Quote: Curt @ October 29 2009, 7:26 PM BSTI just came back from picking out my Tom Baker Doctor costume.
Coooooool!
Is Halloween getting too big? Page 3
Quote: Matthew Stott @ October 29 2009, 7:44 PM BSTCoooooool!
Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrdddddddddddddddddddddddddddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 29 2009, 7:46 PM BSTNeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrdddddddddddddddddddddddddddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was thinking of making a cardboard K9 
Quote: Curt @ October 29 2009, 7:49 PM BSTI was thinking of making a cardboard K9
Quote: Curt @ October 29 2009, 7:49 PM BSTI was thinking of making a cardboard K9
You just ascended to ULTRA COOL. Congratulations! There's a certificate on its way.
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 29 2009, 7:46 PM BSTNeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrdddddddddddddddddddddddddddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn straight. 
How could a night of fun get too big? 
Quote: zooo @ October 29 2009, 6:59 PM BST*sadly packs away her trick or treat outfit, with a tear in her eye*
Get it back out and go have FUN!!!!!!!
Quote: bigfella @ October 29 2009, 7:04 PM BSTYes!
It's American.
Actually, techically it's not. It is a European tradition. Trick or treat has origins in the US but not Halloween as a whole.
Halloween is from the pagan tradition of Sowain where the bonds between the living and the dead are at their strongest. It's the beginning of the new year where the living pay homage to their loved ones who have pasted away with a feast. Many tradtions such as pumpkin carving and dressing up actually go way back and if you go to countries like France and Germany, they celebrate it far more than we do. We are actually the strange ones.
For more infomation on the history of Halloween, visit your local Roo at your library or cake shop!
Underestimate Trick or Treat at your peril!
While it has been acknowledged that it has an important part to play in the development of Fun-Size Mars Bars, Trick or Treat is not given the credit if deserves for inspiring many of the worlds child beggars (often accompanied by parents. Often it is seen as a help to zombies living in the Twilight Zone, trapped by their knicker-elastic.
When blues legend 'Dead Boy Dave' remarked 'awooooh eeee only my dead momma understands me', he saw clearly into the human soul. Also; much has been said about the influence of the media on Trick or Treat. Trained observers claim it is brittle and crunchy on the outside but soft and sweet in the middle.
I love Halloween Parties!
I was in Dublin over Halloween 2 years ago and it was great. Everyone was dressed up in the clubs. It was good fun.
I'd like it to get even more commercial acutally I'm quite envious of the American celebrations. I'd have loved all that when I was a kid.
We did celebrate it though, the neighbours would come over and we'd dunk for apples and sing songs. Ahhhhhhh
I wasn't allowed to take part as a kid. Hence my obsession now with dressing up.
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 29 2009, 7:09 PM BSTI too prefer Bonfire Night, it was far the more popular event when I was a kid.
D'accord. Each year (well, the years I was in Australia), the scarecrow would be retired from the vegetable garden, given a makeover to ensure he looked his best and then stood atop the huge pile of logs and branches. And in those days you could still buy big fireworks in the shops. Great fun to light and watch. My favourites were those with parachutes that came flying out and then floated down. Even sparklers and 'throw-downs' were fun. Neighbours and friends would come for the party, bringing their own bags of fireworks, so there were always plenty to light and marvel at. The next day it was time to make a new scarecrow. And play with the parachutes. If anyone misses super-powerful dangerous fireworks, they can still be purchased in many Asian countries. Although every year there seems to be a horror story of low-paid workers dying when a fireworks factory (with no adherence to safety standards) burns down.
Quote: Kenneth @ October 29 2009, 10:24 PM BSTD'accord. Each year (well, the years I was in Australia), the scarecrow would be retired from the vegetable garden, given a makeover to ensure he looked his best and then stood atop the huge pile of logs and branches. And in those days you could still buy big fireworks in the shops. Great fun to light and watch. My favourites were those with parachutes that came flying out and then floated down. Even sparklers and 'throw-downs' were fun. Neighbours and friends would come for the party, bringing their own bags of fireworks, so there were always plenty to light and marvel at. The next day it was time to make a new scarecrow. And play with the parachutes. If anyone misses super-powerful dangerous fireworks, they can still be purchased in many Asian countries. Although every year there seems to be a horror story of low-paid workers dying when a fireworks factory (with no adherence to safety standards) burns down.
See basically that's our Guy Fawkes night!
Another thing that's different over here, from America/Canada, is the fact that adults all dress up as well as kids.
Quote: Chappers @ October 29 2009, 11:51 PM BSTSee basically that's our Guy Fawkes night!
And those were my Guy Fawkes nights too. Halloween is not really an event in Australia, despite the marketing efforts of companies selling tat. Though perhaps an increasing number of people are dressing up in bad-taste costumes to get drunk on October 31.