Trick or treaters

fussyonion

Does anyone still give out fruit on Halloween night?
What do you give?

I just buy the famous Bag of Crap from Dominic's, Tallaght for €5.99-it's lollipops, chewy bars and jellies..then just distribute them in little plastic bags.
That'll keep the little pipsqueaks quiet.

dee_mc

I forgot to stock up for them last year, neighbour kids looked a bit bemused to get cereal bars and low fat crisps!

Stainless_Steel

Onner bags.

fussyonion

dee_mc wrote: »

I forgot to stock up for them last year, neighbour kids looked a bit bemused to get cereal bars and low fat crisps!

Hahah I can just imagine that scene!

Ruu

10 Major.

Stainless_Steel

Ruu wrote: »

10 Major.

Showing your age! Can't get 10s anymore!

henryporter

10 spot

whatdoicare

Mini toothpastes and toothbrushes is what ill be giving this year and a little horror story I like to call "GINGIVITIS!!" woooooooo!

Gran Hermano

Just don't offer them your nuts.

Davarus Walrus

Homemade hummus, tabbouleh salad, flatbreads, cottage cheese. Kale, Pepper and Ginger shakes for the kids; organic Sava for the adults.

Stainless_Steel

henryporter wrote: »

10 spot

I'm being too generous giving out onners!

HeidiHeidi

A few years ago I was living in a..... well, lets say it was an economically not-so-well-off estate. I genuinely forgot it was Hallowe'en, and got completely caught out when kids started banging on the door.

All I had was a bunch of grapes in the kitchen - so I slightly embarrassedly handed out a handful of them to the kids, saying that I was sorry I had nothing else.

I've never seen kids so excited about some grapes. "Oh missus, I haven't had grapes in AAAAAAGES!" or " we NEVER get grapes!" something along those lines - if I hadn't heard it myself I wouldn't have believed it.

Wouldn't advocate it as a policy, but they certainly went down well that night!

Deenie123

Nay nay nay. They won't eat them and will just feel a bit cheated out of potential sweets.

policarp

Just give them your Nigerian bank account No.

_Whimsical_

I always liked money best as a kid but this generation seem happy with sweets. FOOLS!

I'm sad to say I think fruit was and still is the ultimate halloween disappointment.

fleet_admiral

Im going to make a load of rice crispie cakes and lace them with Epsom Salts

policarp

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Im going to make a load of rice crispie cakes and lace them with Epsom Salts

Why?

jimgoose

If they're lucky, I'll replace the birdshot with salt.

The Backwards Man

Kids used to come to my door and I gave them garden peas, homegrown potatoes and tomatoes.

They don't come around any more.

One eyed Jack

Watching 'Beverley Hills 90210' last night, they were giving out raisins... raisins!

I suppose I'd be happy with a couple of bags of sweets or maybe an apple or even as one poster suggested - a few grapes, but raisins?

Feckin' miserable!

Murray007

I went out with my 3 and 6 year old niece and nephew on halloween a couple of years ago in a small rural town. I stood back for the first 10 or so houses to give them their space to sing their wee song and look cute in their outfits.

I was shocked how horrible people were, hostile even, on two occasions I had to step in to take the kids away and all of the sudden the faces changed to all lovely dovey and smiles when they seen me. It was an eye opener. They were all neighbours! The kids just wanted to go home.

I love it when kids call to the house.

Aubrey loves Joe

Ah don't give them fruit

Candy_Girl

The gone off rotten fruit is good enough if I answer the door to them :pac:

endacl

Front of the house: lights off. Doorbell: ignored. Trick or treaters: somebody else's problem.

Once the correct form, 'help the Halloween party', returns, I'll get involved again. Ye can all feck right off with yer 'trick or treat' shyte. And it's a fishtfull of monkey nuts ye'll be gettin'!

:mad:

fleet_admiral

policarp wrote: »

Why?

For shits and giggles

uch

Any Apples or Nut, Missus

J Mysterio

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

A few years ago I was living in a..... well, lets say it was an economically not-so-well-off estate. I genuinely forgot it was Hallowe'en, and got completely caught out when kids started banging on the door.

All I had was a bunch of grapes in the kitchen - so I slightly embarrassedly handed out a handful of them to the kids, saying that I was sorry I had nothing else.

I've never seen kids so excited about some grapes. "Oh missus, I haven't had grapes in AAAAAAGES!" or " we NEVER get grapes!" something along those lines - if I hadn't heard it myself I wouldn't have believed it.

Wouldn't advocate it as a policy, but they certainly went down well that night!

Your sarcasm detector needs replacing

WoollyRedHat

Just give them old Irish money, they'll be delighted so they will.

J Mysterio

Candy_Girl wrote: »

The gone off rotten fruit is good enough if I answer the door to them :pac:

'Candy_Girl'.

Oh sweet irony.

policarp

fleet_admiral wrote: »

For shits and giggles

Why would you want to harm children?
Giggles and ****s?
They are only children.

J Mysterio

endacl wrote: »

Front of the house: lights off. Doorbell: ignored. Trick or treaters: somebody else's problem.

