[GreenTiger]

Close to where I live there is a Russian Orthodox Community that refuses to have anything to do with Halloween at all, they feel it is a pagan holiday.

They would agree with this guy, personally I think he is a bit of a crab ass.

[herbie]

Hmm. In the old days if they knew you were home and didn't hand out candy you got a bag of burning dog shit on the door step or your own garden hose through your mail slot.
That's why they said "trick or treat".

[PluggyRug]

Some kids came to our door (first time in 4 years). One said trick or treat, I said trick. Bewildered look on their faces...priceless.

[ShepherdsDog]

GreenTiger GreenTiger:

Close to where I live there is a Russian Orthodox Community that refuses to have anything to do with Halloween at all, they feel it is a pagan holiday.

They would agree with this guy, personally I think he is a bit of a crab ass.

And Easter Eggs are written about extensively in both testaments.

[RUEZ]

Tricks Tricks:

Kids are annoying.

[Lemmy]

PluggyRug PluggyRug:

Some kids came to our door (first time in 4 years). One said trick or treat, I said trick. Bewildered look on their faces...priceless.

Did you enjoy spending your next weekend repairing broken windows? Sometimes it's better to pay the toll.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

GreenTiger GreenTiger:

Close to where I live there is a Russian Orthodox Community that refuses to have anything to do with Halloween at all, they feel it is a pagan holiday.

They would agree with this guy, personally I think he is a bit of a crab ass.

Why? He was castigated for simply not being at home. I mean wtf, what if he worked afternoons, what's he supposed to do, call in and tell his boss he can't come into work cuz he's gotta make sure some kid's parents don't get their panties in a bunch? Or put his personal life on hold just to make sure he's home on Hallowe'en evening?

[Kitsune_H]

You know... Back in my days, we would only knock on the doors of people who had a Jack-o-Lantern out, since it was a sign someone was interested in receiving trick-or-treaters.

[ShepherdsDog]

I was always amazed by the number of kids we got that obviously didn't live in our neighbourhood, when we were in Winnipeg. Then they'd get pissed if you gave them 'healthier' treats. We usually gave out Fruit snacks(fruit juice gummies) or strips, a small candy bar and a bag of pretzels.
I remember some kids telling me, "eh, I doan want no fruit snacks gimme some real cun-dee!" We had to set up parent patrols too because the 'visitors' were threatening some of the younger neighbourhood kids. I never caught any or saw it happen, but we had some neighbours get rolled(at 10, they were too cool to go with an adult chaperone) We had everyone else ante up some of their loot...after the obligatory tithe to the Powers that Be(Crisy Crunch, Coffee Crisp and Snickers were my price).

[Bacardi4206]

My house gets egged every year because I never give out candy... well for the simple reason because my house gets egged every year. Not giving any candy to some undeserving snot nose pricks. They want candy, they can buy there own candy or get there parents to.

Last time I tried the whole halloween shit, somebody smashed all my pumkins and left a mess of my front yard. Yeah... not doing that again.

[GreenTiger]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

GreenTiger GreenTiger:

Close to where I live there is a Russian Orthodox Community that refuses to have anything to do with Halloween at all, they feel it is a pagan holiday.

They would agree with this guy, personally I think he is a bit of a crab ass.

And Easter Eggs are written about extensively in both testaments.

True, The Easter Eggs weren't in the Bible. The All Hallows Eve is Roman Catholic and they like to distance themselves from Catholics. They did an do have some hot looking birds there that you would defiantly like to get "real pagan" with.

[QBC]

We had a good year. We bought entirely too much candy to give out, hence why the diet has gone for shit this week, but the kids were good. We got mostly little ones who were, to my jaded surprise, being taught by their parent to be grateful for the candy they got.(The Batman and Spider-man dynamic duo were particularly cute and very excited by the whole event... ) If a child didn't say thank you on their own, their parents actually "reminded them" to say such. I thought that was nice to see actually, manners being taught, some good parents in this area I guess.

As for the guy who chose not to hand out candy, it's his choice and no one should say anything about it either way. The note from the kids / parents is bullshit and they should be ashamed of themselves.

[QBall]

Since your average 9 year old isn't likely to use the word 'rectify' I'm not sure why the homeowner didn't just take this as it appears to be: a joke.

[Yogi]

I wasn't home for Halloween either, but even if I had been, I still wouldn't have handed out any goodies.
In the 6 years I have lived here, I have had only 2 kids, and they were accompanied by their Mom.
A couple of times whilst being out in the yard while the kiddees were going around, I watched them come from across the street to my next door neighbors house, then walk back across the street to the folks directly across from me, and then head off around the corner,and carry on. I stood there, scratching my head, wondering "WTF"! I later mentioned this to one of the older kids, and she said, " Kids will NEVER go to your house cuz they think it's haunted!!!

[Brenda]

The first Halloween we celebrated was 2 weeks after we moved here. We were used to a similar type of thing, called Sint Maarten, where kids make a lampion on a stick and light a candle or small flashlight inside of it and go door to door and sing a little song, and in return, they get candy.
When a house is dark, people are not home and you just move on to the next.

To our surprise tho, some people were not home, but had candy out on either the front of the driveway, or the porch! And although we were clearly not the first people there, there was candy in there to take! (and no way to say thank you )