Halloween is next Monday...NOT Saturday

[golfgal]

Drink or treat!

Here is is Trick or Drink

I keep a few on hand, just in case. Haven't seen it as much here but in our old town, it was pretty common.

 

[Plannin'Shannon]

Drink please.

Amen!

Here is is Trick or Drink

I keep a few on hand, just in case. Haven't seen it as much here but in our old town, it was pretty common.

I've also heard Trick or Beer.

 

[DeaverTex]

Halloween is on October 31st here in Austin, although some organizations do a trick-or-treat affair for kids on a different day. Of course, they do it on a different day so that the kids can go out on Halloween.

The notion of an entire town setting an "official" time for trick-or-treating is just... flabbergasting. I'd honestly have to wonder whether they also move New Year's Eve celebrations to a Saturday night too.

 

[sasywtch]

I missed a couple of pages so don't know if this was posted already or not.
Trick or Treating here is on the 31st and from about 5-whenever there are no more kids knocking on the door.


Connecticut lawmaker wants to change Halloween date

Diane Alter - AHN News Reporter

Hartford, CT, United States (AHN) - Since the 16th century, Halloween has been celebrated on Oct. 31. Now, a Connecticut lawmaker wants to change the date.

Rep. Tim Larsen wants to make Halloween a floating holiday, like Thanksgiving or Labor Day. He is staging a major push to change the official date of the annual trick-or-treating holiday from Oct. 31 to the last Saturday of October, which would make the date different every year.

Larson says he believes it would benefit families by changing Halloween's date. He maintains they would not feel so rushed after work and school to take their children out trick or treating. Larsen also says it would be safer for the kids if they were only allowed to trick or treat during the day.

Some parents support Larsen's idea and others are adamantly against it, saying it tampers with a long-standing tradition.

Larson's change was proposed too late to make any change in this year's Halloween date, but he aims to have it pushed through by 2012.

 

[kirstenb1]

We live in a rural neighborhood, 90 homes, 500 acres. Each year there's a neighborhood hay ride on Halloween for trick or treating. The parents get to jog or drive behind. I admit, I always wish Halloween were on a Friday or Saturday, but you get what you get.

I think I will buy some of those single serve wine bottles for dh to hand out to parents. He's always had a cooler of beer and soda, but we may have to kick it up.

 

[MichelleinMaine]

Our mall is doing trick or treat and a costume contest Saturday night. This is the first time that they have done that. They usually do both on Halloween night.

My kids will be trick or treating on Halloween night.

LOL I was going to respond "same here"- and then noted your location.

Really caught me off guard when I drove by last week and saw that on the mall sign. They never do it early (and I find it hard to believe they'd need a promotion to get people in on a Saturday?)

 

[CandyMandy]

YEs but sometimes you want to show off your house!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79JY4wWZfTI

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Bleh - generic techno lighting and blaring sound, which is already an overdone, has-been fad at Christmas (pages and pages of videos of that on Youtube). Below is an example of a properly done, impressive home Halloween display.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBnG9yc2Y1Y

 

[Mermaid02]

I guess it's really just what you are used to and what you grew up with. For us in our part of Maine- you TorT on Halloween- period, sometimes you had to wear your snowsuit under your costume.... LOL That was always interesting, think Randy from A Christmas Story!

As far as that Connecticut gentleman wanting to change it so folks don't have to get our of work/school and rush.... around here that's part of the fun of it! A quick meal of pizza (usually) into the costumes and hitting the streets! And yes, we have pulled a wagon of beverages with us before....

 

[Toad_Passenger]

So, for the Congressperson looking to change the date of Halloween, would they also petition to have All Hallows Day (All Saints' Day, Hallowmas) changed? Honestly, the word "Halloween" comes from being the day before these celebrations.

Maybe they can make a "new" day that is not called Halloween, but, "Treat Night" and put that on another night. For a lot of people in this world, for various reasons, actual Halloween on the 31st is a VERY important day & date.

 

[design_mom]

So, for the Congressperson looking to change the date of Halloween, would they also petition to have All Hallows Day (All Saints' Day, Hallowmas) changed? Honestly, the word "Halloween" comes from being the day before these celebrations.

