes, as it is around now that preparations for them start. A theatre with social distancing will have such a small income from tickets that they won't be able to sustain the costs of a pantomime - sometimes the only annual show that turns a profit in normal years, keeping many regional theatres afloat.

[Yesterdayforgotten]

I think pantomimes and a lot of similar events will go ahead just with less capacity and social distancing in place. I also think bonfire night will still take place as it is outside and again with pre booking and social distancing in place.
For Halloween this was the first year dc1 was old enough for us to take trick or treating and I was really looking forward to dressing him and his younger sibling up and taking them out as I love this time of year. However this year we will just do what we have done for the last couple of years and put up decorations, dress up, activities indoors with spooky music, scary food and treats and child friendly films. We will be fine and hopefully we will get to start trick or treating next Halloween.

[herecomesthsun]

Not so concerned about Halloween in particular, but very concerned about the way that this situation impacts on fun and traditions for children.

[user1493494961]

I've got lots of concerns regarding the virus but Halloween isn't one of them.

[Illusionordelusion]

Yeah it is really sad. Big fan here of Halloween, but then I am a pagan .

We will still celebrate in some way but Halloween in my area really is fab.

The Christmas nativity is the worst though, feel really sad about that.

[PrimalLass]

I don't see why not.

[HollyBollyBooBoo]

It'll still happen round here. You wouldn't even know lockdown ever existed.

[Osquito]

So glad it’s not just me and DS wondering this! We LOVE Halloween.
We’ve agreed if there’s no trick-or-treating then we’re going to make the home into a “haunted house” treasure hunt sort of thing, for him to go through and collect prizes (I’m already dreading the work this’ll take!).

This year Halloween is on a Saturday AND A FULL MOON!!

[AlohaMolly]

We don’t really do Halloween but for those of you that do, could you not make little bundles of sweets? Like mini party bags? That way children can take individual bags and not rummage.

[Iremembertheelderlykoreanlady]

Confused about all the "and it's on a saturday" comments...how does that make a difference?

I think it will still happen. If I take my son out I'll take a shit load of hand sanitizer with us. He's missed out on enough this year

[covetingthepreciousthings]

We will do some at home games like bobbing for apples and flour mountain

Curious about flour mountain?

[covetingthepreciousthings]

I can't see anything in the guidelines that would deny Halloween "trick or treating", as long as the giving of sweets was socially distanced, and the groups going around were socially distanced or from the same "household"

There isn't.. but considering the virus can survive on surfaces I would feel uneasy about having my kids go take sweets out of baskets that god knows how many other kids have touched etc. Which I think that's probably where part of the issue is rather than social distancing.

Though it will also be that people don't want strangers coming to their door.

[wendz86]

I've already warned my 9 year old as she loves halloween. Told her she can keep knocking on our door instead and i'll get a load of sweets .

[sirfredfredgeorge]

I can't see anything in the guidelines that would deny Halloween "trick or treating", as long as the giving of sweets was socially distanced, and the groups going around were socially distanced or from the same "household"

Indoor parties would certainly be limited.