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Anyone else dislike Halloween? (self.unitedkingdom)

HeWhoTried が 投稿

All my friends call me a scrooge and I admit it, I am a massive killjoy towards the end of this month, but if I were ever going to find fellow Halloween haters it would be on this sub.

I can't move on the streets round my work for all the cheap plastic spooky crap being sold by street vendors.

Last year I had kids knocking on the door of my flat (I still don't know how they got past the downstairs buzzer) and all I had to give them were malt biscuits.

Tonight I'm apparently going to a Halloween party, but I just don't have the money or patience to dress up. It's either that or be a social pariah and stay inside and fall asleep on the sofa like I did last year.

In my opinion, it worked better when it was All Hallow's Eve and we all stayed inside and prayed Satan wouldn't murder us in our sleep.

Bring on November 1st.

EDIT, wow this blew up. Have a good Halloween everyone, don't let my moaning get you down too much!

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[–]Izetta-samaWorcestershire 200ポイント201ポイント  (33子コメント)

I don't really like it either.

Last year I had kids knocking on the door of my flat (I still don't know how they got past the downstairs buzzer) and all I had to give them were malt biscuits.

You don't have to give them anything. Just don't answer the door.

[–]HelsenSmith 88ポイント89ポイント  (4子コメント)

Back home the tradition was you put a pumpkin out if and only if you were giving stuff out. Worked great as a kid as it avoided the awkwardness of going to the wrong house. I did always have an image of an old couple somewhere who were unaware, sitting there with a huge tub of sweets and wondering why nobody was turning up :(

[–]fsvLeeds 26ポイント27ポイント  (2子コメント)

Funnily enough that's how it seems to work around here. We never put out decorations and the last couple of years we've had nobody knocking on the door, even though there were obviously kids out and about with their parents.

[–]LykkeStrom 29ポイント30ポイント  (1子コメント)

I was a student in Leeds. We never put out decorations and got fireworks through the letterbox...

[–]enelom 20ポイント21ポイント  (0子コメント)

I was a student in Glasgow. A ned once threw a firework in our kitchen window. This was after one of my particularly obnoxious housemates had a long running slagging match with them from what he thought was the safety of the kitchen window, think he deserved it TBH. Your situation sounds like they were just a bunch of knobs though.

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    [–]HeWhoTried[S] 106ポイント107ポイント  (23子コメント)

    They jumped me. Outsmarted by a bunch of pre teens. I put my faith in my flats downstairs security door and it failed me. So I had to give them stale old biscuits because I honestly had nothing else in my flat. Didn't look great.

    [–]fireball_73Yorkshire 257ポイント258ポイント  (7子コメント)

    Are you Mark Corrigan?

    [–]JimmerUK 94ポイント95ポイント  (3子コメント)

    Clean shirt.

    [–]debaser11 99ポイント100ポイント  (1子コメント)

    These kids know nothing about the horrors of Stalingrad.

    [–]burlal 18ポイント19ポイント  (0子コメント)

    I'm not the borough. I wish I was!

    [–]SleepingInTrafficSouth of the Tyne, north of the Wear 12ポイント13ポイント  (2子コメント)

    I bet he irons his socks like a posh spazz

    [–]MarkardFowlGreater Manchester 8ポイント9ポイント  (1子コメント)

    I DO NOT IRON MY SOCKS!

    [–]fractalfarmerCheshire 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Certainly not, that's the valet's responsibility.

    [–]Izetta-samaWorcestershire 37ポイント38ポイント  (7子コメント)

    "Not interested" shut door

    [–]HeWhoTried[S] 18ポイント19ポイント  (6子コメント)

    Ha, in retrospect even that would have probably looked better.

    [–]pardongarconLondinium 34ポイント35ポイント  (5子コメント)

    You need to take lessons from my Dad. I recall the doorbell ringing one December and from the top of the stairs I saw him approach the porch. Next thing I hear is the click of the door opening followed by a bunch of voices singing in unison.

    "♬♪ 'tis the season to be jolly, tra-la... ♩♫"

    Then I hear my Dad shout "sorry, we don't do that here." *slam*

    He catches sight of me when he walks back in and mutters "bloody pillocks."

    [–]generic_username420 6ポイント7ポイント  (3子コメント)

    That's the best way to get your house egged

    [–]pardongarconLondinium 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

    It's never happened despite all of the trick or treaters and carol singers who have annoyed him over the years. I've often wondered if my Dad has earned a local nickname due to his behaviour though. I've not lived in the family home for a long time and the only people I tell to go away at the door are those selling something (windows, tree services, religion, etc.). I never open the door for carol singers and trick or treaters but I wouldn't be as twatty as my dad if I did so by mistake. ;)

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        [–]NoDownvotesPlease 9ポイント10ポイント  (4子コメント)

        I don't even have biscuits in my flat. I think the best I could offer them would be cocoa shreddies

        [–]LykkeStrom 29ポイント30ポイント  (3子コメント)

        Child me went to an inner-London primary school in which all the cool kids lived on council estates, wore branded trainers and were allowed sweets. I was posh and wore start-rite shoes and came to school with carrot sticks in my lunchbox.

        Adult me lived on a council estate in Camden and forgot Halloween was approaching. The kids who knocked on my door (and peeked in through the windows - there's no hiding in a council flat) were precisely the sorts of children who were the cool kids at primary school. I went to the door in monogrammed leather slippers and gave them satsumas.

        I've never been so disappointed in myself.

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            [–]Stormphoenix82Sutton 504ポイント505ポイント  (149子コメント)

            I don't dislike the idea of Halloween, but as usual its been Americanised and is now about ritualised begging and commercialism like every other holiday. I liked dressing up as something scary and going to a party, but now its dress up as "latest Marvel character" and beg for sweets. Which of course the confectionary companies are all too happy to promote

            [–]WeWereInfinite 131ポイント132ポイント  (15子コメント)

            as usual its been Americanised and is now about ritualised begging and commercialism like every other holiday

            I'll give you the commercialism, but halloween has always been about dressing up and getting treats. For example, from the wikipedia page on Samhain (one early incarnation of halloween celebrated by the Celts in Britain):

            Mumming and guising were part of the festival, and involved people going door-to-door in costume (or in disguise), often reciting verses in exchange for food.