Maybe they can make a "new" day that is not called Halloween, but, "Treat Night" and put that on another night. For a lot of people in this world, for various reasons, actual Halloween on the 31st is a VERY important day & date.

They do. It's called "Beggar's Night" here. Halloween is on the 31st, but Beggar's Night (aka Trick-or-Treat) is on a different night. Nobody's really trying to "move Halloween"... just trick-or-treat.

 

[herdtoDisney]

I missed a couple of pages so don't know if this was posted already or not.
Trick or Treating here is on the 31st and from about 5-whenever there are no more kids knocking on the door.


Connecticut lawmaker wants to change Halloween date

Diane Alter - AHN News Reporter

Hartford, CT, United States (AHN) - Since the 16th century, Halloween has been celebrated on Oct. 31. Now, a Connecticut lawmaker wants to change the date.

Rep. Tim Larsen wants to make Halloween a floating holiday, like Thanksgiving or Labor Day. He is staging a major push to change the official date of the annual trick-or-treating holiday from Oct. 31 to the last Saturday of October, which would make the date different every year.

Larson says he believes it would benefit families by changing Halloween's date. He maintains they would not feel so rushed after work and school to take their children out trick or treating. Larsen also says it would be safer for the kids if they were only allowed to trick or treat during the day.

Some parents support Larsen's idea and others are adamantly against it, saying it tampers with a long-standing tradition.

Larson's change was proposed too late to make any change in this year's Halloween date, but he aims to have it pushed through by 2012.

This guy is such a ding-dong I'm glad he's not my rep. Seriously, I'll hand out candy whenever I want or don't want, and he's got bigger problems he ought to be dealing with. If I lived in his district, I'd be real aggravated that he's wasting time on this!

 

[LuvCuteBoys]

The notion of an entire town setting an "official" time for trick-or-treating is just... flabbergasting. I'd honestly have to wonder whether they also move New Year's Eve celebrations to a Saturday night too.

Honestly, the notion of NOT having a set time is flabbergasting to me.

I get that not everyone is used to set times and/or different dates... but do those of you who keep bringing up other holidays REALLY not see the difference??

Moving a New Year's celebration? What's to move? If people want to celebrate New Year's Eve on September 6th, that doesn't affect anyone. We have Christmas in July and some people celebrate their half-birthdays and if your family can't all make in to town on the last Thursday in November, sometimes people celebrate Thanksgiving on a different day. If your kid's birthday is on a Wednesday, I think the majority of people would have a party on a different day. Someone else mentioned the Fourth of July... around here, different towns DO have fireworks on different days. They're not all on the 4th and it never occured to me to be mad at the governement for it. (I have enough other reasons for that.)

I can almost guarantee that as we get closer to "the holiday season" there will be at least one thread where someone is upset that, for whatever reason, he/she can't celebrate on the specific day and the consensus will be to celebrate on a different day.

Trick-or-treating affects the entire community. I really don't understand why it's so strange that some communities might put some restrictions on it. If you want to celebrate Easter in June, I don't have to buy a bag of candy and man my door for a couple hours in order to accomodate you.

 

[Toad_Passenger]

Honestly, the notion of NOT having a set time is flabbergasting to me.

I get that not everyone is used to set times and/or different dates... but do those of you who keep bringing up other holidays REALLY not see the difference??

Moving a New Year's celebration? What's to move? If people want to celebrate New Year's Eve on September 6th, that doesn't affect anyone. We have Christmas in July and some people celebrate their half-birthdays and if your family can't all make in to town on the last Thursday in November, sometimes people celebrate Thanksgiving on a different day. If your kid's birthday is on a Wednesday, I think the majority of people would have a party on a different day. Someone else mentioned the Fourth of July... around here, different towns DO have fireworks on different days. They're not all on the 4th and it never occured to me to be mad at the governement for it. (I have enough other reasons for that.)

I can almost guarantee that as we get closer to "the holiday season" there will be at least one thread where someone is upset that, for whatever reason, he/she can't celebrate on the specific day and the consensus will be to celebrate on a different day.

Trick-or-treating affects the entire community. I really don't understand why it's so strange that some communities might put some restrictions on it. If you want to celebrate Easter in June, I don't have to buy a bag of candy and man my door for a couple hours in order to accomodate you.

