Halloween is already The Thing. We don’t need ‘Boo baskets,’ trunk or treat, other dumb stuff

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Halloween night is already The Thing: an evening of dressing up, getting candy, seeing friends and neighbors, having fun. That’s it, that’s the thing. Maybe also a school party or school parade—great, fine.

If someone lives in a neighborhood where there is literally no Trick or Treating, fine, some kind of trunk or treat or whatever.

But we don’t need “Boo Baskets”—no one needs more cheap plastic crap from China.
We don’t need five trunk or treat events—HALLOWEEN IS ALREADY THE THING

And FFS pass out some candy and maybe a few non-candy treats for kids with allergies or who can’t have sugar or something. Not some huge ass bag filled with spider rings (trash), cheap and literally useless erasers (trash), those stupid fake teeth that get put in one time and then go in the…wait for it…trash.

Stop. Halloween is already special, you don’t need to make the entirety of October a landfill-exploding wasteland of cheap, cheap, tacky garbage.

You should definitely celebrate All Hollows and then go to mass on November for All Saints Day and to mass on November 2 for All Souls Day. No cheap plastic or annoying events tied to Halloween.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am not a fan of Halloween in general, but I don't understand this logic.

Would you apply the same to Christmas? Christmas morning and presents is already THE THING. No need for caroling or holiday parties or gift exchanges or pictures with santa or anything else. The morning of 12/25 is already THE THING.

Just participate in what makes you happy OP and skip the rest.

OP here. That…is how I feel about Christmas.

I…do participate in just what makes us happy and skip the rest. But even when we proactively put up a sign that “We’ve Been Booed,” literal baskets of plastic landfill items somehow end up on our front porch. We put them back on the porch of the person we suspected. Once a friend texted why and I said, “Oh, you must not have seen our sign—we were Booed already, so I wanted you to have the chance to Boo someone who didn’t get Booed!” Like no thank you to a bin of crap.

That’s just plain rude. You don’t have to participate in booing, but returning the boo bags to friends without saying a word is hurtful. This year post a sign that says, “We don’t participate in booing. Please boo someone else.”

Leaving trash on someone’s doorstep is rude and hurtful, especially when they have posted a sign that they don’t want the Boo crap. So don’t talk about “rude and hurtful” when you started it by ignoring a posted sign and dumping unwanted crap on someone else’s property.

Sounds anti virtue signaling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Halloween night is already The Thing: an evening of dressing up, getting candy, seeing friends and neighbors, having fun. That’s it, that’s the thing. Maybe also a school party or school parade—great, fine.

If someone lives in a neighborhood where there is literally no Trick or Treating, fine, some kind of trunk or treat or whatever.

But we don’t need “Boo Baskets”—no one needs more cheap plastic crap from China.
We don’t need five trunk or treat events—HALLOWEEN IS ALREADY THE THING

And FFS pass out some candy and maybe a few non-candy treats for kids with allergies or who can’t have sugar or something. Not some huge ass bag filled with spider rings (trash), cheap and literally useless erasers (trash), those stupid fake teeth that get put in one time and then go in the…wait for it…trash.

Stop. Halloween is already special, you don’t need to make the entirety of October a landfill-exploding wasteland of cheap, cheap, tacky garbage.

You should definitely celebrate All Hollows and then go to mass on November for All Saints Day and to mass on November 2 for All Souls Day. No cheap plastic or annoying events tied to Halloween.

No thank you, I don’t support large-scale cover ups of pedophiles. That’s pretty scary/spooky, eh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Halloween night is already The Thing: an evening of dressing up, getting candy, seeing friends and neighbors, having fun. That’s it, that’s the thing. Maybe also a school party or school parade—great, fine.

If someone lives in a neighborhood where there is literally no Trick or Treating, fine, some kind of trunk or treat or whatever.

But we don’t need “Boo Baskets”—no one needs more cheap plastic crap from China.
We don’t need five trunk or treat events—HALLOWEEN IS ALREADY THE THING

And FFS pass out some candy and maybe a few non-candy treats for kids with allergies or who can’t have sugar or something. Not some huge ass bag filled with spider rings (trash), cheap and literally useless erasers (trash), those stupid fake teeth that get put in one time and then go in the…wait for it…trash.

Stop. Halloween is already special, you don’t need to make the entirety of October a landfill-exploding wasteland of cheap, cheap, tacky garbage.

You should definitely celebrate All Hollows and then go to mass on November for All Saints Day and to mass on November 2 for All Souls Day. No cheap plastic or annoying events tied to Halloween.