            [–]donthinksopal 37ポイント38ポイント  (0子コメント)

            "Oh I love mummers!"

            gains trait Gregarious

            [–]ithikaEdinburgh 25ポイント26ポイント  (1子コメント)

            You're not getting a thing at the door if you can't do a turn.

            [–]GaryJMDundee 12ポイント13ポイント  (0子コメント)

            Guising 4 lyfe.

            [–]armoured_wankball 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

            often reciting verses in exchange for food.

            We went guising when I was a kid in Scotland. It's gone from performing for treats to threatening for them. Shame.

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              [–]Mr_Barry_ShitpeasTyne and Wear 187ポイント188ポイント  (46子コメント)

              latest Marvel character

              Even worse than that are the fucking memes. How many Harambes do you think there'll be this year?

              [–]lord_sparxHey boy! 83ポイント84ポイント  (10子コメント)

              Hopefully no dicks out though.

              [–]BritishWritingMan 44ポイント45ポイント  (9子コメント)

              Hey. This is the only time of the year that agoraphobic paedophiles get lucky. Let the dicks swing.

              [–]nerfherder1991Merseyside 32ポイント33ポイント  (3子コメント)

              Agoraphobic Paedophiles

              /r/bandnames

              [–]Mr_Barry_ShitpeasTyne and Wear 19ポイント20ポイント  (2子コメント)

              Sounds like one of Super Hans' suggestions

              [–]WillDotCom95 10ポイント11ポイント  (0子コメント)

              Alright, let's compromise. The Swan & Agoraphobic Paedophiles

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                [–]j1mb0b 22ポイント23ポイント  (4子コメント)

                Relevant C&H:

                https://imgur.com/iBBgnWy

                [–]bob1689321 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

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                [–]blekkjaAotearoa 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

                I was expecting Calvin and Hobbes. Was thinking that I don't think Bill got quite that dark. Though Uncle Max was a kinda creepy character...

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                  [–]MistaGav[🍰] 35ポイント36ポイント  (27子コメント)

                  I bet all the girls will be dressed up as Harley Quinn.

                  Edit: I knew I spelt Harley wrong!

                  [–]like_a_bawsCardiff 55ポイント56ポイント  (2子コメント)

                  Harley Quinn...

                  ...Although the commedia dell'arte could be big again.

                  [–]HazzatSurrey 12ポイント13ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  From yesterday's front page

                  [–]chickenkyiv 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  I just got back from Comic Con London. I would say of the women dressed up it was most common. Some of the costumes were decent but it became hilarious due to the sheer number of them. Most popular male costume was the Joker (either Jared Leto style if paired up with a Harley Quinn girlfriend but also a surprising amount of Heath Ledger Jokers as well).

                  I was counting the number of Harley Quinns but gave up somewhere around the 60 mark. There were HUNDREDS. Now out in London for Halloween and I've seen 4 since getting off the tube...

                  Edit: also never been to Comic Con before but got a free ticket (not really something I'd go to otherwise) and I really enjoyed it. Some of the costumes were absolutely incredible.

                  [–]Mr_Barry_ShitpeasTyne and Wear 18ポイント19ポイント  (9子コメント)

                  Jesus I forgot about that, you're right they'll be fucking everywhere. It wasn't even a good film.

                  [–]muzzyMANmike 5ポイント6ポイント  (7子コメント)

                  You dont have to like the film to like the Character. I hated it, but harley quinn's still badass

                  [–]Mr_Barry_ShitpeasTyne and Wear 8ポイント9ポイント  (6子コメント)

                  Aye but how? I mean what use is she, what's her superpower? Quirkiness?

                  [–]muzzyMANmike 16ポイント17ポイント  (1子コメント)

                  You could argue what Batmans superpower is, or Jokers, robins, that fucking penguin guy. I'm just saying that as an individual she's a cool character. Maybe not for DC but if she had her own film i would watch it

                  [–]bookofbooks 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Plot Armour.

                  [–]summitorotherEuropean Union 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  The same as The Joker - super strong or something.

                  [–]kaiise 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Great female role model for sure

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                    [–]Mothman_Brighton poof 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

                    I'd argue it was the worst film.

                    [–]Lithoniel 14ポイント15ポイント  (3子コメント)

                    Halloween drinking game, drink for every girl dressed as Harley Quinn, take a shot for every girl who shouldn't be.

                    [–]lolihull 13ポイント14ポイント  (0子コメント)

                    Jagerbomb for every guy as deadpool

                    [–]catbert-hr 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

                    You owe me a new liver.

                    [–]HigHog 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                    Why shouldn't they be? What characteristics means you shouldn't dress up as a character for fun?

                    [–]SlawteringSouth Yorkshire 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

                    Went out last night and there was a distinct lack of Harley's which pissed us off cos we wanted to do the drinking game.

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                        [–]emkay99 97ポイント98ポイント  (13子コメント)

                        as usual its been Americanised

                        Make that "Hollywoodized." I'm a Yank, I'm in my 70s, and us fogies get annoyed by it, too. When I was little, in the early 1950s, I went trick-or-treating every year, with a gang of my friends -- and with no adults tagging along. That was always the tradition, not parties. But it wouldn't have occurred to any of us to BUY a costume. Hell, no! You came up with a great idea and you put it together yourself, out of whatever you could find.

                        If you were lucky, your Mom could sew, which put you ahead of your friends. At various times, I was a knight (in a tin-foil-covered cardboard breastplate and a helmet made of foil shaped over one of my mother's hats), a wizard (with a wand made from a garden plant-stake and robes from an old tablecloth), and Raggedy Andy (old clothes and lots of makeup).

                        What's more, since this was the days before "Everything in the World Is Dangerous," we always came home with a load of popcorn balls, candy apples, homemade fudge and brownies, and a dozen kinds of fruit. And usually a lot of chewing gum, but very little store-bought candy.

