It's my Mums birthday We are taking the little one to the safari park before it closes for the season then dinner

Aila is dressing as Tinkerbell

Charmer, we will try to ignore it this year. My daughter half believes I am a real witch, all because me, sis and mother come from Osbaldwick. It was funny for a while but is now getting embarrassing.

is that your mom..?

Nah thats the little one

well you are always up for quite a long spell after midnight

Aww I miss halloween. I used to make a big fuss of it when my son was younger. We wouldn't go trick or treating (he hated doing that!) but we'd decorate the house, make scary food and watch a DVD. One spectacular year we managed to set the pumpkin alight

We don't do anything.

I'm beginning to realise I'm a proper old fashioned Mam in many ways

i have my sons 18th birthday on the 30th
and my daughthers on the 1st nov she will be 3
so its a long week of partys

Oh actually Hallowe'en  has been a big deal up here in Scotland for yonks.It was called "Guisin'" (disguising) You went round doors (dressed up) in the street saying "Anything for Hallowe'en!" You had to to a "Turn" recite a poem or  sing etc.You got apples and nuts,maybe money if you were lucky. There was no "Trick or treat" etc.That is an Americanism.I suspect the Americans adopted it from the Scottish immigrants etc.

sorry

Charmer, gotta keep up the broom practice when less muggles are around

Old Celtic roots...and all that.

we just watched harry potter
i knew sitting up late would get me a good film-its the dvdrip aswell

didnt it start down your neck of the woods?
my OH is this white witch type-but she wont tell me a the mo cos im having a drink and she's not happy..!

lol

i bet you planned it like that..!

Aye,ancient old Scottish celtic stuff!

God, I suppose I'd better clear out my cellar again in the hope that some of the little brats have the misfortune to call at my door. 

yes i did indeed
hubby and other son 6th and 14th sept

i will be ignoring the front door

Charmer, my stepson got me those via the wonderweb

thats how it starts in all the best horror films

Going to watch a Medic's musical (westside story) and then on to an all nighter dressed as a dead ballerina

a dead ballerina..!

make sure no-one tries to put their hand up yer tutu-keep on your toes

i bought a load of sweets last year and no-one came to the door

Haha I will beware of wandering zombie hands

perv

i came..!

i missed that, maybe i was asleep

i missed that, maybe i was asleep



lol

and you thought someone threw an egg at your door

Must remember to buy some extra fruit to give out if any dare to come to my door

Same here....,my kids think I'm wicked cos they've never been allowed to go begging trick or treating.

But its my oldest sons 21st the day after anyway so we'll be in Brighton for that.

I actually LOATHE Halloween - we don't answer the door at all - I think the word has got around that we're miserable sods though cos no one knocked last year!!

Anyway we've been invited out to dinner this year, so am expecting to return home to find the house covered in eggs as usual.

Will see if I can catch the bastard who throws eggs at my window and give 'em a good kicking

Have never done the trick or treating stuff....used to carve a pumpkin & candle it...then would turn out the lights & watch a movie with the children....Usually Hocus Pocus!.....great childrens movie!
Am always amazed at the number of very small children knocking at the door on their own!....doesn't seem right!

We're going to a Spooky Fireworks evening at Newcastle race course. Same Difference and Nemesis are performing, oh joy   Saying that anything is better than sitting in the house with begging brats banging on the door every 10 seconds.

I'm another who really dislikes Halloween, the commercial one, anyway.
I never heard of it as a kid, then we moved abroad, close to America, and it was a regular thing to go trick and treating. When I returned here, it still wasn't a feature.That's why I always thought it was an American thing to do, not from this side of the pond.

I tend to keep the curtains drawn, the lights off or low, and hide away at the back of the house. Don't like to answer the door living alone.

I went trick or treating when I was a teenager.... it was a new thing then... we used to do it for about 4 nights over halloween.

For last few years I just get a big bowl of lollies, chews, cheap sweets etc....  A few years back you would get the little kids earlier on (with parent)... and then towards the end a group of teenagers trying it on ... give em a chew - what can they do?

HOwever our town started this Halloween incentive thing for teenagers a couple of years ago.   On Halloween night, the cinema is free to them.  And certain buses free also.

Since they started doing this, we haven't seen anyone trick or treating after 7pm... just the odd few little kids earlier on.

Oh, and, FWIW... I never let my kids do it either.