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[Guest]

Don't believe I mentioned anything to do with Trick or Treating or knocking on people's doors at all, you're the one who homed in on that.

 

What's wrong with it anyway? Things change and it's a fun way to get a community involved. I think if anything, it's become less of a thing now. I remember being a kid and getting a lot more whilst trick or treating than kids these days get. And yes, I trick or treated

I don't remember knocking on people's doors on 70s Halloween nights, so no trick or treating as such, but there was certainly dressing up, turnip (pumpkins were for the posh kids) carving and ghost stories. We had as much of a clue about the 'true meaning' of Halloween as, I reckon, does a seven year old today. I hadn't heard of 'Mischief Night' until relatively recently.

 

We have two types of trick or treaters in my neck of the woods: young kids dressed up as witches and ghosts and whatnot going door to door in little groups with their parents; and older kids, usually teenagers, who make no effort and have latched on to Halloween as a way of asking for money, in a sort of bargain basement door to door 'penny pound for the guy' thing. The former group are more in the spirit of the American trick or treater, and are much more welcome.

 

What has changed is the availability of Halloween stuff in the shops. Lots of plastiky crap, of course, but also an expanded range of arts and crafts materials and so on. If it gives children an opportunity to get creative then three cheers for that. Lots of crafts materials for adults too, like fabric, patterns and kits, often imported from the US (we've still a lot of catching up to do here). So again, it's a another great opportunity for everyone to embrace their creativity.

 

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The stupid huge, fake eyebrow craze

 

Is this a Sheffield only thing? Don't think it's made it down here.

Edited October 12, 2015 by Guest

[leviathan13]

Don't believe I mentioned anything to do with Trick or Treating or knocking on people's doors at all, you're the one who homed in on that.

 

What's wrong with it anyway? Things change and it's a fun way to get a community involved. I think if anything, it's become less of a thing now. I remember being a kid and getting a lot more whilst trick or treating than kids these days get. And yes, I trick or treated

 

You alluded to it with the comment about kids walking on my lawn. If that wasn't your meaning, I apologise.

 

But my point still stands about Americanisation of it. It's gone the same way as Christmas - certainly if my Facebook feed has anything to do with it. People gearing up for it in August etc. Then again, I'm not religious, and I'm wangling Paganism in with that.

 

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Is this a Sheffield only thing? Don't think it's made it down here.

 

Unless I'm mistaken, I think it started in Liverpool. Can't speak for the south, but it's certainly rife up here.

[bethanywalke]

I don't remember knocking on people's doors on 70s Halloween nights, so no trick or treating as such, but there was certainly dressing up, turnip (pumpkins were for the posh kids) carving and ghost stories. We had as much of a clue about the 'true meaning' of Halloween as, I reckon, does a seven year old today. I hadn't heard of 'Mischief Night' until relatively recently.

 

We have two types of trick or treaters in my neck of the woods: young kids dressed up as witches and ghosts and whatnot going door to door in little groups with their parents; and older kids, usually teenagers, who make no effort and have latched on to Halloween as a way of asking for money, in a sort of bargain basement door to door 'penny pound for the guy' thing. The former group are more in the spirit of the American trick or treater, and are much more welcome.

 

What has changed is the availability of Halloween stuff in the shops. Lots of plastiky crap, of course, but also an expanded range of arts and crafts materials and so on. If it gives children an opportunity to get creative then three cheers for that. Lots of crafts materials for adults too, like fabric, patterns and kits, often imported from the US (we've still a lot of catching up to do here). So again, it's a another great opportunity for everyone to embrace their creativity.

 

 

This is what I mean, I don't get the teenagers at my door rather little children with their families. I honestly don't see anything wrong with it and the spirit of it, especially if they can use their creativity.

Edited October 13, 2015 by nikki-red
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