                        These days, especially since there's almost no young kids in our neighborhood, I just leave the lights off.

                        EDIT: speeling

                        [–]butthenigotbetter 14ポイント15ポイント  (3子コメント)

                        A lot of holiday things are like that, now.

                        Just buy X and put it on, eat it and/or drink it.

                        It's just dull.

                        The real fun is prepping for events and entertaining friends and family with the final reveal. Not everyone is going to be the best, but the fact that everyone tried makes it worthwhile.

                        [–]Cheese-n-Opinion 15ポイント16ポイント  (2子コメント)

                        Yeah so much of modern life is consumption and it get's fucking boring. Yay it's Christmas let's all have loads of booze and chocolate, except we have more than enough booze and chocolate every week of the year anyway, and now I've got no money, a load of tat I need to find a place to store, and a mouth full of ulcers.

                        Doing the old silly rituals and the make and do aspect is what makes each festival different. I'm getting increasingly River Cottage-y over time, because I just find it more fun.

                        [–]butthenigotbetter 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

                        But imagine if you would brew a beer for the occasion, or make a bunch of chocolates with unusual flavouring.

                        And if everyone joined in on that.

                        It would involve absolutely awful and absolutely brilliant things, and none of the dreary bland stuff which is no different from every other day's offerings.

                        [–]LadyCatFeline 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                        I made my family's costumes! And a lot of our friends did too. I like the parties, it's easier for us with kids too young to go trick or treating but they and we can still have fun.

                        I know it's a thread for people that don't like Halloween, but I still don't get why people don't like a bunch of kids having fun, even if it is different than how your generation had fun.

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                          [–]Highly-SammableEngland 54ポイント55ポイント  (13子コメント)

                          One pretty big barrier I've noticed between US and UK Halloween is their move away from only scary costumes, to anything. While that idea does exist here, it's still pretty uncommon to just dress up as a character, with no scary slant.

                          [–]Hotdog_Handjob 36ポイント37ポイント  (10子コメント)

                          I dunno about that. The last 3-4 years I would definitely sayspookiness has been in the minority of costumes ive seen. At least at events of my age (18-21)

                          [–]Highly-SammableEngland 4ポイント5ポイント  (8子コメント)

                          Really? I'm maybe a year older and not found that. I've seen a lot of emphasis on really good make-up to the point where ideas for costumes were rarely original, it was just how hard people tried. And as someone who doesn't try hard I've found it pretty boring.

                          [–]caspirinhaEuropean Union 14ポイント15ポイント  (7子コメント)

                          I'm loving the takeover of the American idea of going as whatever you want. It's much more fun and more interesting when you're at the party to see what everyone's doing

                          [–]jackiekeracky 7ポイント8ポイント  (1子コメント)

                          ah! my friends went to their first Halloween party in the US as really scary ghouls... they stood out like a sore thumb amongst a room-full of Mike Wazowskis & other harmless characters

                          [–]Highly-SammableEngland 5ポイント6ポイント  (4子コメント)

                          I agree actually, for me it's one of the least objectionable things about Halloween. I'd find it much easier and less stressful to think of costumes if I felt proper freedom

                          [–]red_nickNottingham 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

                          Tonight I'm going as Clark Kent, TOTALLY NOT SUPERMAN.

                          [–]riskooooEssicks innit 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

                          It takes very little effort to turn yourself into zombie Clarke Kent.

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                              [–]Cheese-n-Opinion 35ポイント36ポイント  (3子コメント)

                              Hallowe'en has always included ritualised begging. souling, guising or trick or treating has been a major part of it for centuries.

                              What's wrong with giving kids a few sweets? A lot of festivals include a nod to giving charity of some kind.

                              [–]Closet_MonkeyDumfries and Galloway 16ポイント17ポイント  (0子コメント)

                              We forgot what it's like to be kids.

                              [–]Haposhi 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

                              Yeah, it was a Scottish tradition before spreading to America.

                              [–]Cheese-n-Opinion 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

                              More than that, it was common across the whole of Britain and Ireland until quite recently.

                              [–]SulphuricJuice 34ポイント35ポイント  (10子コメント)

                              That's why I'm giving out fruit! First Halloween in our new house in a street full of kids... little fuckers won't be back next year that's for sure!!

                              Also yeah, I've got the window cleaner booked for Monday.

                              [–]oj109 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

                              You're not being crafty enough. Get some Brussels sprouts and dip them in chocolate. That'll stop them from going to your house next year.

                              [–]potatanGloucestershire 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

                              Cream crackers. Buttered, if they make an effort with their costumes.

                              [–]ithikaEdinburgh 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

                              Monkey nuts.

                              [–]butthenigotbetter 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

                              Free fruit? That's great.

                              There's always something you can make with fruit. Very versatile group of ingredients.

                              [–]Jaffa_Cake_ 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

                              I tried satsumas once when I first got my house and sort of knew a few kids in the area. Most kids were unimpressed and some of the older ones asked for money instead!

                              In town now, we don't answer the door.

                              [–]0100110101101010Nottinghamshire 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

                              I liked dressing up as something scary and going to a party

                              That's exactly what I like. Forget about everything else, I don't take it seriously at all.

                              [–]LadyCatFeline 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                              That's funny, I'm an expat in the US and I was going to tell OP that in the US it's a lot better!

                              Here it's all parties even for the little kids. EG, my daughter is 1 and this pretend city play place is doing trick or treating, I threw a party for our mommy group and her baby gym threw a party.

                              Last year we had zero trick or treater's so I think it's more about parties and fun than anything else.

                              The cool thing here is people dress up as anything so you don't have to buy a costume. EG, I'm Effie Trinket and my daughter is Katniss, so I made our costumes.

                              Halloween is the only holiday I prefer in the US.

