Do you go out on Halloween!?

I always quite like it as we have quite a good bunch of kids around our way. We tend to have plenty of sweets in and reward the kids that put some effort in. I took some photo's of the kids last year as we had a mocked up crime scene with bloody body parts poking out of equally bloody sheet.

A couple of years back we had a grave on the front lawn, with the top of a dummy rising out from the earth, driven by an old windscreen wiper mechanism.
Ring on the doorbell, up rises the body...

It burnt out in the end as everyone wanted to see it work. It was a pain to keep burying it as well. The grave was huge at the end as I added extra growbag contents on top.

Good fun though.
 
Rob.7wood said:
I love the way this has turned into a for/against tradition/not tradition argument!

I only wondered what/where/how poeple intended doing/shooting on the 31st, but do carry on...!

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I prefer the term "Lively debate" :D (as opposed to a Mass......... *Insert old joke here*)

Thanks to your thread though I've found out that there is some weird stuff going on in Swansea so I may check that out :thumbs:

Byker - Awesome Idea with the body, we turn the front garden into a grave yard too, but now you've got me thinking :lol:
 
Halloween is a Pagan tradition dating back hundreds of years! As said, the latest incarnation seems to be to combine halloween & another ancient date of "Mischief night" another tradition from years gone by!. I remember Halloween as a walk round the neighbouthood asking for protection against the "dark forces" & not a threat to vandalise property if you didn't pay up!! (that was saved for a different day Nov 4th :)). Kind regards Graham.
 
Byker28i said:
A couple of years back we had a grave on the front lawn, with the top of a dummy rising out from the earth, driven by an old windscreen wiper mechanism.
Ring on the doorbell, up rises the body...
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You could half-bury a skeleton dressed in a santa outfit. You'd have all the small children in the area in tears for weeks.
 
Round here it's a truly fun night

Dozens of knocks, all get sweets by the bucket-load!

As many as we can give out, ours always come back with much more

NEVER known any vandalism, and even late teens try it on with just a stupid mask

Great fun

DD
 
We very rarely get kids trick or treating anymore, although we did get one kid last summer who rang the doorbell and said trick or treat - I told him he was 8 months too late :cuckoo:
 
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