Trick or Treating

Thorin · Post by **Thorin** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:35 pm

We all know it's halloween tomorrow, and I can't wait to go out trick or treating!
...I'll get my coat.

What do people think of it? I love all the extra chocolate we get in the house, but some of the people who come round are real buggers, they're about 14 years old sometimes!
Rubish American import?
Valuable cultural exchange?
Not bothered?

((Yes I've wrote this from a British point of view))

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:57 pm

Where I live it's never really been much of a big deal - I've had one bunch of kids around in about the last four years. I don't even bother to lay sweets in any more.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:18 am

I've worked all the Halloweens around the neighborhood. So I actually don't know what it's like.

I shall be dressing up tomorrow for work, though.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:26 am

To tell you the truth, here in America we generally celebrate with traditional Samhain rituals - wearing our torcs, making a limestone football out of an enemy's head, bronze cauldron full of blood, dodging the Great Hunt, and all that.

No, not really.

celeritas · Post by **celeritas** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:19 am

i'm glad the kids don't go out trick or treating around my area now. too many drug dealers around...

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:48 am

Ugh, I hate this day. With the amount of fireworks going off outside you'd think you were in Baghdad. Not to mention my road is going to be swarming with kids.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:55 am

I'm in a suburban area, and the houses in my neighborhood were decorated more extensively than for Christmas. We had trick-or-treat last night, because our entire city is involved in a huge parade this evening. In addition, it occupies the kids on the night before Halloween, which is traditionally called Mischief Night or Devil's Night, and thus helps prevent most of the random vandalism.

Here's hoping everyone here manages to avoid the souls of the dead - Happy Halloween!

Thorin · Post by **Thorin** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:11 pm

Mikey wrote:I'm in a suburban area, and the houses in my neighborhood were decorated more extensively than for Christmas. We had trick-or-treat last night, because our entire city is involved in a huge parade this evening. In addition, it occupies the kids on the night before Halloween, which is traditionally called Mischief Night or Devil's Night, and thus helps prevent most of the random vandalism.

Here's hoping everyone here manages to avoid the souls of the dead - Happy Halloween!

How strange - our mischief night is on the day before bonfire night, which is on the 5th of November. I understand bonfire night even less than halloween - celebrating someone's attempt at blowing up the government of England? Or celebrating his death? 'Eh' pretty much covers my thoughts.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:28 pm

From time to time there has been things done in my neighborhood on devils night. However, they have always skipped my house. Even mischef makers know better than to mess with my stuff.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:59 pm

Thorin wrote:How strange - our mischief night is on the day before bonfire night, which is on the 5th of November. I understand bonfire night even less than halloween - celebrating someone's attempt at blowing up the government of England? Or celebrating his death? 'Eh' pretty much covers my thoughts.

Is that the same as Guy Ffawkes' Day?

I imagine there is less emphasis over there on the traditional American-style Halloween because you are closer - in descent and in geography - to the original celebrators of Samhain. Curious, though, that this one was hijacked into becoming the Christian holiday of All Souls' Day, and then the more or less secular Halloween, but no such conversions were made of Imbalc, etc.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:43 pm

Mikey wrote:
Thorin wrote:How strange - our mischief night is on the day before bonfire night, which is on the 5th of November. I understand bonfire night even less than halloween - celebrating someone's attempt at blowing up the government of England? Or celebrating his death? 'Eh' pretty much covers my thoughts.
Is that the same as Guy Ffawkes' Day?

I imagine there is less emphasis over there on the traditional American-style Halloween because you are closer - in descent and in geography - to the original celebrators of Samhain. Curious, though, that this one was hijacked into becoming the Christian holiday of All Souls' Day, and then the more or less secular Halloween, but no such conversions were made of Imbalc, etc.

Over the last 20 years in the USA, nearly no one gives a poo about the religious side of holidays. Even Christmas (which we do not have to go into the irony of that) has little religious meaning anymore.

Thorin · Post by **Thorin** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:10 pm

Mikey wrote: Is that the same as Guy Ffawkes' Day?

Yes.

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:42 pm

Thorin wrote: How strange - our mischief night is on the day before bonfire night, which is on the 5th of November. I understand bonfire night even less than halloween - celebrating someone's attempt at blowing up the government of England? Or celebrating his death? 'Eh' pretty much covers my thoughts.

I take it that V for Vendetta didn't go over too well across the pond?

On the subject of Halloween, I am getting my "Sorry, no candy." sign ready right now.

Granitehewer · Post by **Granitehewer** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:04 pm

i'd be out but yesterday i got mortalled at the public house, then fell off a quadbike when jousting with mini traffic cones, so am andorian blue in places........

celeritas · Post by **celeritas** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:50 pm

i want candy.