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Hi all,


What are your thoughts on Halloween Trick-or-Treating?


Last night I had a bowl of treats to hand and a ready smile each time I opened the door. However, most of the children didn't say please or thank you, and many were surprisingly, shockingly greedy! (The polite ones were gorgeous, but sadly they were the exception.) I was rather disappointed with the whole experience, and it has made me think that next year I won't bother.


Is this just how kids are - perhaps I shouldn't be offended?


I'm new to ED and really enjoying the neighbourhood thus far, so apologies if my first post here is a tad curmudgeonly :)


KP.

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That's very sad. I wouldn't do it here unless I knew who was coming. I said in another post yesterday that I heard a group of kids - maybe aged 10 or so - chanting "We want treats" all the way down the Ondine Road. And they had their parents with them! It would be much more fun to have small children come to the door with their parents in the background, especially children that you know. I don't think it's normal to say please, as they say Trick or Treat when you open the door, but they should certainly say thank you. It's also fun to admire the costumes, especially if they have made an effort.


A friend of mine who lives in the States says that some parents from other areas drive their kids to his area in order to trick or treat. That is wrong, weird and greedy. He said he has stopped opening his door.

Twas quite pleasant up Sydenham way.


We know most of the kids, some more polite than others, but all pretty well behaved. Mind you, after one lap of "the circuit" I was done & the kids had enough sweets to last until next year.


Seemed that some of the older residents got into swing of things too. One old boy was sitting upstairs at the window, and when the kids knocked he opened it and shout "How many of yer" He'd then throw out a load of sweets and laugh as the kids scrambled for them.

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