Trick or treating. . .

[The Don]

Re: Re: Trick or treating. . .

Just curious...

What was your mother's explanation for not wanting you to go trick or treating?

- Did she buy into the 'razor blade in the apple' urban myth?

- Did she fear to place your immortal soul within reach of Satan's grasp?

- Did she fear the annual protection racket of Halloween was a gateway crime that would lead you into the world of organized crime?

Or was she just worried about p*ssing the neighbours off ?

 

[Undodog]

Being British, I used to hate the idea of Trick or Treat Americanizing our kids.
Then I remembered that our tradition is to have a fortnight of under-16 amateur pyrotechnitians throwing what are essentially legal grenades at people or tying them to domestic pets. What we have is a celebration of horrific burn injuries and nights spent in overcrowded casualty waiting rooms. Two weeks where my cat is too frightened to go outside, even during the daytime because there are fireworks being let off from 11am throughout the day. Why? I’ve no idea.
Unfortunately, we haven’t quite got the hang of Trick or Treat yet so we get the ones who turn up two days before, which in my opinion is called ‘begging’.

 

[Corey]

You have to take advantage of certain mindlessly perpetuated cultural practices while you can...especially if they involve free candy and socially justifiable revenge.


Personally, I plan on training my kids on effective "trick" tactics, to balance out the candy part. I don't want them saying "trick or treat" without a full grasp of the meaning.

 

[Psiload]

Being British, I used to hate the idea of Trick or Treat Americanizing our kids.
Then I remembered that our tradition is to have a fortnight of under-16 amateur pyrotechnitians throwing what are essentially legal grenades at people or tying them to domestic pets. What we have is a celebration of horrific burn injuries and nights spent in overcrowded casualty waiting rooms. Two weeks where my cat is too frightened to go outside, even during the daytime because there are fireworks being let off from 11am throughout the day. Why? I’ve no idea.
Unfortunately, we haven’t quite got the hang of Trick or Treat yet so we get the ones who turn up two days before, which in my opinion is called ‘begging’.

I suspect the whole 'trick or treat' concept, is just a modern, and polite form of the old British highwayman "Stand, and deliver... your money, or your life." threat.

 

[peptoabysmal]

One of my favorite parts is when people go all out to dress up their house for Halloween. The one I saw this year while taking my grandchildren trick-or-treating beats anything I have seen previously. It looked like Hollywood special effects. They had fog machines and tombstones and a zombie and animated giant rats that would jump out of the hedges at you. The crowning piece was this huge gargoyle that spread its wings, turned its head and then spewed smoke / fog out of its mouth. There were portals all over the lawn where fog was slowly oozing out.

Here, I've got pictures:

 

[Hannibal]

How is it any different than carol singing?

"PAY US OR WE'LL SING A LOAD OF OUT OF TUNE DROSS AT YOU!"

Also in the UK we have a crap bonfire tradition called "cob-coaling" which is the least imaginative door-to-door begging you can do.