                              [–]munkifisht 9ポイント10ポイント  (25子コメント)

                              Yea, better when it was Irish

                              [–]Cheese-n-Opinion 14ポイント15ポイント  (24子コメント)

                              It wasn't Irish. Irish people just conserved it more on account of not jiving with the anti-popery/Anglo-centric vibe of Guy Fawkes'. But Hallowe'en was well observed throughout england and wales until the 20th Century. The Victorians loved it, the morbid sods.

                              People thinking Celtic just means Irish, Scottish or Welsh is a right bugbear of mine. These places have the last remaining Celtic languages, but Celtic cultures covered Europe as far east as Turkey.

                              [–]munkifisht 14ポイント15ポイント  (16子コメント)

                              Modern Halloween is an appropriation of the Irish Celtic festival Samhain that was mixed into All Hallows Eve.

                              Edit: to be clear, I'm saying that modern Halloween is from Irish people who emigrated to the US and took their tradition of Sabhain which was mixed in with All Hallows Eve with them. It is this which has been exported around the world.

                              [–]memmett9Greater London 10ポイント11ポイント  (2子コメント)

                              Samhain is a Gaelic festival, meaning it is/was also celebrated in Scotland and the Isle of Man.

                              [–]grogipherDùn Dè, Alba 10ポイント11ポイント  (6子コメント)

                              Celtic or Gaelic isn't interchangeable with Irish.

                              There are other celtic and gaelic peoples on these islands.

                              I've been carving my tumshie, even if I'm a bit old for the guising.

                              [–]Cheese-n-Opinion 7ポイント8ポイント  (2子コメント)

                              And when it is described as deriving from a Celtic festival, that refers to ancient history when everyone from Kent to Caithness was Celtic. Hallowe'en was popular in England too until right into the 20th Century, hanging on in some parts more than others.

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                                    [–]SyntheticManMilk 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                    It's about dressing up and "begging" for candy for children. It's about costume parties for adults. It doesn't have to be commercialised at all either. Plenty of people make their own costumes and decorations.

                                    [–]Cornelius_Balthazar 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                    If you really wanted to Americanize it you'd dress as anything you want. Scary, marvel, funny, cheeky whatever.

                                    I like costume parties, I wish there were more costume holidays

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                                      [–]BritishHoboWales 173ポイント174ポイント  (9子コメント)

                                      You can't really blame Halloween for your mates having a party that you don't want to go to.

                                      [–]RhllorTheLordOfLight 47ポイント48ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                      Really don't get people that complain about things like this. At least you've got an invite to a party. Being alone for any holiday where other people get together and have fun is fucking shit, let me tell you

                                      [–]MayoOnChips 12ポイント13ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                      That's the thing, Halloween really isn't a holiday here. Not being with people on Xmas, that's not so good. Not being with people in Halloween- meh..

                                      [–]SmCTwelveScotland 7ポイント8ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                      No it's not, let me tell you.

                                      [–]RhllorTheLordOfLight 29ポイント30ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                      It's alright if you're choosing to be alone. It sucks not being invited anywhere

                                      [–]CurmudgeonShirt27 49ポイント50ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                      "Oh no people are planning on having fun! What is the world coming to?"

                                      [–]sojtuckerGreater London 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                      You can blame them for having a go at you for not dressing up though. I'm going to a party with a bunch of friends I'd love to see, but if I don't dress up then I'll be moaned at

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                                        [–]dantheman999Suffolk buh 51ポイント52ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                        Going against the grain in here and saying I really enjoy it. But then I quite like getting dressed up in some ridiculous costume, as long as I get to make it myself.

                                        [–]ahoneybadger3Noocassal 23ポイント24ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                        I'm also not getting this whole 'it's suddenly become commercialised' talk either. As of at least the last twenty years that I've been old enough to remember it hasn't changed. Shops always advertised it. Unless all those comments are coming from 50+ year olds.

                                        [–]lazylazycatBristol 13ポイント14ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                        Yeah I'm 28 and Halloween hasn't changed since I was a kid. There's always been trick or treaters. I've always dressed up and/or been to spooky parties. Shops and cafes have always had Halloween themes. My parents also used to go trick or treating in the 60s so I have no idea what anyone's on about.

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                                          [–]FF4lyfe 111ポイント112ポイント  (18子コメント)

                                          The only thing good about Halloween is that November the 5th is less than a week away. cue fire starter music

                                          [–]Izetta-samaWorcestershire 56ポイント57ポイント  (7子コメント)

                                          I wonder who Lewes will be burning this year. Probably Boris or Farage.

                                          [–]SpikeCannonballBoxer 32ポイント33ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                          Trump.

                                          [–]falcon_jabScotland 10ポイント11ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                          I think he's doing just fine himself, burning all those bridges.

                                          [–]ULTRA_Lenin 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                          Didn't they already burn him around them time of that golf course thing? Or am I misremembering.

                                          [–]wedontlikespacesTyne & Wear 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                          Can't we just go for a reenactment of the events of that day? And just, well, see how it goes?

                                          I mean, thanks to Sherlock we have a pretty good plan to pull it off.

                                          [–]DaveChildUK 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                          Everyone. We always burn everyone.

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                                            [–]Yaperino 17ポイント18ポイント  (8子コメント)

                                            Oh yeah, I love sitting in a freezing cold field setting fires. Who would want to dress up and go to a party with their friends.

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                                              [–]jakashUK 102ポイント103ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                              I'm dressing up for Halloween this year as Brexit. I'm going to abandon all my friends and shout at them to keep buying me drinks.

                                              Credit

                                              [–]murcuo 18ポイント19ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                              Thanks for sticking to the rules and properly referencing the tweet in your memeography.

                                              [–]YOU_CANT_GILD_ME 3ポイント4ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                              What rule.

                                              Please point me to this rule that says you have to reference things.

                                              [–]MattyFTMSunderland 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                              It's called the "don't be a dick" rule. People who aren't dicks follow it.

                                              [–]murcuo 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                              I was actually just taking the piss, looks like people actually believe that jokes and tweets should be referenced.

                                              [–]UKCSTeacher 25ポイント26ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                              I was thinking about this recently. When I was 8 years old we went to America to see some family and did the whole dress up, pick and carve pumpkins, trick or treat experience and it was amazing.