No thank you, I don’t support large-scale cover ups of pedophiles. That’s pretty scary/spooky, eh?

DP. Indeed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I am not a fan of Halloween in general, but I don't understand this logic.

Would you apply the same to Christmas? Christmas morning and presents is already THE THING. No need for caroling or holiday parties or gift exchanges or pictures with santa or anything else. The morning of 12/25 is already THE THING.

Just participate in what makes you happy OP and skip the rest.

OP here. That…is how I feel about Christmas.

I…do participate in just what makes us happy and skip the rest. But even when we proactively put up a sign that “We’ve Been Booed,” literal baskets of plastic landfill items somehow end up on our front porch. We put them back on the porch of the person we suspected. Once a friend texted why and I said, “Oh, you must not have seen our sign—we were Booed already, so I wanted you to have the chance to Boo someone who didn’t get Booed!” Like no thank you to a bin of crap.

That’s just plain rude. You don’t have to participate in booing, but returning the boo bags to friends without saying a word is hurtful. This year post a sign that says, “We don’t participate in booing. Please boo someone else.”

Leaving trash on someone’s doorstep is rude and hurtful, especially when they have posted a sign that they don’t want the Boo crap. So don’t talk about “rude and hurtful” when you started it by ignoring a posted sign and dumping unwanted crap on someone else’s property.

You’re insufferable and probably have very few friends, but people might actually like your children and want to do something nice for them, even if it’s something you dislike. Read an etiquette book. Returning gifts by leaving them on the giver’s porch is NOT a polite way to handle unwanted gifts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not a fan of Halloween in general, but I don't understand this logic.

Would you apply the same to Christmas? Christmas morning and presents is already THE THING. No need for caroling or holiday parties or gift exchanges or pictures with santa or anything else. The morning of 12/25 is already THE THING.

Just participate in what makes you happy OP and skip the rest.

OP here. That…is how I feel about Christmas.

I…do participate in just what makes us happy and skip the rest. But even when we proactively put up a sign that “We’ve Been Booed,” literal baskets of plastic landfill items somehow end up on our front porch. We put them back on the porch of the person we suspected. Once a friend texted why and I said, “Oh, you must not have seen our sign—we were Booed already, so I wanted you to have the chance to Boo someone who didn’t get Booed!” Like no thank you to a bin of crap.

That’s just plain rude. You don’t have to participate in booing, but returning the boo bags to friends without saying a word is hurtful. This year post a sign that says, “We don’t participate in booing. Please boo someone else.”

Leaving trash on someone’s doorstep is rude and hurtful, especially when they have posted a sign that they don’t want the Boo crap. So don’t talk about “rude and hurtful” when you started it by ignoring a posted sign and dumping unwanted crap on someone else’s property.

You’re insufferable and probably have very few friends, but people might actually like your children and want to do something nice for them, even if it’s something you dislike. Read an etiquette book. Returning gifts by leaving them on the giver’s porch is NOT a polite way to handle unwanted gifts.

There is already a sign posted on my door letting people know not to leave Boo bags on my porch.

Leaving unwanted items on people’s property is not “gift giving,” it is dumping. Nope!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I totally agree. We throw out everything from Halloween the next day. It’s gross how much waste there is. Same with Valentine’s Day. I don’t understand when these converted from small candy days to “candy plus stuff” days.

+1. This exactly!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not a fan of Halloween in general, but I don't understand this logic.

Would you apply the same to Christmas? Christmas morning and presents is already THE THING. No need for caroling or holiday parties or gift exchanges or pictures with santa or anything else. The morning of 12/25 is already THE THING.

Just participate in what makes you happy OP and skip the rest.

OP here. That…is how I feel about Christmas.

I…do participate in just what makes us happy and skip the rest. But even when we proactively put up a sign that “We’ve Been Booed,” literal baskets of plastic landfill items somehow end up on our front porch. We put them back on the porch of the person we suspected. Once a friend texted why and I said, “Oh, you must not have seen our sign—we were Booed already, so I wanted you to have the chance to Boo someone who didn’t get Booed!” Like no thank you to a bin of crap.

That’s just plain rude. You don’t have to participate in booing, but returning the boo bags to friends without saying a word is hurtful. This year post a sign that says, “We don’t participate in booing. Please boo someone else.”

Leaving trash on someone’s doorstep is rude and hurtful, especially when they have posted a sign that they don’t want the Boo crap. So don’t talk about “rude and hurtful” when you started it by ignoring a posted sign and dumping unwanted crap on someone else’s property.

