trick or treat

[MKG]

Trick or treating didn't exist here when I was very young (before the invention of the wheel). Then the night before Halloween was called Mischievous Night and all the kids would slink out, knock on various doors and run away. No-one expected that

It became an art form involving long threads tied to door knockers, and all the adults played along and pretended that they couldn't see us hiding behind the privet. Then they got clever and began gluing the knockers to delay us while they snuck round the back to catch us. Grown-ups eh? No fun at all.

Mike

[ina]

My mum has just left a Facebook message thanking the little darlings who trashed her car last night. By the sounds of it, she wasn't generous enough with her treats so they've smashed the windows, done the lights in and scratched it all over.

See, that's what I am afraid of. That's why I'm hiding in a dark house - can't go to the back room, as my house is tiny and has two "fronts". And I massively resent having to sit in the dark, because I'm afraid of what the little b*stards will get up to if I don't comply with the unwritten rules of handing out large quantities of junk, or better still, cash!

There may have been some nice, cosy idea behind the whole idea at one time (although I can't remember at the moment what it was - we had something slightly different in Germany, St. Martin's Day), but it's got to the stage where it seems to be just another excuse for criminal behaviour...

[Millymollymandy]

Just wait until the mayor hears about it. I can almost see the men in white coats coming along the drive...

What a shame he's not in your hamlet so you could have visited him! It sounds like your neighbours really enjoyed it anyway, and why not spread a bit of your culture about too. It makes life more interesting doesn't it?

[citizentwiglet]

My mum has just left a Facebook message thanking the little darlings who trashed her car last night. By the sounds of it, she wasn't generous enough with her treats so they've smashed the windows, done the lights in and scratched it all over.

See, that's what I am afraid of. That's why I'm hiding in a dark house - can't go to the back room, as my house is tiny and has two "fronts". And I massively resent having to sit in the dark, because I'm afraid of what the little b*stards will get up to if I don't comply with the unwritten rules of handing out large quantities of junk, or better still, cash!

There may have been some nice, cosy idea behind the whole idea at one time (although I can't remember at the moment what it was - we had something slightly different in Germany, St. Martin's Day), but it's got to the stage where it seems to be just another excuse for criminal behaviour...

Well....I ought not listen to Facebook messages from friends back in my home village and immediately consider them fact. My mum's car was not the one badly damaged - well, it got covered in yellow paint - but it looks like the wee smashers went down the entire street damaging all the cars - it was her neighbour's car that got smashed up and several others were damaged before the police caught up with them. Eejits.