You don't have to do that on Halloween, either. You just simply turn your light out and don't give out candy.

If little Sally & Johnny have problems getting up for school the next morning after trick or treating, then, maybe, they're not ready to celebrate that way?

 

[Metro West]

Growing up in the 1970's, we always went trick or treating on Halloween night and there wasn't a set time as a rule. We usually headed out around 6:30pm and stayed out until around 8pm...that's about all we could handle. Plus by that time, most of the front porch lights were turned off.

 

[SingleFather]

Honestly, the notion of NOT having a set time is flabbergasting to me.

Unless the kids are very little, the idea of dads taking around the kids is flabbergasting to me!

Certainly at some age, the kids go around in groups without parents in other places too!

 

[jrmasm]

There seem to be a lot of flabbergasted people on this thread.

 

[Metro West]

I'm flabbergasted that so many are flabbergasted on this thread.

 

[J. Galt]

Not sure about the others, but ours is "just okay." It's a good opportunity to see lots and lots of costumes, but there's no floats or anything like that. Basically anyone who wants to participate, can walk the parade route from the public pool to city hall. Parents, neighbors, etc. line the streets to see all the kids (and adults) dressed in their costumes.
We've walked the parade with our kids some years, or just hung out on the sidewalk and watched on other years.
The VFW hands out goodie bags by the hundreds to all the kids at the end of the parade route. The police and fire stations also hand out goodies to the kids. Then everyone meanders off to do their trick or treating around town. Our church is located near the end of the parade route and hosts a party with games and prizes for the kiddos also.
It's basically the official start of the "trick or treat" time.

Our parade is sponsored by the Lion's Club. They get donations from local businesses, etc... and groups are allowed to enter floats/etc... Usually its local businesses handing out coupons, etc... the dentist hands out toothbrushes. Its not a huge parade, but it puts everyone in a festive mood. After the parade the Lion's Club serves everyone hot dogs in one of the parks and then send you on your way to trick or treat. I think they might give out prizes for creative costumes too.

Also... nope... not kidding about the pulling around a wagon of beer for trick or treating, or the shot table. Honestly, we live in a pretty conservative community and no one even bats an eye over this practice. I suppose if you were stumbling around drunk you might be ostracized a bit, but adults enjoying a few beverages really doesn't raise too many eyebrows. This is Wisconsin, afterall.

 

[krcit]

Not kidding one bit lol. It is not unusual at all the see a beer in hand.. too hot for coffee in South Louisiana . Cajun folks enjoy their cold ones.

Long Islanders too!! I have been trick or treating with the infamous 'red cup' and not only does no one look twice, most of them ask if we have any extra I'm actually a bit sad that my kids won't be t or ting this year. We always had so much fun, t or t for a couple of hours and then bacfk to our friends for pizza!

 

[CandyMandy]

Yep, I knew the "we must regulate your behavior on a holiday" idiocy had no bounds and here's proof. A municipality in Delaware (Rehoboth Beach) actually has a local ordinance -- a law -- on the books which not only regulates:

- what dates one can trick or treat on
- the hours one can trick or treat on
- but also who can and can't trick or treat.

A very, very commentary on the populace there for voting in the sort of "grey matter" that is insane enough to draft this sort of "law."

Here's the text:

"198-33. Halloween regulations; exceptions. [Amended 10-14-1977 by Ord. No. 1077-2; 10-11-1991 by Ord. No. 1091-1]

A.No person shall permit his child or any child under his control to go about the streets, ways and/or sidewalks within the corporate limits of the City of Rehoboth Beach for the purpose of causing mischief of any sort; provided, however, that children who have not attained the age of 14 years may go upon the streets, ways and/or sidewalks from door to door or house to house for treats between the hours of 6:00 p.m., prevailing time, and 8:00 p.m., prevailing time, on October 31 of any year; provided, however, that if October 31 shall be a Sunday, such going from door to door and house to house for treats shall take place on the evening of October 30 between the hours of 6:00 p.m., prevailing time, and 8:00 p.m., prevailing time.

B.Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the gathering and participation of children in a Halloween parade or costume contest sponsored by the Rehoboth Beach Chamber of Commerce or the service clubs of the city"