or is that mainly an American thing?
2007-09-12 22:51:14 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
How is it celebrated, if it is??
2007-09-12 22:51:30 · update #1
Are all holidays becoming more commericalised now , you think?
IT seems like they are promoting these holidays more??
2007-09-12 22:57:44 · update #2
LOL, it all started here!
we dont do it the same way as the americans do, unfortunately.
we dont do anything the same way the americans do, again, unfortunately
2007-09-12 22:59:19 · answer #1 · answered by ♠ Merlin ♠ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Northern Ireland has always celebrated Halloween as opposed to the mainland celebrating Guy Fawkes day. We don't celebrate that as we are not sure that saving the houses of parliament was a good thing. Fawkes was nearly the greatest ever Briton.
2007-09-12 23:04:41 · answer #2 · answered by ross x 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We've always had Halloween, but it's only in the last few years that it's caught on big time. There's more 'trick or treaters' than there were when I was a kid, and there seem to be more kids halloween partiesand more 'stuff' in the shops. And this year i am hosting my first ever kids halloween bash for my sons and their friends :o) Can't wait!
2007-09-12 23:03:53 · answer #3 · answered by Tish P 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its not nearly so popular over but it is growing by the year. Some kids do go out trick or treating (including my son) but I don't like it that much.
I supply sweets and fruit for the little kids who come around early with mums in tow but don't open the door to the older ones as they can become intimidating and don't always want sweets and fruit!
I prefer Guy Fawkes night.
2007-09-12 23:00:44 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is still mainly an American thing, although it is growing in popularity over here, mainly because of its commercial value.
You get a few children who go trick and treating, but nowhere on the scale you see in the US. You also get older children/young adults who attempt it for monetary gain.
In the shops there is usually loads of masks/outfits/wigs/fake teeth/face paint for sale, and usually lots of sweets (candy) is on special offer. Recently there have also been the appearance of house decorations, plastic pumpkin candle holders/goody baskets. We also have had for ages real pumpkins for carving, although hardly anyone actually eats any of the flesh.
I think it is quite a nice festival for kids, breaks up the autumn, but you have the whole "its an occult festival, worshipping satan" school of thought, which is why it is not celebrated/observed in schools.
2007-09-12 22:59:10 · answer #5 · answered by louloubelle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in america everything is done OTT, christmas, halloween etc, in UK we do celebrate halloween but our houses aren't made up like a haunted house (well some are)and not alot of children go trick or treating, they prefer money than sweets, lol i would love halloween to be celebrated the way americans do it it looks so much fun
2007-09-12 22:58:00 · answer #6 · answered by mizzmamma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does....a bit. Kids go trick or treating and you can buy decorations in the shops. Problem these days is it's mainly associated with ASBOs throwing eggs at old peoples' houses and the stabbing of children. Consequently, it's not as big a thing as in America!
2007-09-12 22:57:17 · answer #7 · answered by helenness 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do in Scotland where it is an old traditional festival. The bairns dook for apples and go out guysing (basically the equivalent of trick or treating in the States - guysing also refers to Guy Faulkes day on 5 November when effigies of Guy Faulkes are burned on large bonfires).
2007-09-12 23:52:36 · answer #8 · answered by Jim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mainly Children dressing up and begging, er trick and treating, expecting people to give them money just for being dressed up.
There are a few better organised events, where people go dressed in character.
When we were lending some children some Witches hats we made one year, I tried encouraging them to perform, but they couldn't be bothered to rehearse.
I even wrote a poem for 3 Witches, which they loved, but wouldn't learn, and perform.
I wouldn't mind giving something for them if they actually made some effort to be entertaining.
2007-09-12 23:07:09 · answer #9 · answered by FairyBlessed 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Mum didn't when we were kids as she saw it as 'associating with witches and devils' (!) Thankfully this is no longer the case and each year we have a Halloween party.
For me, it usually means making pumpkin soup, watching a few episodes of 'Treehouse of Horror' and giving out sweets to kids who knock on the door.
2007-09-12 23:26:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kids go round being annoying, a few pubs put up decorations, but it's not the big thing it is in the states
2007-09-12 22:56:08 · answer #11 · answered by Weatherman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