                                              Then it never interested me again. It was very much a been there done that thing.

                                              [–]LykkeStrom 10ポイント11ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                              I can see it actually being enjoyable in America, because all of society is set up for it.

                                              My own memories, however, are of wearing some cobbled-together sheet and facepaint outfit and traipsing through rainy london streets in a crocodile of bedraggled children whilst never really being sure whether or not one was allowed to knock on any specific door.

                                              There was always the potential for the door to a) not be opened (most common outcome) b) have some embarrassed person on the other side saying "gosh I completely forgot, I might have some digestives in the back of the cupboard" c) open into a crack house.

                                              [–]xuxk13IGR7 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                              You missed the local gangs having a punch up in the street or taking advantage of the freedom to wear masks and mugging you and your friends mercilessly - my overwhelming memory of being a teenager in London at halloween.

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                                                [–]enelom 34ポイント35ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                I really dislike all the criticism that it is America. Guising is a Scottish tradition and when I was a child it was very much done as guising, not trick or treating. I live way out in the sticks now so don't know how much it has changed but going from posts from people on facebook who have children it seems not that much.

                                                I accept it is likely different in England though as although they did used to have traditions they were wiped out and do seem to have come back as trick or treating.

                                                One reason I hate it is it is my birthday so any party I have is always a flipping Halloween one. Haha not a big problem admittedly.

                                                [–]greatkingratScot in England 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                We called it galoshans growing up (80s/90s)

                                                When someone answers their door you would shout "galoshans!"

                                                http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-15520443

                                                I didn't realise it was so specific to my hometown until now though.

                                                [–]MSweeny81United Kingdom 10ポイント11ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                I really enjoy it. I'm a big fan of horror movies, dressing up is fun, in my area kids only knock on your door if you've got a pumpkin out front so if you don't want trick or treaters visiting you don't have to. I'm not a fan of the crass commercialism that starts as soon as October rolls around but that's a problem with the world we live in not specific to Halloween.

                                                [–]spoodieEssex 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                in my area kids only knock on your door if you've got a pumpkin out front so if you don't want trick or treaters visiting you don't have to.

                                                Same for my area, but seems to be any kind of decoration. Which is nice because I don't want to have to answer the door, but it's a good excuse to watch horror films and TV Halloween specials.

                                                [–]spinynorman1846County Durham 59ポイント60ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                                I don't mind kids going trick or treating, it's a bit of fun. I hate the commercialisation of it though, the pop up shops and the forced hallowe'en theme in every pub and bar, the parties, being made to dress up for work. Most of all though, I hate seeing constant pictures of Americans in fancy dress that is both crap and not scary, that's not halloween.

                                                [–]foobar5678Scotland 26ポイント27ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                I don't mind kids going trick or treating, it's a bit of fun

                                                They have to do it the right way though.

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                                                  [–]ArchieTechEngland 31ポイント32ポイント  (7子コメント)

                                                  I work for a company that was acquired by Americans. I don't think they're prepared yet for the utter lack of interest the BritishEnglish office is going to show in the Halloween celebrations on Monday.

                                                  The BritishEnglish way of celebrating Halloween is really to turn off all your house lights and when someone rings the doorbell, pretending you're out.

                                                  Edit: England, but not necessarily the rest of Britain as /u/pickled-egg points out!

                                                  [–]pickled-egg 11ポイント12ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                                  That sounds like the English way of celebrating :)

                                                  I remember well as a kid when a family moved up from England and spent their first year here telling all the kids to go away. They earned a name for themselves as miserable bastards and then made it worse by refusing to accept that Halloween is a thing, going so far to put up a sign telling kids to go away :)

                                                  Fair play to them though, despite obvious social pressure to fit in they stuck to their guns for my entire childhood.

                                                  [–]Work_McGurkScotland 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                  that sounds like my way of spending Halloween as well, but then again I do live in Edinburgh...

                                                  [–]mrs_shrew 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                  Did they staunchly celebrate 5th November instead?

                                                  [–]pickled-egg 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                  To be honest as a kid I seem to remember the two effectively being merged anyway - just a great week of sweeties, bonfires and explosives.

                                                  [–]Cheese-n-Opinion 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                  I think they pretty much are the same festival. guy Fawkes' just given a nationalistic, anti-Catholic flair. Irish people do all the Bonfire night things of fireworks and, erm, bonfires for Hallowe'en.
                                                  Pre-Christian pre-cursors to Hallowe'en often involved bonfires.

                                                  [–]ArchieTechEngland 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                  That sounds like the English way of celebrating :)

                                                  Oh... yep, you're absolutely right - I should have said English!

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                                                    [–]X4ulZ4n 18ポイント19ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                    I love it! Any excuse to get my flasher costume out and have a good ol' knees up.

                                                    [–]Coupaholic 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    That is basically what Halloween is these days. It's been years since I've seen kids knock on doors saying trick or treat. Now it's all the older teens and young adults going out for the night in naughty nurse costumes and the like.

                                                    Not that I'm complaining.

                                                    [–]JackHarrison1010 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    Please don't get your flasher out in public.

                                                    [–]-THE_BIG_BOSS-Hastings, East Sussex 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    Put some weird shit on and go drinking, that's all there is to it for me and it's great.

                                                    [–]tydestraManchester via PR/US 16ポイント17ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                    I grew up in the US and I'm the only non-Brit at my job, I got so much flack for talking about my plans this weekend and how excited I was because it was Halloween. The only person who stood up for me was a Scottish lady that reminded folk it's big in Scotland too and that's how it made it to America in the first place.

                                                    She's never had pumpkin pecan pie before so I'm baking her one as thanks.

                                                    [–]xDemagogNotts via New England 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                    Oh god, I miss pumpkin pecan pie. She's in for a treat.

                                                    Am I right in assuming the PR in your flair is for Puerto Rico? I've yet to meet another Rican since I've moved here.

