Halloween, As a Loyal JW, what did you do on Halloween ???

by run dont walk 12 Replies latest jw friends

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  starfish422

  Everyone in our neighbourhood (grew up in a village) knew we didn't celebrate. Once in a while some of the neighbourhood boys would summon up the courage to knock on the door and ask my dad why we wouldn't give out candy. Usually my brothers would be sneaking around the yard in the dark watching out for vandals and hellions as we were a bit of a target. One year someone blew up a pumpkin in our backyard. My brother one year scared the hell out of someone who was attempting to vandalize our mailbox; he popped up from behind a bush 10 feet away from the mailbox and said, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING??" The kid must have sh*t!! LMAO

  If Hallowe'en fell on a meeting night, the meeting was always moved so as not to attract vandals to "decorate" the cars in the parking lot or driveway.
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  SpunkyChick

  Yep yep! I relate with most of you! My mom, brother and I would hide out in the basement with the lights off or go out to dinner. Tonight I am taking my sister trick o treating for the first time! We are both pretty excited!
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  Special K

  I remember my mom would just keep most of the lights off when I was a kid. Since we lead a very country life, most in the community knew that we did not celebrate Halloween so they didn't come to our door.

  Once I was an adult and had a home of my own in a subdivision.My husband and I would cover the kitchen and living room windows with a blanket and keep the house in total darkness... then curl up and watch t.v... it was kind of romantic really.

  Most neighbours knew we didn't celebrate Halloween at that time. It seems to be almost an unwritten code where I live. If the house is in total darkness.. that means one of two things. Either you don't celebrate Halloween or most often it means your out of treats.

  The first year we had Halloween was AWESOME. It was obvious we celebrated Halloween.

  1. Had our own kids dressed in costumes and took them around to neighbours.

  2. Had all the house lights on.

  3. Front steps had carved pumpkins with Halloween lights.

  4. Had Scary music piped outside to big speakers blasting through the neighbourhood.

  .. and we had lots of "trick or treaters"..and the neighbours loved the scary music.. kind of made walking around the neighbourhood.. a little more scary. BOOOO HAAAA HAAAA!!

  sincerely

  Special K