Remember hiding out (page 2)

outnfree

I haven't hid for a couple of years....
I guess I was on my way out when I was still in, hunh?

Tonight, my kids are all out having fun. The eldest is just at a friends. The other three are trick or treating... I actually sewed my son a Big Foot (furry, Joel ) costume to go with the awesome mask he bought. (I hate sewing!!!) The other two are a Queen and a Vampiress.

There are two jack o'lanterns out on my doorstep and I have a scary sounds CD playing on repeat.

My husband -- who gave out the treats for many years while I went to the movies (my son has always celebrated Halloween) -- turned the tables on me tonight. I am the candy giver, and HE went to the movies! LOL

Enjoying myself tremendously for a change. No pangs of guilt towards either neighbors OR Jehovah, and no fear of what anyone in the congregation thinks!

AAAAAAAHHAHAHAHAHHHHHHHAHAHAHAAAAAAAH!

Simon

Well tonight was a big disappointment

We had ONE lot of tick-or-treater and that was it! Loads for ages and then hardly any on the night.

Do you think the scary mask I wore when I answere the door helped? I made up for it by giving them some nice sweets.

Sunspot

"we used to sit in the dark, no TV. I hated Halloween"

Hi Joelbear!

Oh how crummy I felt doing this for so many years, specially when I had all five kids at home!

I hated staying home, endlessly waiting for the night to end, never knowing what some ornery trick-or-treaters might DO.

I hated when it fell on a meeting night, because I WASN'T home to keep an eye on things....cuz the neighborhood kids knew we weren't home.

I was always a wreck on Halloween nights...a lose-lose situation.

Shredded families and ruined lives;
The WBTS has MUCH to answer for......

Hugs,

Sunspot

Satanus

When i was 11 years old my stupid mother made me sit on the couch where all the kids could see as she answered the door and sent them away @#$%$

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GentlyFeral

Havn't seen you around for a while. Hope the lightening didn't discourage you.

Satan

Dan B

I told my wife how my mother used to make us hide in the basement during Halloween, and she almost busted a gut laughing!! I find it amusing that we weren't the only ones. I remember as a kid trying to sneek a peek out a window to see what was going on. My parents almost had a heart attack! In retrospect it reminds me of the scene in "The Ten Commandments" when the 10th plague was being brought upon Egypt's firstborn. Remember that scene? The green mist was going through the streets and the people were in their house ignoring the screams (or "trick-or-treats")from outside.

Fond memories...

Dan

Moridin

I was just telling my wife about having to hide as a kid from trick or treaters, as we were walking our daughter from door to door trick or treating. I made the comment that she'd make a good JW with all the doors she was knocking on, but didn't get any laughs!

OUTLAW

My parents used to make me answer the door. I was told to tell the kids we didn`t celebrate halloween because we were jw`s,but they could come back any other time and they would get a treat.This is really embarasing when your a little kid.Anyway,some of the kids did come back,guess what,no treats!My parents had to clean candle wax off the windshields of their cars,the morning after halloween.AHHHHHHHHHH the memories of a jw kid!

WildHorses

Well, I never hid for halloween, but when I started my study, I would hide from the witnesses. The woman who studied with me used to come by Tuesday and Thursday nights to try and convince me to go to the meetings. I would take the kids and sit in the bathroom on those nights and wait for her to leave.

"I don't want someone in my life I can live with, I want someone in my life I can't live without."

Princess

Great stories! My mom always put a sign on the door that said we didn't celebrate halloween. Problem was, most of the kids were too young to read it so one year my little brother decides to write the sign phonetically. It was a riot but it just made us all look like stupid JWs who don't know how to spell on top of everything else!

We had tons of trick-or-treaters tonight! I covered all our driveway lights with jack o'lanterns(10) and had two more lit on the porch. I am getting pretty good at carving pumpkins. I took the kids out while the Prince handed out candy. We went through seven bags! I couldn't believe how many kids came by. Little Prince and Princess were a totally wiped out Pikachu and Snow White. What fun! Can't wait for next year.

Princess (the original)

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