Halloween - is it really a good thing or potentially sinister?

[rawhide1]

I personally like Halloween I get a real kick out of taking my kids around. The one and only thing I miss about living in town is not getting trick or treaters. It's neat to see the kids dressed up and they get such a smile on their faces. Sadly I'm on duty for Halloween this year so the wife will have to take the kids by herself. Although she will bring them by the station so I can see them. And yes their are some kids out causing trouble and using Halloween as an excuse to raise hell. But a lot of that could be stopped by their parents taking a belt to their butts. And their are some grown weirdos out there and that could be stopped by a short piece of rope and a tall tree. I don't know how it is other places but around here some towns will block off a certain amount of main street and the business plus the cops and us(fire dept.) will hand out candy so kids don't have to go to houses. Which in my opinion ruins it them kids and their parents are packed in there tighter than bark on a tree. So we still take our kids house to house. And there are a lot of people especially older folks who look forward to seeing the kids. Wether ya like it or not have a SAFE and HAPPY HALLOWEEN and be on the look out for little ones crossing the street.

Mike

[DJ1935]

Hi Ray

Halloween wasnt celebrated here in New Zealand when we were kids. It has only been "reinvented" in the last twenty years or so, mainly by the Warehouse (NZ's Wallmart) so they can sell more junk. The idea of family fun was a good one I guess, but as always, it has been ruined by a few idiots that should be old enough to know better. The same has happened to Guy Fawkes night which we used to look forward to as kids but now it has become a nightmare. Animals are subject to horrific injuries with fireworks and property damaged by lunatics with nothing between their ears. As for more parental control in NZ - yeah right! Parents here are no longer able to give their children a smack, tap on the hand or clip on the ear without fear of being taken to court.

Mercifully we dont get kids turning up on the doorstep begging on Halloween, we're too far out of town. Several years ago I was riding our Quarter horse home after a visit to my friend in town. It was evening and I clicked as soon as I saw a Witch, an Ogre and a Ghost walking towards us that it was Halloween. My usually laid back mount however wasnt impressed with the Ghost in the white sheet and stopped and stared - his eyes boggling from his head. The Witch and Ogre passed by with no problems but the Ghost was getting a bit nervous and when my horse high blowed at it the Ghost screamed and ran off in the opposite direction crying out for it's mummy! I very nearly fell out of the saddle laughing. Trick or treat - Equine style!

DJ

[Go2Tex]

We live out from town a ways in a subdivision of small acreage plots, 3-20 acres mostly with some large ranches all around, so the homes are spread out too far for kids to walk around like they would in a suburb. The association of homeowners organizes a hay ride for the kiddies and the residents, who choose to participate, sit out at the road and pass out candy to the kids on the wagon as it goes by.

Now, as you might expect, this turns into the inevitable tail-gate party that us Texans are so well equiped for, which probably lends largely to the continued success of this unique handling of an otherwise thoroughly distasteful event.

Edited October 31, 2009 by Go2Tex

[jbird]

I dont like the thing at all i mean whats great about get scared out of your wits or roaming around like a other wise criminal type image its just stupid to me.

my family way back when started a tradition on Halloween the kids dress up like a figure that was respected as a good person the do this and go door to door only to friends and family and give something as well as get candy.

its a great time and no one goes around as some crazy mass murderer or walking zombie.

so thats my view on it

Josh