Once the correct form, 'help the Halloween party', returns, I'll get involved again. Ye can all feck right off with yer 'trick or treat' shyte. And it's a fishtfull of monkey nuts ye'll be gettin'!

:mad:

Wanķer

endacl

J Mysterio wrote: »

Wanķer

Yep. Absolutely and unashamedly.

DEFTLEFTHAND

When I was going out on the puca a lot of people especially old folks would give you money, I'd swap my sweets with others at the end of the night for their coins. You could make 15, 20 pounds on a good year.

Paulownia

I'm with the lights out ignore them lobby!
It has all become too commercialised for me, the shops have been full of Halloween tat for months all imported from China made by people who get paid nothing.
And as for fireworks I won't even mention them!

Into The Blue

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

Homemade hummus, tabbouleh salad, flatbreads, cottage cheese. Kale, Pepper and Ginger shakes for the kids; organic Sava for the adults.

Reminds me, must get kale in the shopping, thanks

Into The Blue

Paulownia wrote: »

I'm with the lights out ignore them lobby!
It has all become too commercialised for me, the shops have been full of Halloween tat for months all imported from China made by people who get paid nothing.
And as for fireworks I won't even mention them!

Ah ffs, it's kids dressing up and scabbing bags and bags of sweets that their parents will mostly throw out when they're asleep..

When was the commercialisation tipping point for you?

Into The Blue

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

A few years ago I was living in a..... well, lets say it was an economically not-so-well-off estate. I genuinely forgot it was Hallowe'en, and got completely caught out when kids started banging on the door.

All I had was a bunch of grapes in the kitchen - so I slightly embarrassedly handed out a handful of them to the kids, saying that I was sorry I had nothing else.

I've never seen kids so excited about some grapes. "Oh missus, I haven't had grapes in AAAAAAGES!" or " we NEVER get grapes!" something along those lines -




if I hadn't heard it myself I wouldn't have believed it

You'll forgive me so

indigo twist

Murray007 wrote: »

I went out with my 3 and 6 year old niece and nephew on halloween a couple of years ago in a small rural town. I stood back for the first 10 or so houses to give them their space to sing their wee song and look cute in their outfits.

I was shocked how horrible people were, hostile even, on two occasions I had to step in to take the kids away and all of the sudden the faces changed to all lovely dovey and smiles when they seen me. It was an eye opener. They were all neighbours! The kids just wanted to go home.

I love it when kids call to the house.

When I bring kids trick or treating, I only let them call to houses where there are decorations up, as I know they'll be expected and welcomed there. I don't think it's fair to expect people to hand out sweets to other people's kids if they're just not into Halloween!

gozunda

The funny thing is that all the kids nowadays ask 'trick or treat' (Americanism?) so where kids call The missus always ask which do they want - a trick or a treat - most are absolutely bamboozled. We keep a basket of onions and a basket of sweets and ask them to take their pick - for some reason no one takes a onion

SilverScreen

Take some onions, cover them with toffee and give them to kids as candy apples.

sjb25

SilverScreen wrote: »

Take some onions, cover them with toffee and give them to kids as candy apples.

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Lalealea

A bit of both. Some healthy treats like fruit and some naughty ones like chocolate etc.

Dirty Dingus McGee

A nice pleasant fcuk off and scab off someone else is the only thing trick or treaters should get.

charlietheminxx

There are some right mizzers here! They're only kids and it's only once a year.

anncoates

Just give them sweets

Lumping fruit on the poor little fcukers on Halloween is a bit mean and preachy.

Plus your house gets fast tracked straight on to an internal knick knack (sp?) list.

RollieFingers

Don't give them fruit, they'll just lob it back at your gaf!

fleet_admiral

policarp wrote: »

Why would you want to harm children?
Giggles and ****s?
They are only children.

I wasnt actually serious

Recognition Scene

I remember being given a yoghurt... a feckin yoghurt!

policarp

Recognition Scene wrote: »

I remember being given a yoghurt... a feckin yoghurt!

Yoghurt. If it was Pineapple I wouldn't have minded.

In my day it was apples or nuts.
Nowadays it's money or chocolate bars.
Plus the parents have to have a fireworks
display and flash party for the special ones.

ProudDUB

A friend of mine used to live in a very exclusive sub division (aka housing estate) in Atlanta. Some of its residents are well known hip hop artists, rappers & sports stars. The residents give out large full size bars of gourmet chocolate to each kid....none of your miniature Twix bars for them....and gift vouchers for the likes of Abercrombie, the Apple store etc etc. One year, her eldest daughter came home with some gorgeous gold stud earrings in a box. The younger one had a bracelet. She presumed it was cheap tat from Claires. Nope, 18 ct gold each. Her son came home with several sets of football & basketball tickets for Atlanta Hawks & Falcons games.

'Murica, eh? :rolleyes:

J Mysterio

Remember went trick or treating with a friend once and it was routine for hos mother to.actually drive to other estates on the run. Bizarre in hindsight but may be worth driving to the estate mentioned above.