Do you answer trick or treaters?

Biblioklept

Do you answer the door to kids trick or treating? 

I can't so am thinking of getting a big bowl and leaving it outside for them to help themselves. Does anyone do this and is it a bad idea??

cpnan

I used to answer the door to trick or treaters, however I increasingly found myself faced with groups of teenagers who weren’t even in costumes, which would deplete the sweets I’d bought rather quickly!  Then I’d have nothing left for the little ones who I used to love seeing.
I too, thought about leaving a bowl of sweets outside for them but I really don’t think it would last long with the teenagers around!  They’d probably take the bowl as well as the sweets lol.
Now I just turn off the lights at the front of the house and it usually stops them from knocking. 

Most parents with little ones tend to only visit houses that have a pumpkin displayed these days which I think is a fab idea. 

SueHeath

Yep we answer the door, but only up to about 8 o'clock, and like @cpnan has said, we have an halloween candle in the window, so the youngsters know we are willing for them to visit. x

Sandy_123

I don't plan to this year bahumbug lol. I don't have decs up this year either. 

janer1967

I don't all the up and down into my wheelchair they have gone by time I get there 

Binky1234

I made up different bags for the neighbours kids and handed them in to them the other day.

In regards to trick or treaters we leave a big shopping  bag of made up goodies at the front door, usually the kids are good and only take one bag.

Binky1234

L_Volunteer

Do you plan to put decs up this year @Sandy_123? I am curious 

Poppy_

I used too but I don’t now, mainly because where i am, there isn’t many trick or treaters. Now, I just buy sweets for myself and watch horror/Halloween movies. 

Cartini

Sandy_123 said:

I don't plan to this year bahumbug lol. I don't have decs up this year either. 

I never put decorations up because I don`t "do" Xmas.  And no, I`m not "bah humbug".  I`m not religious in any way shape or form, so to celebrate it would be hypocritical.  I also think it`s a disgustingly over-commercialised time of the year. 

Cartini

I never answer my door on Halloween.

vikingqueen

       On my street we seem to have an unwritten rule that you don't knock on a door if the house doesn't have any decorations in the windows. It's worked well for many years. 

      

Steve_in_The_City

I answer the door. I think it is fun. The kids make a big effort, so why not reward them with a few treats. A close neighbour has gone overboard and turned their garden into the Halloween version of Santa's Fairy Grotto. They have even got a skeleton hanging up!

Biblioklept

Teddybear12 said:

Biblioklept said:

Do you answer the door to kids trick or treating? 

I can't so am thinking of getting a big bowl and leaving it outside for them to help themselves. Does anyone do this and is it a bad idea??

I will be doing that @Biblioklept. I have a little dog and the doorbell keep going makes him hypo.

Have you done it before? I'm worried someone will just empty the bowl  

Biblioklept

Binky1234 said:

That's lovely and so true! 

BenjiBunny1965

I used to enjoy taking my daughter trick or treating every year (until she decided that she no longer wanted to go anymore) 
We moved into a new area a month or 3 before Halloween and she was looking forward to going meeting the local people I pushed her around in her wheelchair and more often than not people would sit watching TV and looking through their windows at us but only 4 people had the decency to open their doors and out of those only 1 gave my daughter anything the others just said in their opinion Halloween is an American rip off and they don't hand out sweets to strangers even verywell dresed princesses (I was just happy that they had opened their doors and at least talked to my daughter) one of them explained that we were the first people who had ever come around trick or treating 
The following year someone (1 of the people who the previous year refused even to come to their door for us) came knocking on our door and I got my daughter  to give  the kids some treats while I went to the gate to chat with the adult walking the kids around and I said "How do you have the cheek to come to my door trick or treating when you wouldn't come to your door last year when I brought my disabled daughter" they tried saying they were out last year but I mentioned their door number and the fact they were watching TV looking out at us so  they don't come knocking anymore & I think they spread the word because no one comes trick or treating or Guy Fawkes night not even Christmas carolling 

Grinchy

we enjoy the little ones knocking, i'll have a big bowl of treats waiting, we don't usually get many, but we love to see the kids and then have spooky film night

SueHeath

perhaps you could wear one of your masks @Grinchy ha ha x

Grinchy

i'm scary enough without the mask,  @SueHeath

Sandy_123

Cartini said:

Sandy_123 said:

I don't plan to this year bahumbug lol. I don't have decs up this year either. 

I never put decorations up because I don`t "do" Xmas.  And no, I`m not "bah humbug".  I`m not religious in any way shape or form, so to celebrate it would be hypocritical.  I also think it`s a disgustingly over-commercialised time of the year. 

Yes it is  I'm not a Christian ect either, just nice to add a bit of bling, bring out the turkey, pull a few crackers 

Sandy_123

L_Volunteer said:

Do you plan to put decs up this year @Sandy_123? I am curious 

No not this year, I did last year as we had a party at mine, disco light bulb and all.