                                                    [–]tydestraManchester via PR/US 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    Am I right in assuming the PR in your flair is for Puerto Rico?

                                                    Si, nací en Fajardo, y tu?

                                                    [–]gadget_ukWarwickshire 16ポイント17ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                    I've got kids and they love it, plus it's the only time we have any interaction with our neighbours. Most of all, it really pisses off the wife's Christian friends.

                                                    [–]yellisLincolnshire 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    We didn't really have Halloween when I was a kid, trick or treating didn't really kick in round here until I was in my late teens

                                                    I like watching spooky films and eating sweets though

                                                    [–]CatFoodBeerAndGlueGreater Manchester 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    I love it personally. Love getting to dress up, love seeing kids having a good time without a controller or mobile phone in their hand, love the decorations, love the scary films on TV, love eating sweets all weekend, love carving pumpkins.

                                                    [–]ArousedinCrowds 18ポイント19ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                    I'm not a fan yet I have a 12 year old that loves it. One plays the game. Hi hum. It's not so much hating Halloween, it's how we have accepted the whole US marketing ploy. Another date for the calendar that involves either spending loads of money or somehow feeling guilty for not participating. I've had friends have eggs thrown at their windows for telling kids politely to bigger off. Mind you I hate Xmas and most other festival dates so probably am not the best person to offer an opinion.

                                                    [–]craobhGlaschu 12ポイント13ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                    Halloween's not really my thing, but i can't say i dislike it. It's a fun and unique wee holiday that a lot of people enjoy, so i don't see what's wrong with it. One thing i can't stand though, is people on this sub bitching that everything they don't like is the Americanisation of British culture. It's a really weird trend i've noticed on this sub and for something like Halloween it just doesn't make sense.

                                                    [–]SyntheticManMilk 3ポイント4ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                    I'm confused by all this "Americanized" talk too. If costume parties for adults and trick or treating for children are not a traditional thing for England, then what does a traditional English Halloween consist of?

                                                    [–]Pebbles1726 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    I like it it's an excuse for me to cosplay and get drunk and not be thought of as a weirdo.

                                                    Halloween additionally is the only thing that stops retailers from marketing Christmas shit in august.

                                                    [–]maxblackwoodUnited Kingdom 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    I'm dressing up as a killer clown this year to scare off trick or treaters.

                                                    [–]borezGeordie in London 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    I liked it when I was a kid.

                                                    [–]bacon_cakeDorset 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    It's fair enough whatever but the commercialism reeks. Plastic banners with "Have a spooktacular day!" and shitty plastic ornaments that just say "boo" or have some lame clip art on them.

                                                    It's insulting lowest common denominator drivel that gets pumped out of factories in the far east and straight onto Tesco's shelves only for some uninspired or misinformed person to funnel their wages into their tills for "the holiday". Grinds me right up.

                                                    [–]egrefen 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    Extremely relevant Fry & Laurie sketch.

                                                    [–]SiriusCyberneticCorp 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    I am a massive downer on Halloween, too. I'd rather stay in and bake something seasonal, light a few candles along with the fireplace and let imagination be enough. There's some interesting pagan history behind the onset of winter that is now sadly forgotten. Before Halloween, the official beginning of Winter Nights was known as Heilagnaht or the rather wonderful-sounding Winterfylleð and marks the beginning of the Wild Hunt. Heathen-folk across the country would light bonfires to lend Sunna the strength for her journey in to Hell. It was a big deal, but now it's evolved into bonfire night on Nov. 4th, which is all mixed up with Guy Fawkes. It's all topsy turvy and meaningless these days, when actually the history is rather splendid.

                                                    [–]PitarouGrimsby 18ポイント19ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                    Yes, you're a killjoy.

                                                    I get it. You're not a kid, you're not into kids and you don't like costume parties. But so what? Hallowe'en is no great imposition on you. The seasonally themed tat you see in the shops today is not so different from the tat you see at any other time of year. What do you care if Poundland rewraps their unsold chocolate Easter Bunnies in Hallowe'en themed foil?

                                                    [–]boomerangchampion 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                    Halloween is the biggest imposition of all the holidays. People literally come to my house asking for free stuff.

                                                    [–]BraveSirRobin 34ポイント35ポイント  (10子コメント)

                                                    Ah, is it that time of year where the English demonstrate their ignorance over the non-England parts of the UK? This thread comes up every single year like clockwork and it reads the same every time.

                                                    Halloween hasn't changed much since I was going around as a kid 35 years ago. I'm pretty sure I saw the occasional Superman, Spiderman & Batman back then, in fact I think I did the Hulk myself once. On Monday night I will be listening to kids tell bad jokes & puns as a "party piece", exactly as I did as a child. Some of the same jokes too, I shit you not. The only change is no one will be dunking for apples but I don't think anyone misses that pre-electric form of "entertainment".

                                                    Complete list of changes since my day:

                                                    • they all have mobiles
                                                    • fewer innocently racist jokes
                                                    • more punkins laterns than turnip (that's American I grant, but they are bigger & better so meh)
                                                    • no more shitty toffee apples that no one likes, yes we also got Mars bars and Twixes back then
                                                    • no dumb games that no one likes

                                                    It's not "Americanised", it's just a Scottish tradition that had to go via America for you all to notice it. They used pumpkins because turnips were in short supply. And you wonder why we don't feel a part of the UK...

                                                    [–]Cheese-n-Opinion 22ポイント23ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    I really hate these threads because to my mind they lay the English ignorance to the rest of the UK and our own traditional culture bare alongside our petty resentment and insecurity towards America,

                                                    [–]frillytotes 11ポイント12ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                    Halloween is also an English tradition in the same way you describe. However when I was a kid (in England), the emphasis was on scary/ghoulish outfits, not on whatever character was being promoted by Hollywood. Also it was less commercial - there certainly weren't Halloween pop up shops on every high street. That is what OP is talking about Americanisation, not simply celebrating Halloween, which has been carried out in England (and Scotland) for centuries.

