Halloween

[snorri]

I am hoping Brexit will put an end to this and Christmas
I am sure I read it on a bus or was I dreaming! Got my vote!

I've put you on my Christmas card list just for the heck of it.

 

[Stephenite]

We've had a fun evening this year.

A party for the eldest. Trick or treating for the youngest. Everyone had a scream. Then it was 'The Haunting of Hill House' for the grown-ups (until my other half fell asleep then I had to turn it off 'cos these things put the willys up me).

 

[lane]

Had some young ones round with parents. Then a couple with two young kids who said - "someones taken the manole / drain cover from the road outside your house, its a bit lethal in the dark with all these young kids around". Too bloody right. We covered it up as best we could and I managed to contact highways who sent someone out to cover it up properly and put a traffic cone on it. Not trick or treat, apparently they are disapearing all round here to be sold as scrap metal.

 

[keithmac]

I was out with my 6 year old daughter for an hour last night.

Everyone round here sticks to the Pumpkin code, if the house is decorated then it's Trick or Treat friendly (like ours!).

Had a nice chat with the locals and all the kids enjoy dressing up for the night.

Just a bit of fun, all done and quiet again by 8pm..

 

[lane]

I used to be quite anti Halloween, but since we had kids we had to join in more. My kids are too old to be interested now but we still put a pumpkin in the window and it was nice to get the little kids round.

 

[Stephenite]

I used to be quite anti Halloween, but since we had kids we had to join in more. My kids are too old to be interested now but we still put a pumpkin in the window and it was nice to get the little kids round.

Exactly. We get neighbours asking us to make sure our kids knock on their door. One couple even said they want to feel like they live in a society, rather than be isolated.

 

[DaveReading]

Only two kids at the door last night.

We're left with a ton of bite-sized chocolate that we're going to have to eat ourselves.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Only two kids at the door last night.

We're left with a ton of bite-sized chocolate that we're going to have to eat ourselves.

Good planning... and an excellent excuse to get out in the bike more!

 

[postman]

For a few years me and Mrs Postman did NO TRICK OUR TREAT.We set up a paste board table,tons of sweets,hot or cold drinks,hot dogs and burgers in rolls or breadcakes.It was fab 19-30 till 22-00.We were very popular,last year we had to miss it by going to see daughter in Edinburgh,this year we went to see and take mother in law out,so we could not get anything ready.It was great fun.

 

[snorri]

We're left with a ton of bite-sized chocolate that we're going to have to eat ourselves.

You could always try a random act of kindness.
I once received a free box of chocolates from Lidl, I knew it would do me no good to eat them all, so I took the box to work.
At the time we were ferrying workers to their work site some 35 minutes from the harbour, the other boat was faster and could do the trip in half that time so my passengers were quite bored and just a little jealous of their colleagues in the faster boat. When I saw the other boat coming up astern I sent the crewman out to the passenger deck to distribute the chocolates. The first passenger was highly suspicious, there had never been free chocos before, likewise the second guy. The suspicions eased as the first recipients were looking happy by this time, but there were worried looks from guys on the other side of the boat as they wondered if there would be any chocs left for them. Fortunately I had counted the chocs before starting out to ensure there was one for all 12 passengers. The crewman made a point of ensuring that the passengers in the overtaking boat saw the box being circulated which raised much cheering and jeering.
It was the best entertainment I'd ever had from a box of chocolates.

 

[lane]

I was in a bakers just prior to Christmas when my kids were young and an elderly lady bought them both a very large chocolate santa - random acts of kindness are great and sometimes remembered for years.

 

[DaveReading]

You could always try a random act of kindness.

S*d that, we've eaten them all.