When are you too old to ....?

Question

What is the usual age when people usually stop going trick-or-treating? I'm going this year but I wanted to take my little brother, a two-year-old, who is my heart and soul trick-or-treating but my other friends (we're all freshman in highschool so about 14-15) are going trick-or-treating too. I never seen Halloween as just a kid thing seeing as adults also do things for Halloween and sometimes enjoy it more then kids. I just seen it as a night to have fun, pretend to be something you're not and get free candy. So what age did you stop T.O.Ting and what was Halloween for you?

I only got one comment, from my mom and aunt's friend mother saying something about 'When ____ and ____ were your age, they stop trick-or-treating' but when my mom explain that my bother was tired of walking and I was holding his bag for him she just gave me a polite nod and say 'Oh, I'm so sorry' but other than that no one else cared as long as you said thank you.

I also get the idea of no candy if you don't dress up. Like last year, other kids were wearing their regular clothes and some told them no candy (partically because of that and because they were running around scaring their kids). Except for my friend didn't have enough money to buy a costume so last year I agreed to wear my green cherry pajamas with her and we were just gonna be cherries so she wouldn't feel bad for not having a costume.

Answer 1

I think the last time I went Trick or Treating MYSELF was about age 12. I was in middle school. Once I hit high school, I never went.

Now, I take my children, but I don't go myself. I wouldn't have any problem with teengaers knocking on my door as long as they are wearing a costume. If some random teens ring my doorbell and they're in street clothes, then no, they won't get any candy.

Answer 2

I never think you can be too old to dress up and get free candy. But the reason why most parents have problems with this is because some teenagers wont even bother dressing up, they will just ring the doorbell and hold out their bag and thats it. Thats why whenever someone rings my door and they dont have a costume on they dont get candy. I stopped trick-or-treating when I was 15. If you want to go, then go. I wouldn't judge you, as long as your wearing a costume. No where does it say there is an age limit for Halloween. HAve fun

Answer 3

Where I live, you're not supposed to trick or treat after the age of 13. It wouldn't bother me so much if a child was a little older than that, but don't come up to my door without a costume and expect to get some candy. Once you become a teenager, you can work and get your own candy or have a party with some friends.

Answer 4

I Stopped At About 11 Or 12

Answer 5

My last year of trick or treating was in 8th grade. Although I don't know how much actual trick or treating we got done. We would dress up and run around the streets. Around this time we started getting comments like "Aren't you to big to go trick or treating". felt a little awkward.
In high school we would all dress up and go to party's.
Lucky you, you have Little brother to take trick or treating. So you will be able to enjoy it for the next few years. I dress up now when i take my kids trick or treating. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.

Answer 6

My friends and I trick or treated until we were seniors in high school. Our parents wouldn't let us go unless we dressed up though. When I pass candy out, I really don't care how old the kids are as long as they are having good clean fun, and dressing up. I roll my eyes at the kids who come to my door in their regular street clothes, pushing the little ones out of the way.

Answer 7

I stopped when I got made fun of by some adults whose door I knocked on - they thought I was an adult and I was 12. It still kind of stings, I can't help that I was 5' 10" in 6th grade. But, at our door we get plenty of adults who have candy bags for their babies and toddlers, yeah right Mr. Sweet-tooth! Some college age kids come too without children, and I treat them all the same.

However, do not come to my porch after I put all the lights out! All you will get is me being pretty irate that you would disturb my sleep, I might even have to pull a trick on such folks...

Answer 8

I think it sounds like you more mature than your friends. In my neighborhood, there are a few teenagers who still trick or treat but I'd say the majority are kids ten and under. I personally don't mind the teenagers as long as they are polite and not into any mischief. What really really annoys me are the parents who have their own individual trick-or-treat bags. Like are they really that hard up for candy?

Answer 9

Sorry it's sooo long,it is the history of halloween.Today halloween is a reason for young grirls and women to drus like sluts.If you look at all the costumes there pretty sleazy.So i would go with a homemade costume like in the past:]kudos.However,i'll probably stop trick or treating when i cant walk,jk,but probably 18,then with my kids but i would still paint my face or something,but it's all up to you.Ohh yah,this year my costume is a shirt that says this is my costume now give me the damn candy,please dont report for language thats what it says.i dont think people should pretend to be something there not especially if its slutty!
hope i helped,
mary :]


Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in).

The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.

To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities.

During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other's fortunes. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.

By A.D. 43, Romans had conquered the majority of Celtic territory. In the course of the four hundred years that they ruled the Celtic lands, two festivals of Roman origin were combined with the traditional Celtic celebration of Samhain.

The first was Feralia, a day in late October when the Romans traditionally commemorated the passing of the dead. The second was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple and the incorporation of this celebration into Samhain probably explains the tradition of "bobbing" for apples that is practiced today on Halloween.

By the 800s, the influence of Christianity had spread into Celtic lands. In the seventh century, Pope Boniface IV designated November 1 All Saints' Day, a time to honor saints and martyrs. It is widely believed today that the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival of the dead with a related, but church-sanctioned holiday. The celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints' Day) and the night before it, the night of Samhain, began to be called All-hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween. Even later, in A.D. 1000, the church would make November 2 All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead. It was celebrated similarly to Samhain, with big bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels, and devils. Together, the three celebrations, the eve of All Saints', All Saints', and All Souls', were called Hallowmas.

Answer 10

I love t.o.t soo im 22 and still go every year when i was 13 my friends thought it was a baby thing so i took my little sister then at 20 i took my 3mnth old ive even taken my grandfather-in law hes 80. i think it depends on you if you like it and wanna go then go but if you take your little brother youll get more candy they think toddlers are so much cuter and then they are greatful to see older children not being to busy for them so they give more.