Halloween approaches... Love it or loath it?

[Fab Foodie]

I hate Halloween, wtf is it all about... another money making opportunity for purveyors of tat? Or a wholesome family festival?

Me, I hate it, but then I'm a miserable fecker.

 

[Hugo15]

I'm with you FF, I hate it. It's just another money making scheme from the retailers. Already shelled out for two costumes for the kids, sweets and a "loot" bucket for daughter #2.

Plus the kids end up with enough sweets to last them about 6 months.

 

[Noodley]

It's the only time in the year I feel I can leave my house without being mocked.

 

[Fab Foodie]

It's the only time in the year I feel I can leave my house without being mocked.

You bast&rd... new keyboard please!
Nothing to tidy today?

 

[Fnaar]

Another cynical miserable hallowe'en loathing fecker here, but i like carving pumpkins.

 

[Crackle]

Love it: Most disappointed the kids are away and I'll miss it all on Saturday night when I pick 'em up.

 

[longers]

Pumpkins are a lot easier than turnips and swedes, smell nicer when the lid singes, and their branes taste better

 

[Baggy]

Two of my immediate family and one family cat were born on Hallow'een, so it's taken on a different significance for me. I like pumpkins, but the commercialisation of it all really gets on my wick.

 

[Noodley]

It's a bit of fun for the kids. Stop being such grumpy buggers.

 

[jonesy]

Bah humbug! It means hiding upstairs with the downstairs lights off to avoid answering the door!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Bah humbug! It means hiding upstairs with the downstairs lights off to avoid answering the door!

Or simply going out for the night!

 

[karen.488walker]

used to hate it, but the kids love it, off t + ting on Sat.

 

[tdr1nka]

I love all the spooky stuff, ghost stories, pumpkin lanterns etc.

What I loath is the 'trick or treat' and assorted Americanised aspects that have taken what should be a simple tradition of welcoming in the dark of winter and made it about consumption and acquisition.

 

[Baggy]

I switch all our outdoor sensor lights off to make it more of a challenge for people to get to our front door

If they make it, they might be lucky enough to receive a healthy snack, such as an apple, as a treat. If they're unlucky, Chuffy will answer the door

Some b*stards stole a plant pot, including plants, from outside my front door as a "trick" one year. I wasn't even in...

 

[jeltz]

Yep me also don't like it at all, yet another miserable bugger!

BTW as a relative newbie I'm disappointed to note that there is note that the social groups section of this forum lacks a Grumpy Old Men group, surely that should be remedied.