Shouldn't trick or treating be banned in the UK? its called Halloween not some crap Americanised shite?

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yes its really my picture!

Answer 1

Yes, ban it. Children need to understand that begging, and demanding money/gifts with menaces is wrong.

These days, they expect things to be handed to them on a plate. When I was a lad.....etc.

Answer 2

Halloween is not an American tradition, it is in fact, a British pagan tradition. Oringinally, it was a druid holiday called "All Hallows Eve" where it was believed that the spirits of the dead came back to Earth to walk amongst the living once more (allbeit for 24 hours)

The reason people say that halloween is Americanised, is because the Americans take more of an interest in the holiday than we do, (our interest of the orignial holiday died out when the pagan religions scattered across Britain and even back to the Celtic lands of Scotland, Wales and Ireland) This was also the time when Christianity began to take hold of the country. When I was a young lad, all the country did was acknowledge it, but for some reason, we've taken more of an interest in the custom.

To answer yoyur question, yes, it should be banned outright, its an invasion of privicy and turns homeowners into hostages for a few hours (or months, if you said no to the chav teenagers who came knocking for money) even so, our interest in the holiday should not be what it is, the pagan religions no longer hold the country and have either died out entirely or are so thinly spread that its impossible to know where they are.

For me however, Halloween is just a way of learning the practice siege warfare, I mean, it keeps people in the house, and if you've got the chav teenagers throwing projectiles at your house, the siege can last for months (just pray they don't bring in a Challenger MK2 tank, then it really will be a siege situation)

If you want my advice, go out somewhere, go down the pub, or out for a meal, or even out with your family somewhere, that's what we've always done since I was a child, and I still go out now on halloween night!

Answer 3

No its shouldn' t be banned.

Its good fun.

I agree its very Americanised though and theres not much of the original Celtic British Celebration left.

I mean, it was traditionally called "guising" here in the UK and there were no "tricks", kids would sing songs and tell jokes etc for sweets.

But its great fun to get dressed up and go trick or treating.

When we were kids we would never have done any damage as we knew our neighbours would just have gone straight down to our parents and complained and we'd have received a massive bollocking off our mums and dads and spent the rest of our Halloween clearning up the mess we'd made.

A handful of flour thrown at the door was about as bad as it got. Or playing "knock up ginger" (knock the door and run away).

But in recent years kids have been getting really nasty - egging and flouring random people in the street, stones being thrown, windows being smashed, cars etc being vandalised. Old people are terrified to answer the door in case there's a bunch of teenagers in masks there threatening them. All the corner shops have notices up that they won't serve kids with eggs, flour or anything else that can be used as "missiles"!

It shouldn't be banned but kids should be a bit more respectful - we were well warned at school NOT to cause any damage or call on elderly neighbours.

I prefer it when its just a few little kids coming round with their parents.

Answer 4

i like halloween and that i used to savor trick or treating whilst i became a baby. despite the fact that it became safer then. recently that's foolhardy to enable youngsters flow around knocking on stranger's doors on the hours of darkness. you could't believe absolutely everyone. To a majority of those human beings asserting that it would be banned using fact it has no longer something to do with our traditions... i might say is that any distinctive to celebrating Christmas... and Easter... I propose they're in accordance with a lie yet we nonetheless celebreate it.. becasue we've allwoed the custom into our lives, so it extremely is not an outstanding argument against trick or treating.

Answer 5

Dude, if you and the rest of the people answering this question don't like halloween, don't effin celebrate it! Don't sit there and say bad sh!t about the holiday. It's the most important day of the year to some people, myself being one of them. Word of advice - lighten up a little!

The way us Americans celebrate Halloween is quite different from how you do.

Contrary to popular belief, we don't 'beg' for candy. Actually, the people who decide to participate in Halloween usually sits outside in their own costumes and hands it to the children that walk up. Another thing - we usually do NOT go to people's houses that we aren't familiar with. We stay within our neighborhoods. When we do this, adults go with the children. Alot of people even take thier dogs with them, and we do it during the day light! We don't go around vandalizing anything or causing any mischief.

Another thing - Halloween started in the UK. It is a REAL holiday. And it obviously can't be "americanised" too much if you guys celebrate it completely different than as we do.

If you don't feel like partaking in the holiday, then don't! It's as simple as that!

But, just remember this - Christmas and Easter both originate from the same history as Halloween. You celebrate those holidays without hesitation, don't you?

Seriously, people - if you're wanting to sound like such a big bad azz, stop contradicting everything that you say. Stop and think a moment before you open your mouths. The world has enough hypocrites - stop adding to that popluation!

Answer 6

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Hi Hunny, i noticed your posting on the halloween site with the large man not being very nice about people o the USA and halloween.......but then you said this---------->

Dude, if you and the rest of the people answering this question don't like halloween, don't effin celebrate it! Don't sit there and say bad sh!t about the holiday. It's the most important day of the year to some people, myself being one of them. Word of advice - lighten up a little!

Source(s):

"""""""Now I know why people say the stuff they do about brits....."""""""""


geesh


I am from the UK and i love halloween but i dont like it when us "brits" get slagged off, you are just being as bad as him yes he is a nasty man but was there really any need to tar us all with the same bush hun???

Answer 7

I think it should be banned, not because it's an American idea but because there are other, better and safer, ways of celebrating Halloween. I wouldn't let my child go out knocking on strangers door - especially in the dark and even if accompanied by an adult. Many people here in the UK dislike it. Have a party, cook Halloween food, get a scary movie, decorate the house - but no trick or treating thank you.

Answer 8

NO! Because THAT is WHERE it STARTED in the FIRST place!!!! Why would you want to destroy your own heritage?....JUST LIKE THE "AMERICANS" have theirs by commercializing it so badly!!!!!!!!!

>Trick-or-treating on Halloween likely came from the English tradition of All-Souls parades when poor people would go door-to-door for soul cakes (pastries). These pastries were given out in exchange for their prayers for the family's deceased. Eventually, children took over the practice and were given a variety of food, money or ale.

Dressing up in Halloween masks or costumes comes from the old fears that ghosts wandered the earth on Samhain and it was a way to avoid being recognized. They believed that by dressing as spirits, the spirits would think they were one of their own and let them pass safely.<

That was from:

http://www.socreepy.com/Halloween/halloweenhistory.html

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BTW:

If THAT pic is REALLY you, you NEED to learn to put the fork down, dude!!! You just want Trick-or-Treating banned because you're jealous that you can't go!!! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 9

At last,a positive question. The louts over here use it as a cover for wanton vandalism. Of course it should be banned.As should the sell of bloody fireworks. The problems caused by these so called " Traditions " far outway any historical connections. But then Mr.& Mrs. Blair wont be getting a rocket through THIER letter box will they ????

Answer 10

No, kids from all over the world should trick or treating if their parents allow them and if they want to.

Answer 11

Quite agree , begging children frightening old folk. Tell your kids not to speak to strangers all year then send them out dressed up knocking on strangers doors accepting sweets, doesn't make sense to me.
Next thing the card companies will jump on the bandwagon and we'll have happy Halloween cards.