                                                    [–]Gisschace 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    That's exactly how we celebrated it in England 25 years ago. I think OP is talking about the Americanised side of it, not being ignorant about Halloween

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                                                      [–]ScottSays- 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      Pretty sure your friends don't have any idea who the fuck Scrooge is.

                                                      [–]ROGERS-SONGSWildling now south of the Wall 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      I enjoyed it as a kid. In Scotland it was more of a spooky pagan thing and the nights were darker. The games seemed like old traditions like Apple bobbing (with money at the bottom and switching to forks instead of your face to make it harder) and treacle faces and needing the best joke or song or skit to do at the door. It was never expected you would just be given sweets outright you had to do something! We spent days looking through joke books and making sure no one would be saying the same thing. Even the parents would try and scare us, like when we rang the bell, waited and the neighbour came around from the back dressed up to scare us. Costumes always had to be scary or stupid funny. Monkey nuts satsumas and even money were the norm.

                                                      I dislike that dumping fake blood on ANYTHING makes it Halloween or a zombie. No it just makes you look like a messy twat. Literally. It's lazy and doesn't look scary unless you think ER is frightening. As an adult I usually try to make outfits and costumes more scary than just a costume. Although this year we are doing Dana Zuul Barrett and Egon from Ghostbusters do not sure if that is normal costume or scary.

                                                      [–]Bird_Moat 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      Yeah, Just because I know little bastards are gonna be knocking on my door interrupting whatever I'm doing.

                                                      Fuckoff.

                                                      [–]TollowarnCornwall 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                      When I was a kid back in the 70's Halloween was not that much of a big thing. November the 5th, bonfire night now that was a big deal. We were aware that Halloween was a much bigger thing in the US but no one here did trick or treat. That was just in the US, no one here did it.

                                                      Holloween could pass without anyone noticing, there was nothing in the shops like it is today. There might be a five minute bit on Blue Peter or a horror movie on or something but it really wasn't high on the public constness.

                                                      [–]phead 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      Late 70s early 80s it was all penny-for-the-guy round our way, Halloween never even existed.

                                                      Real English extortion , not this crappy American extortion.

                                                      [–]ShetlandJamesShetlander in Glasgow 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      I actually miss having wee guizers come around for sweeties. I feel like moving from rural to city means this aspect is somewhat lost.

                                                      [–]tonyinchpracticeBrighton 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      Don't mind it in and of itself - it's fun for the kids and all that...

                                                      What I fucking hate is reddit at this time of year. Desperate, affirmation-seeking, yanks with their "I dressed up as this year's most obvious cultural reference / meme, please shower me in internet points". Fuck off.

                                                      [–]nufag 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      ITT: Miserable bastards

                                                      [–]MuffinzzYorkshire 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                      I don't get it. I was never allowed to do Halloween stuff because my mum was insistent that it was a celebration of the dead.

                                                      [–]Cheese-n-Opinion 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                      What does your mum have against the dead?

                                                      [–]MuffinzzYorkshire 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      Thought it was disrespectful and innapropriate

                                                      [–]A020South Korea 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      Not a fan because I hate fancy dress with a passion. It takes me long enough to be happy with what I'm wearing on a normal day, the pressure of making a decent costume is a pain in the arse I can't be bothered with. The other half loves it though, and is leaving in half an hour for a party. Fortunately I'm ill so I'm staying in, baking bread and watching a film.

                                                      [–]Chazmer87Scotland 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                      I'm not a huge fan of Halloween. But it is for the kids after all.

                                                      Bonfire night though.. That's my jam

                                                      [–]horseboat3000 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      A rope! A rope! To hang the Pope!

                                                      [–]concretepigeonWakefield 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      No. It's shit. Dressing up is fucking shit anyway. Bars are always packed. They're full of people who don't drink most of the year and can't handle their booze and the fancy dress seems to make them even less able to behave themselves in public. At least at Christmas most people are in a decent mood. Halloween just seems to be an excuse to be a twat for a lot of people.

                                                      [–]Tana1234 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      Hate it I will be staying in all the lights turned off and be a grump in the dark. I can't stand it

                                                      [–]PizzadrummerSussex 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                      Nope, it just rubs me the wrong way. I'm all for a good party, but I don't like dressing up, I'm allergic to all the facepaint stuff and strangers knocking on my door asking for free sweets can piss right off.

                                                      Edit - I realise that this post makes me look like a miserable old man. I'm 18...

                                                      [–]Tundur 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      I think hallowe'en peaks early twenties. It's an excuse to get fucked but in silly fancy dress. Most people I know make their own costumes, people get together to paint faces, occasionally jump out at kids to frighten them while en route to parties. Great fun, though now uni's over it's kind of disippated.

                                                      [–]severs1966 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                      If you don't want to be involved in the American "trick or treat" thing, you could easily get tarnished by accusations of being a misery-guts, as happened to me when I used to refuse to answer the door.

                                                      Instead, place an A4 printout on the door with "INFECTION RISK" on it in big letters.

                                                      A short explanation under that should state that: People in the house are suffering from Norovirus (winter diarrhoea and vomiting disease) and the door is remaining shut for the protection of the children.

                                                      The parents escorting the little kids will realise that you are a hero, denying yourself the fun of participation for the greater good.

                                                      Not sure what you would do the following year.

                                                      [–]PJSH2 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                      Are you not getting invites to house parties? Halloween is sick

                                                      [–]robbieclacy 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      lmao read the comments, it's just people salty because they don't have somewhere to go

                                                      [–]JangoAllTheWay 2ポイント3ポイント  (7子コメント)

                                                      Nah it's shit. I always go to the cinema for the evening. Not much on this year though

                                                      [–]wedontlikespacesTyne & Wear 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      Go idea, i'm doing that. See you there!

                                                      [–]borezGeordie in London 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      I, Daniel Blake.

                                                      [–]BritishWritingMan 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      Doctor Strange.

                                                      Saw it yesterday.

                                                      Fucking fabulous.

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                                                        [–]7heDanielHertfordshire 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                        At work I realised I have Halloween off. I'm just like.. "This is so wasted on me" because I have no plans for that night. Even before I take into account I have school the next day, I still wouldn't plan anything.

