*shrug* It's an American thing. Having spent a couple of Halloweens in the UK, I can confirm that it is not the same over there as it is here. I'm not a huge fan myself (mostly because I hate dressing up in costume), but I can see why other people like it.
Idk. It's a cultural thing here. It's not kids knocking on doors and demanding candy. If people don't want trick-or-treaters, they generally just leave the porch light off. But people LIKE giving out candy. My grandma loves seeing kids in their costumes, but she lives in a gated community where they don't really get trick-or-treaters, so she goes over to my aunts house so she can see the kids in their costumes and hand out candy. It's a lot of fun, and since it's cultural, everyone knows what's up and what to expect, you know? In my experience, most parents either walk their kids to the door or follow them at a distance (waiting at the end of the drive way) so the kids feel a bit more independent. A lot of times, if a family lives in a bad neighborhood, they're drive somewhere else to trick-or-treat, so it really is generally pretty safe as long as the kids know basic safety rules like being careful when crossing streets and not going into a strangers home.
Over here, people get dressed up as all sorts of things. My cousin was the tin man from The Wizard of Oz this year. I was a cat. People dress up as all sorts of things. In fact the majority of things people dress up as are NOT scary. A lot of them are funny and based around contemporary pop culture like Snooki from Jersey Sore or Lady Gaga.
I'm sure that the reason Halloween is so popular now has a lot to do with candy companies pushing it on us, but meh. I don't care. It's still fun.
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Date: 2011-11-01 07:16 pm (UTC)Idk. It's a cultural thing here. It's not kids knocking on doors and demanding candy. If people don't want trick-or-treaters, they generally just leave the porch light off. But people LIKE giving out candy. My grandma loves seeing kids in their costumes, but she lives in a gated community where they don't really get trick-or-treaters, so she goes over to my aunts house so she can see the kids in their costumes and hand out candy. It's a lot of fun, and since it's cultural, everyone knows what's up and what to expect, you know? In my experience, most parents either walk their kids to the door or follow them at a distance (waiting at the end of the drive way) so the kids feel a bit more independent. A lot of times, if a family lives in a bad neighborhood, they're drive somewhere else to trick-or-treat, so it really is generally pretty safe as long as the kids know basic safety rules like being careful when crossing streets and not going into a strangers home.
Over here, people get dressed up as all sorts of things. My cousin was the tin man from The Wizard of Oz this year. I was a cat. People dress up as all sorts of things. In fact the majority of things people dress up as are NOT scary. A lot of them are funny and based around contemporary pop culture like Snooki from Jersey Sore or Lady Gaga.
I'm sure that the reason Halloween is so popular now has a lot to do with candy companies pushing it on us, but meh. I don't care. It's still fun.