There's not usually much pumpkin-carving here in the UK, though quite a few supermarkets now sell carving sets with the tools and some stencils; one (half-American) friend of mine does carve at least one a year, but most people don't. Ditto Hallowe'en - 'trick or treat' is seen as an 'American import', so while there is some, there isn't much.
The last time I did something resembling 'trick or treating', several years ago, a group of us went out in costume and reversed the technique by forcing bags of sweets on unsuspecting householders...
*nods* I know it's not much celebrated elsewhere (Canada, I think, but not outside North America, not in the same way).
The last time I did something resembling 'trick or treating', several years ago, a group of us went out in costume and reversed the technique by forcing bags of sweets on unsuspecting householders...
That was also the year we completely freaked out two young trick-or-treaters who came round...
A friend, B, was being sewn into his Cthulhu outfit by his wife - six feet tall, big bulbous tentacled head with googly eyes - when the doorbell rang.
Rrrrring! Rrrrring! Kids: "Trick or treee-eeat, trick or treee-eeat...!!" [B turns round, opens door] B: "YES?" [in deep bass growl] Kids: "Trick or treee...AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!" [scurry of little feet hot-footing it FAST away from the door] {INSIDE: Much Laughter]
Around our (UK, England) street (which is a circle around a sort of mini-village-green) of about 50 houses, probably at least 6 or 10 houses put pumpkins out - we use it as a signal that we're visitable for trick-or-treating, so will have a bowl of sweets out. (One year I was really mean and filled it with healthier options like nuts-and-raisins instead, which funnily enough didn't go down nearly so fast!)
My next-door neighbour is an education officer at the local Natural History Museum, and usually borrows props from the museum to good effect; last year, trick-or-treaters who knocked on their door were greeted by Chris, with his pet Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches crawling all over his shirt, holding out a skull with a flip-up top and announcing "of course you can have some sweets! Just come and take them out of Grandad here..." You could track the progress of the teenagers round the Crescent by when the squeals of horror started up!
The last time I did something resembling 'trick or treating', several years ago, a group of us went out in costume and reversed the technique by forcing bags of sweets on unsuspecting householders...
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The last time I did something resembling 'trick or treating', several years ago, a group of us went out in costume and reversed the technique by forcing bags of sweets on unsuspecting householders...
LOL, I like that!
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A friend, B, was being sewn into his Cthulhu outfit by his wife - six feet tall, big bulbous tentacled head with googly eyes - when the doorbell rang.
Rrrrring! Rrrrring!
Kids: "Trick or treee-eeat, trick or treee-eeat...!!"
[B turns round, opens door]
B: "YES?" [in deep bass growl]
Kids: "Trick or treee...AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!" [scurry of little feet hot-footing it FAST away from the door]
{INSIDE: Much Laughter]
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My next-door neighbour is an education officer at the local Natural History Museum, and usually borrows props from the museum to good effect; last year, trick-or-treaters who knocked on their door were greeted by Chris, with his pet Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches crawling all over his shirt, holding out a skull with a flip-up top and announcing "of course you can have some sweets! Just come and take them out of Grandad here..." You could track the progress of the teenagers round the Crescent by when the squeals of horror started up!
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