                                                        It's not my thing. Some of my friends absolutely love it and it's the night they wait for. We don't even celebrate it for the reason intended.

                                                        [–]Scrotumsoh my days mush 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                        Answer the front door with a bowl of fruit. Word will travel fast, those that make it through will never return.

                                                        [–]bookofbooks 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                        Soft fruit, so they don't break your windows when they throw it at your house after you close the door.

                                                        [–]emkay99 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                        All my friends call me a scrooge

                                                        I get that, too -- but only about Christmas. Ebenezer's neighbors and employees couldn't have cared less about Halloween.

                                                        [–]indifference_engine 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                        not a fan myself, reddit in general is unbearable for the two weeks around halloween, tons of needy pricks with "my [x] costume! how'd I do reddit? :D" posts

                                                        [–]prustage 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                        Today, the train guard on my daily commute suggested (over the PA) that if we wanted to discourage kids from trick or treating at our house we should dip some boiled Brussels sprouts in chocolate then offer them as treats. He said the expression on their faces after biting would fully justify the inconvenience.

                                                        [–]falaran 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                        yup,hate it

                                                        apart from whoever managed to convince women it was a night to dress as slutty as possible.

                                                        I like that.

                                                        [–]zagreus9Shropshire 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                        I like the parties. A big excuse to get pissed wearing daft clothes and be silly.

                                                        I hate the plastic tat. And the sudden giving of sweets to already chubby kids wearing a cardboard mask.

                                                        [–]HarryMashed 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                        I hate it. Kids get told to not talk to strangers and not to beg then they get sent out to do exactly that.

                                                        Also 'celebrating' and 'happy Halloween' are stupid phrases to use for Halloween.

                                                        It's a shitty money making load of awfulness.

                                                        [–]escherbachLondon, mate 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                        If the kids turn up at my door, look well-behaved, have some diversity - not too middle-class, and, for the treat, perform something requiring genuine ability and practice, rather than an easy to do clichéd routine, then I don't taser any of them.

                                                        [–]exigenesis 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                        Getting soft in your old age mate.

                                                        [–]HarryGoLockyTorbay 3ポイント4ポイント  (17子コメント)

                                                        Like most holidays I have no feeling towards it at all.

                                                        Halloween, Bonfire Night, Valentines, Christmas, Easter. They all pass by and I honestly don't care. If people want to dress up like a zombie and get pissed that's fine, if they want to take their kids out to strangers houses and feed them sugar all night that's fine. I just couldn't care less

                                                        The only reason I give a shit about December 25th is because it's my mum's birthday, other than that I would rather do without it

                                                        [–]Cheese-n-Opinion 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                        Just go straight from the 24th to the 26th? That would get confusing.

                                                        Why even care about your mum's birthday, who cares how many revolutions round the sun have been and gone since she was born?!

                                                        [–]wedontlikespacesTyne & Wear 2ポイント3ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                        They are all a bit of a pain now. But at least the had a point in the past. No of course capitalism has taken over and there reason for existing has gone and they mean new things now.

                                                        I have made a table. It was fun, I like tables.

                                                        Holiday What it used to mean What it now means
                                                        Halloween Some eldritch medieval thing - to be honest is never had much point Dress up - get drunk - spend lots of money
                                                        Bonfire Night A warning DON'T DO IT AGAIN Charge people to watch a display that they could have seen from outside the field if they thought about it, but at least it is still kind of fun and no one thinks your a misery guts if you don't engage.
                                                        Valentines N/A - This one is 100% made up to sell cards and chocolates Show people how much you love them by spending money on them. Incidentally worse time of year to actually try to start a serious relationship as no one takes it seriously.
                                                        Easter Yay, our guy is not dead after all Chocolate easter eggs, I don't mind this one because it is not too intrusive.
                                                        Christmas Yay our guy was born alough possibly not at this time of year Spend MONEY and lots of it.

                                                        This graph was always right, I haven't just changed it, and anyone who says differently is lying.

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                                                          [–]argankp 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                          Another excuse to sell overpriced junk to people with more money than brains. Just like Christmas and weddings.

                                                          [–]Griddlebone- 4ポイント5ポイント  (7子コメント)

                                                          Another day another reddit thread about sitting indoors bitterly disliking mainstream customs, justified with wafer-thin arguments.

                                                          [–]CurmudgeonShirt27 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                          It's sad really. Plenty of people have fun with it and kids enjoy it.

                                                          [–]Griddlebone- 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                          Yep. If it was some retro video game related event (i.e. the definition of purely commercial, purely American) they'd be lapping it up I'm sure.

                                                          I mean Christ alive very few people over the age of 14 really like Halloween but it's a break in the year even for adults that you can get behind and wear something fucking stupid or risqué if you want to, and you still get good nights out just with everyone in crap costumes. What's the harm, you know?

                                                          [–]CurmudgeonShirt27 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                          Agreed. I'm not going to put time and effort into a costume but I'll put on a paper mask or a wig of some sort and go out and have fun. If others want to come up with a costume and spend time and money on it then fair play to them. Always see a good few funny ones.

                                                          I've had a lot of great nights out at Halloween because people use it as an excuse to go out and have a good time, so town is usually busy. Also encourages people to throw parties, and parties are good fancy dress or not.

                                                          And how much do a couple of mixed bags of sweets cost, a tenner or so? Buy some sweets and make some kids happy, it's only one day a year. If not, pretend you're not in. It's not difficult.

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                                                            [–]chowieukGloucestershire, London, EU and Middle East 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                            There's nothing really to it. I can go and get pissed any night of the year and I don't need to waste time, money and effort on a shitty costume to do it.

                                                            [–]xanaxolotl 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                            I liked it when I was a kid. We'd dress up as skeletons or vampires, and do apple bobbing or trying to eat an apple hung on a string. Go around to the neighbours house and she'd give us some sweets. It was fun. Don't really see the point of it as an adult.

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