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AzzaNZ 
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Posted: 25 October 2010 at 5:35pm |
We moved into our home in April so asked the neighbours if the street has any halloween celebrations. They said they dont do things like that (with an expression I'd have expected if I'd weed on their carpet) 
So I'm kinda hoping someone in the street joins in some trick or treating. Maybe I should stick flyers in postboxes asking if anyone is doing anything? I'd hate to offend anyone on the night especially with my kids!
Do you celebrate? Does your street?
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Posted: 25 October 2010 at 5:47pm |
we live in a cul-de-sac with a lot of children but in the three years we have been here we have had no more than a couple of groups of kids come around each halloween... we buy a bag of lollies just in case and end up eating most them ourselves 
A lot of people I work with dont 'do' halloween either and avoid answering the door...
Also I think it is very western (especially the USA) tradition and a lot of 'eastern' families just dont know/care about it...IYGWIM
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Posted: 25 October 2010 at 6:08pm |
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We moved over from the US last year. My kids have asked if we are doing it so I am organising a party at our house with the neighbourhood kids. I am making a pinata instead of trick or treating. They will make a bag to put their lollies in and have hot dogs for dinner.
The rules in the US were if the front light was on then you knocked on the doors if not then leave those people alone. However in NZ it might be another black out night if we stuck to those rules.
Looking forward to NOT having a pillowcase full of lollies.
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Posted: 25 October 2010 at 6:32pm |
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i think most places sell things for the kids to know if it is a halloween friendly house.... i dont do halloween but have given lollies to kids who knock and are dressed as they should...not the kids scabbing though! i think a lot of churches do light parties which sound really cool! my kids have been watching a scooby doo movie lately based around halloween so i think this year there might be a bit more discussion round it!
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Posted: 25 October 2010 at 6:47pm |
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we probably wont do it. with the kids however when they are really little we will dress them up and take them "trick or treating" to grandmas house and some of our friends. mainly cause its so cute.
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Posted: 25 October 2010 at 6:48pm |
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Hi, I'm a Halloween spoil sport! I think its wrong - we teach our kids not to accept lollies etc from strangers but we allow it for the 31st of October? Just not worth it really, especially if you don't really know the neighbours. We don't answer the door (its not as bad here in Dunedin as it was in Hamilton) and if I was the least inclined to do anything I think I would arrange a BBQ with friends and have treats.
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Posted: 25 October 2010 at 6:57pm |
In our area if you put a blown up balloon on your letterbox on holloween it means you welcome trick or treaters, so no balloon = no door knockers 
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Posted: 25 October 2010 at 7:28pm |
i agree with Hannibal. Riley wont be going trick or treating lol. but always buy a snacksize pack of choccie bars (like mini moros or something) for the kids that do knock. I used to take my bros and people were really put out. one year we got apples, gum, cheese and crackers (like le snacks) and some money lol. tbh i felt kinda weird knocking on peoples doors asking for choc and lollies after so many years of 'stranger danger' and 'dont accept candy' etc.
but on that note, i know i dont poison the candy or intened to do anything other than hand out mini moros lol
other than that, most people put a sign up in a window or on the fence that they dont accept trick or treaters.
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Posted: 25 October 2010 at 7:35pm |
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jake is having his birthday sleepover that night and given his birthday is the 25th, i would say most weekends at that time will be similiar.
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Posted: 25 October 2010 at 7:42pm |
Every year a lady on my parent's street organises the kids of the street to go trick or treating, she finds out before hand what houses don't do halloween so she leaves those places out.
Then the kids go back to hers for icecream , they love it 
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Posted: 25 October 2010 at 8:07pm |
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I always buy sweets but in the last 5-8 years we've had 3 groups come around. So sad! I'm debating not bothering buying anything to give this year, and on the chance someone comes around scrounging in the cupboard for a muesli bar or something LOL
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Posted: 25 October 2010 at 8:45pm |
 TheKelly wrote:
Every year a lady on my parent's street organises the kids of the street to go trick or treating, she finds out before hand what houses don't do halloween so she leaves those places out.
Then the kids go back to hers for icecream , they love it |
sounds like you live in a great street!
I have had one trick-or-treater in the 3 halloweens i have lived here, and she came at 5.30 with her Dad. It was always heavily organised when i was little in the UK, mainly because it was dark by 5 at that time of year!
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Posted: 25 October 2010 at 8:54pm |
I love Halloween parties but am not a fan of trick or treating. Luckily we live rurally down a very long driveway so I doubt we will get them - I've never been myself either
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Posted: 25 October 2010 at 9:01pm |
..My friend and I went when we were younger, one man said "trick " and we didn't have anything prepared so he made us (we were kids, and too dumb to realise we could just refuse ) sing the Mickey Mouse club theme song and cluck like chickens on the footpath.
Mortifying
Susie C , its my parents street , but it is a good one,they even have street bbqs which I think is quite a nice idea....
Our road is a long busy one, I doubt they do anything like that here .....
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Posted: 25 October 2010 at 9:04pm |
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We always have a bag or 2 of lollies JIC, but have a steep driveway so often don't have people come and knock. All the 'kids' have grown up and don't bother either.
I never really thought of it offending anyone, but could understand that it does!
I like the idea of organising something as a street though, think that's nice, really people here don't know much about the background so it's mainly just dressing up and getting some lollies but Hannibal made a good point - we teach them not to accept lollies from strangers yet 31st is ok...
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Posted: 25 October 2010 at 9:21pm |
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I think accepting lollies whilst in the presence of mum or a supervising adult is very different from accepting lollies from a peadiphile trying to lure kids away. And trick or treating should be supervised. I understand there is still the tiny risk of poisoning etc. We threw out all home baking, fruit and anything that wasn't sealed in the states. Everyone did this unless it was from a very close friend so most people only bought sealed candy. It is all about balancing fun and safety.
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Posted: 25 October 2010 at 9:34pm |
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I wouldn't mind doing Trick or Treating, we always buy some lollies just incase.
Last time we did, they neighbours teenagers were dressed up like (warning!!) tarts and trick or treating. That was just wrong. No lollies for them its purely a kids thing.
I think Arianne is still wayy to young, maybe next year ill take her Trick or Treating. See if we get any this year.
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Posted: 25 October 2010 at 9:39pm |
For me - it's not so much the stranger danger aspect of it that I don't like. It's that it seemed like NZ decided to adopt the more US tradition (I know Halloween is celebrated and originated elsewhere as well but it seems to come from watching American TV shows to me! ) of trick-or-treating without actually understanding the what, when, where, why and how of it. It doesn't seem authentic to do trick-or-treating in NZ somehow. It may be though - that this tradition just hasn't been around very long in NZ yet and will perhaps get better with time.
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Posted: 26 October 2010 at 9:24am |
Andrew is going to an "un" halloween party on Saturday afternoon. Dressing up and lollies are the fun part for them and they will dance and who knows what (care to tell Janine ) at the party.
It is also my birthday close to halloween so my birthday is far more important than halloween.
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Posted: 26 October 2010 at 10:32am |
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We used to combine Halloween and Guy fawkes and dress up with the family and have a party, but didn't go trick or treating. I love dressing up so would love to get that going again when DS is older. Dunno if I could be bothered with trick or treating unless we lived in a street where other people did it.
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