You’re insufferable and probably have very few friends, but people might actually like your children and want to do something nice for them, even if it’s something you dislike. Read an etiquette book. Returning gifts by leaving them on the giver’s porch is NOT a polite way to handle unwanted gifts.

DP

Giving gifts which have already been pre-declined by leaving them on the decliner's porch is NOT a polite way to handle your need for social interaction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not a fan of Halloween in general, but I don't understand this logic.

Would you apply the same to Christmas? Christmas morning and presents is already THE THING. No need for caroling or holiday parties or gift exchanges or pictures with santa or anything else. The morning of 12/25 is already THE THING.

Just participate in what makes you happy OP and skip the rest.

OP here. That…is how I feel about Christmas.

I…do participate in just what makes us happy and skip the rest. But even when we proactively put up a sign that “We’ve Been Booed,” literal baskets of plastic landfill items somehow end up on our front porch. We put them back on the porch of the person we suspected. Once a friend texted why and I said, “Oh, you must not have seen our sign—we were Booed already, so I wanted you to have the chance to Boo someone who didn’t get Booed!” Like no thank you to a bin of crap.

That’s just plain rude. You don’t have to participate in booing, but returning the boo bags to friends without saying a word is hurtful. This year post a sign that says, “We don’t participate in booing. Please boo someone else.”

Leaving trash on someone’s doorstep is rude and hurtful, especially when they have posted a sign that they don’t want the Boo crap. So don’t talk about “rude and hurtful” when you started it by ignoring a posted sign and dumping unwanted crap on someone else’s property.

You’re insufferable and probably have very few friends, but people might actually like your children and want to do something nice for them, even if it’s something you dislike. Read an etiquette book. Returning gifts by leaving them on the giver’s porch is NOT a polite way to handle unwanted gifts.

DP

Giving gifts which have already been pre-declined by leaving them on the decliner's porch is NOT a polite way to handle your need for social interaction.

+1. You’re not giving to give; you’re giving to get (items, attention), to the point where you ignore posted signs.

[Anonymous]

Also while we are on the topic, can we get rid of the massive ziplocs of candy. Just do a small bar or a few pieces.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meh, it makes me happy. My kid is over the moon excited to boo friends. It’s an opportunity to think about what friends might like. (I take him to the book store or Michael’s and we pick out a Halloween book or craft for them).

If you don’t like it, pass it on. Someone will. You cannot control my actions and I cannot control your reaction and that’s okay.

Save your $. Nobody likes those coloring books. Kids do one page and parents recycle it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If people want the holiday to run the entire month, they should focus on decorating or making costumes from scratch or something not constant plastic.

Agree, my family loves Halloween, but we have no need for cheap plastic junk. And there are so many ways to celebrate throughout the month without it:

Put up decorations, make cider and watch Hocus Pocus, go to a pumpkin patch and then carve pumpkins, make fun foods that look like spiders, mummies, witch fingers, etc. Also, old costumes are gifted in our Buy Nothing Group or make their way to our dress up bin. We do give out stickers at TOT for food allergy kids.

If I never see another plastic spider or fake vampire teeth again in my life that would be just fine with me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meh, it makes me happy. My kid is over the moon excited to boo friends. It’s an opportunity to think about what friends might like. (I take him to the book store or Michael’s and we pick out a Halloween book or craft for them).

If you don’t like it, pass it on. Someone will. You cannot control my actions and I cannot control your reaction and that’s okay.

Save your $. Nobody likes those coloring books. Kids do one page and parents recycle it.

Amen. They're also just roping people into reciprocal obligations that they didn't ask for. Boo baskets are the Halloween equivalent of chain letters.

[Anonymous]

Y'all need to move to my neighborhood; some folks give out candy, but I don't even know what a boo bag is. If someone leaves something on my porch and I don't want it, I throw it away or just leave it on my porch until someone else steals it.

[Anonymous]

I agree w the vitriol about boo baskets and plastic junk. But I see nothing wrong w having extra Halloween related events where you wear a costume and eat themed food or whatever. Corn mazes, haunted houses, pumpkin carving, etc can all be events leading up to Halloween that are fun and help build excitement about Halloween without meaning a bunch of plastic prizes or even extra Halloween candy, just a fun experience. So I’m not against having extra holiday themed events but I am totally w you on being against the exchange of plastic spider rings and miniature plastic slime containers and any expectation that neighborhoods participate in such exchange.