what does everyone else do for halloween?

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in General Discussion edited January 2014
is it even a big deal outside of the united states?



i get to experience it again, albeit vicariously, through my children, although it won't be as fun this year as my youngest son announced he now LIKES snickers bars and i will have the avenue of enjoyment shut down.



my oldest son (almost 5) is going as the hulk, as are just about all the boys in his preschool class.

his younger brother (just turned 4) is showing some imagination and going as charlie brown in "the great pumpkin." he gathered a bunch of stones for his halloween candy bag and has been practicing saying "i got a rock" for a couple of days.

they have a thing at preschool and will trick or treat tonight, or at 4 p.m. as trick or treating now ends at night fall.



what are you going to do?
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  • Reply 1 of 41
    I love the sound of the Charlie Brown idea .



    My wife and I will be going round a friends house for Chinese take out. ALthough that's not 'till later, so I guess we'll be fending off the local kids with chocolate .



    Dave.
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  • Reply 2 of 41
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by superkarate monkeydeathcar

    i get to experience it again, albeit vicariously, through my children, although it won't be as fun this year as my youngest son announced he now LIKES snickers bars and i will have the avenue of enjoyment shut down.



    I heard on the radio this morning that a survey indicated that 90% of parents steal their own kids' Halloween candy.

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  • Reply 3 of 41
    moogsmoogs Posts: 4,296member




    Heck yah. I'd do it. It has two direct benefits: you don't have to pay for it at the market, and your kid is less likely to be a complete spastic (for weeks on end, depending on the size of the loot) who doesn't do their homework when told.



    As for traditions, last year I opened the door, dimmed the lights and played some of those creepy / sicko tracks from the FightClub soundtrack. Then I just sat in the door and stared. If you want to creep someone out, you have to give the appearance that you're not *trying* to creep them out.







    This year I probably won't do that though my neighbor deserves an earfull, the beyotch. Truth be told, that was half the reason I did what I did. To annoy the crap out of my neighbor who usually plays their surround-sound set at obnoxious volume levels every night. It worked too. She was gone within 10 minutes. Left the candy at her door and drove off with her kid.
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  • Reply 4 of 41
    bungebunge Posts: 7,329member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by superkarate monkeydeathcar

    his younger brother (just turned 4) is showing some imagination and going as charlie brown in "the great pumpkin." he gathered a bunch of stones for his halloween candy bag and has been practicing saying "i got a rock" for a couple of days.?



    That's awesome!
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  • Reply 5 of 41
    Quote:

    Originally posted by BRussell

    I heard on the radio this morning that a survey indicated that 90% of parents steal their own kids' Halloween candy.





    no i think they meant we steal 90% of their halloween candy.



    actually what i do is, halloween day, they can eat whatever they want, then i throw it in a big bowl and they get one piece if they finish their meal.
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  • Reply 6 of 41
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    I'm going to buy big bags of candy and then eat it with the door locked and laugh at the silly children WITH NO CANDY! HAHA!
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  • Reply 7 of 41
    i have just found out that although they now eat snickers they still don't like peanut m&m's. so i got that going for me.
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  • Reply 8 of 41
    I'm going to get dressed up in some random costume, get outrageously drunk, and go out into the street with a bunch of other costumed and drunk people. And we're going to point and laugh at all the silly people in cop costumes (and hope they don't arrest us.)



    I love Isla Vista.
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  • Reply 9 of 41
    I'm sitting here wi' the lights oot, keeping' verra, verra quiet in case some wee buggers come tae my door tae ask for money. Awa wi' ye, ye wee scunners!



    When I was a weeb it laddie we used tae dress up as ghaists and ghoulies wi' auld pieces o' sacking and whisky crates and go roond the doors asking for oranges or peanuts and we were verra grateful for whitever we got - unlike noo whaur these wee heilots demand at least a fiver ($675) withoot even doing onything apart frae chap at the door! Refusal tae transact said small fortune guarantees a boxfu' o' fireworks through the letterbox in the wee, sma' hoors.



    I jist hope they havnae seen the light frae my laptop's screen noo, through the curtains. Must awa' and be wheesht again...
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  • Reply 10 of 41
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    I haven't had time to get a costume....really dont want to spend any money on it either.



    I'd like to go to Castro tonight but without a costume it wouldnt be as cool. Plus, I have to be up at 5:30 tomorrow morning
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  • Reply 11 of 41
    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    i love seinfelds bit on halloween, on his "i'm telling you for the last time" album. i can't remember exact quotes, and it may not come out as funny in text, but it was something like this: remember the first time your parents told you about halloween. your mind couldn't get around it. "what? someone's giving away candy? who's giving away candy? ... EVERYONE we know is giving away candy!? I'll do anything. I gotta be a part of this. ... I can wear that."



    back in my day, halloween was really great. one of the best days of the year. i'd meet the gang, we'd hit a bodega for a few dozen eggs, and a pharmacy for some shaving cream, then we'd wreck everyone, particularly cabs, who came near us. there are lots of blind spots on some streets, so cabbies wouldn't even know where it was coming from until they'd driven away. individual delivery men, with their pizzas and bikes, don't really have much of a chance against a mob of 20. and, after all that fun thinned out, i would get tremendous amounts of candy. enough to live on for the week. then i'd eat all my little sister's. then whatever was left that mom had bought for trick-or-treaters (she always bought a lot).



    now, i don't know what i'm gonna do exactly. on the one hand, i could really go for some candy. but i dont think people will be very appreciative of an inebriated drunk stumbling around infront of their door, asking for candy. and i know i'm going to get ripped tonight. i'm too old to participate in the all the fun halloween activities. and i dont have any kids i could chaperone on their candy searches, so i guess i'll have to just pay for my candy.



    this weekend is gonna be great though. halloween and marathon sunday (SUNday SUNDAY). i'll probably drink enough beer to put some kids through college.
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  • Reply 12 of 41
    fellowshipfellowship Posts: 5,038member
    I watched Emeril on Food network last night funny stuff.



    Tricks or sweets.... The audience and Doc. Gibbs and the band was funny.



    BWAAAHA HA HA HA HA Boo.







    Fellows
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  • Reply 13 of 41
    bungebunge Posts: 7,329member
    I like peanut M&Ms.



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  • Reply 14 of 41
    Quote:

    Originally posted by bunge

    I like peanut M&Ms.







    i'll save you the brown ones
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  • Reply 15 of 41
    nothing. a few years ago we started getting undesirables, so we stopped giving out candy
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  • Reply 16 of 41
    ibrowseibrowse Posts: 1,749member
    I will be delivering pizza until midnight. Everybody know the real party doesn't start until 1:00 anyways.
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  • Reply 17 of 41
    xenuxenu Posts: 204member
    A few kids walked around in costume. There was a cute little girl dressed as a witch - with a green face and broom.



    We pretty much ignored it. Had one person come to the door. We were too lazy to get up, and they left.



    I wonder what the Celts, and non-green faced witches think about this?
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  • Reply 18 of 41
    moogsmoogs Posts: 4,296member
    iBrowse, I bet you see some crazy stuff delivering on Halloween night in New Yohk.



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  • Reply 19 of 41
    We're having a costume & keg party at our house tonight. Check out my costume (sorry for the bad quality- the pics were taken with my T616 camera phone):











    HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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  • Reply 20 of 41
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    What will I be doing? Partying and getting drunk and hopefully ass from a lot of girls haha. But what sucks is I have to be up at 8 tomorrow morning.
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