by expatbrit 15 Replies latest jw friends
OK this will be my first year participating in Halloween. I grew up a JW, so have never enjoyed it as a kid or as an adult.
So, I need some guidance!
What do I do when the little bastards come to the door?
Do I need to act scared? Do I need to scare them with a spooky voice?
How much candy will the little sods extort?
Should I spike the candy with colon cleanser?
Help me!
Expatbrit
Just be glad you don't have to turn out all the lights and pretend you're not home. Or, like one of my dub friends, give out watchtowers and awakes to the goblins and fairies at your door.
Man, make sure you have good candy and maybe a scary mask, makes it more fun.
Always get a few more bags of candy than you think you'll need. You can always eat the leftovers.
Happy Halloween!
You can still turn off all of the lights and hide in the basement untill they all go away.Thats what we did when I was growing up.
If you insist on playing along then in answer to your questions:
1-Open the door
2a-Dont act scared unless they are scary-looking. Nobody is supposed to scared of spiderman or a princess, only ghosts and monsters and such.
2b-You can have lots of fun sometimes scaring the little ones especially if you can make them cry. The older kids will just look at you like you are an idiot.
3-The kids will take home more damn candy than they can eat in a month so it doesnt matter how much you give.
4-Only if you want a Federal investigation.
welllllllllll(expat)))))))))
I've been having fun w/ the 'oliday for a while now.
I give out goodies.Once in a while,I have fun w/ my nieces and nephews......yanno those little packets of sauces you accrue from all the take-aways? One year I put in some soy sauces,mustards in the festive lil bags,,,,asked my nieces "Trick or Treat?' well the ones that said Trick,got the bag of condiments lololo. SHould have seen the looks on their faces when they opened the bags lololol........of course then I gave them the real goodies......ahhh Have fun with it I say lol.... Good old Auntie Tina-Nothing says lovin like something from the coven heheheheheheheheh
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you can do what i do. trun out the lights and eat the candy. some people like to dance in the moon light, clothing optional. too cold for me.
I dont know mate we dont have that pagon festival here in Australia
Once you get into it, Halloween is great! One year we decorated our frontyard like a cemetary using dry ice for fog, and all the adults dressed up like ghouls. Some of the little kids wouldn't even come in our yard, but the older ones got a big kick out of it. We put a recording of Bach's tacotta and fugue in D-minor on the stereo for background music. It was like making up for all the years we missed out!
As far as how much candy to buy, ask your neighbors. Some neighborhoods get a lot more children than others. One year, after I moved to a condo, I bought a ton of candy and only three kids showed up. :-(. Darn, I had to eat all the leftovers!
Expat,
You have two choices:
1. Buy lots of candy, stay home and pass the candy to the array of monsters who come to the door.
2. Buy costume, knock on other people's doors and say "trick or treat" then collect candy.
Halloween is great fun. The first year in my house I bought a load of Candy. My son went out trick or treating and came back with a load of candy. About six kids turned up at our house that was all. I think it was Easter before the two of us had finished eating the candy.
We live at the end of a cul-de-sac with about 10 houses in the road. There are no sidewalks and no street lights and I think the kids avoid the road because of the slim pickings. Last year I wore my sons mask from the previous year. I embarrassed my wife by hobbling along behind her shouting "I vant to see der chilldren, I vant to see der chilllldren"....She doesn't quite get into the spirit of it.
THirdson
'To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing'
Be your self,tell the kid`s when you like their costumes.Enjoy their happiness when they get their treats.Enjoy what you`ve done to make children happy.Appreciate what you have done to make the world a better place!
The Golden Rule:The people with the gold, make the rule`s!
Based on our experience last/this week I would recommend against giving a really good / big chocolate bar each to two cute little girls. The word must have got round and our doorbell has not stopped ringing! (and I'm sure I'm starting to recognise the same kids)
We lived in a very out-of-the way place before so never got anyone calling.
I think we need to buy a big tub of cheap crap to hand out. Preferably something foul tasting to put them off coming back.
