What's Everyone's Thoughts about Celebrating Halloween?

Leannexxx we only done houses that had pumpkins etc.

Consumer I always only took my children trick or treating to houses with pumpkins/halloween Dec's outside.

kitty88uk I agree, it is a weird thing and I too don't have as many since lockdown

vixe80 just had a kid come running down driveway knocking on side door heard footsteps

It’s cause living room lights are on didn’t draw curtains and I said no sorry

Didn’t hear knocking on either of neighbours’ houses

Wouldn’t it be obvious if houses had Halloween decorations means they are welcome?! to go to those houses

Don’t go randomly knocking on peoples houses just cause they can see lights on inside pfft

slightfoot this is the kind of thing I wondered about. I have a few houses in my road (who I know don't have children living there) that have really decorated - as much as Christmas. I wondered if people enjoyed the giving/ being part of community

vixe80 yes I have similar house that do Xmas lights ect, butts to pricey for me on the electric so I decided to be the Halloween queen of the close instead, I've spent the last 2days out the front scooping and carving my giant pumpkins, loads of neighbours have stopped for a chat in the way past, got to know a new family that have moved in across they way, another neighbour keeps quail in the back garden so they've had a bucket of pumpkin flesh of me, it's great

slightfoot I love how it has brought you closer to neighbours - maybe that's what it should be about. Not kids eating sweets. But community.

vixe80 yes it really has got people talking, and we had a nice steady stream of kids knocking last night, and they all commented on the giant pumpkins, had a few requests for plants/seeds so they can have ago at their own next year, love it x pic is us weighing one of them

slightfoot oh my goodness, that really is a huge pumpkin! How much did it weigh?

vixe80 it was 200lb, and the other one210lb, but it's not the biggest we have ever grown on our allotment, our personal best was 6 years ago, a 22 stone beast, got 6th place at the national championships that year

slightfoot wow that is truly amazing. What do you feed them with to get so big? And do you use tye seeds from last years pumpkins or buy new each year?

vixe80 we do use the seed from one year for the next, but we started off with a special seed, a giant variety, plenty of water, hand pollinated, then flower closed with string to prevent cross pollination from bees, only let one fruit per plant grow to get them to max size

martinlufc5637 true, then they end up with a load of sweets - that you don't want them to eat! Or at least that's how it was in my house

jigsawx3x that's brilliant, that all generations enjoy the dressing up.

jigsawx3x that is brilliant, we can't do hollowean at my care home it's salvationist, but we do a harvest Festival thing instead

jigsawx3x ,sounds fabulous, hope you all enjoy your night,I love to dress up as a witch & have the Purrrect companion ...My black cat Phoenix!!

SueWard my you gest didn't enjoy halloween as much, as costumes were beginning to get a bit scary!

janphoenix51- adorable, i love tge halloween pose, and the eyes are saying halloween!

janphoenix51

My cat Rolo

eyeballkerry ...Rolo is a beauty,is he all black too?

Love the scary fangs out look,just right for Halloween!

Mango4 I found it to be very quiet too. Strange wasn't it, especially as I know there are alot of.primary school aged kids.in my road

eyeballkerry I love that people were doing their shopping dressed up! How great is that

Pjran, some of the teenagers can be a bit silly, but I do feel for most of them. As yes they are big and sometimes scary, but they are still kids, who like sweets!