Trick or Treat

i have never heard of hanging a sign on your door like that. ever since i was a kid the rule was if the house didn't have their light on, you didn't go to that house.

Hi NailTech, Our Halloween was cancelled here where I live in Ohio until Sunday, which is fine with me. There is no way the kids should be out today with all the rain and flooding in spots. It's fine if you don't give out candy, not everyone does. We just go out with my granddaughter and just pass up the houses that do not have lights on. It's all good and no problem.

I think a sign is a brilliant idea. I would make a white waterproof sign and put it on the door and have my outdoor light shine on it! brilliant. not every household likes children or will answer the door!

Oh that's too bad. We did gave some candies to our students here. Though students in China are little by little knowing more about the western culture, the kids appreciate the efforts we did for them. Maybe to avoid disturbing the whole household just wait for these kids by the door. Anyway, this activity just happens once a year.

I think a sign is fine if you need to keep your lights on say for a handicapped or elderly person. We always go by the lights out, no candy rule, and the kids can always use the extra walking to pre work out all the candy they are going to ingest.

Here if they don't have a light on means they arnt giving out candy, or after a certain time you shut it out. When we run out of candy or after 10pm we shut out lights out. My Dad loves handing out candy and has been sitting by the door handing it out tonight.

Whatever happened to the old trick or treat? When you either got a treat or you tricked the house with eggs or toilet paper. No they put up a sign? What a bunch of whimps! I think that they should probably not do trick or treating in the Sandy areas. I would think that only right.

NailTech: I think it is perfectly alright for people to put a note on their own doors if they do not wish to be bothered with trick or treaters. Where I live, we just simply leave our porch lights on if we are handing out candy, and leave the light off if we do not have candy. I do not believe everyone has to give out candy. I believe that halloween is a pagan holiday, and therefore, as a Christian, I do not participate in it. When my children were small, we bought them candy and made them baskets or took them to the school's fall carnival. After I became involved in the church, we started going to the Church's fall festival.

I think it is, so the kids won't bother the going to the house and the people in the house wouldn't be bothered too. it is kind of tiring always answering the door and saying there's no candy. it's not even compulsory right? Giving out candies..

In our country during this halloween season, we don't have that kind of trick or treat tradition. I want to see kids that knock on the door while having a halloween costume. I think that is kinda fun. And even me myself, I wanna experience that trick or treating thing. Happy halloween my friend.

I'm not living in a country that does Halloween, but I think everyone has the right not to celebrate a holiday... especially as it consists of buying loads of candy to give out, which not everyone can afford in these economical situation... and I understand that someone would save this money for more sensible things. I think this light/no light thing could/should be a signal of whether these people hand out candy or not... or some kind of Christmas light-like decoration, like pumpkin lights... because yes, there may be a child there, who would always cry bc of the doorbell, oir who just couldn't sleep...

I don't think that people should put out a no candy sign, it's better to just have all the lights out. The usual thing around here is if the lights are out it means no candy and that's well and good, all people don't hold with the Halloween tradition. In the areas that was torn by Sandy, where Halloween was canceled, I think it would be a nice gesture if people would try to organize something for the kids. Kids have a different mindset than adults and having some type of Halloween thing for the kids would help take their minds off of what is happening. All of our prayers here are going out to everyone that has been effected by Sandy. God bless all of you.

Hi NailTech. I don't know about that giving candy thing during halloween because we are not really participating in halloween things. Anyway, I think we must give out candy's to our neighborhood if we have to gain more friends.

Personally I love kids and I think they look adorable in their cute little costumes. I have no issues with spending a few bucks on candy once a year just to make them smile. I think that as many people as possible should feel the way I do and give out candy but not everyone shares my viewpoint. I know some people are against Halloween so I don't expect them to hand out candy. Also there are a lot of people pinching pennies these days with how the economy has been. Its very possible not everyone can afford enough candy to hand out. Either way I respect their decision to not participate.

In a natural disaster situation like Hurricane Sandy or when there might be an impending hazard or danger, it is reasonable to cancel trick or treating activity. You might also read that New York marathon was cancelled. How many would think of running in a marathon if possible participants are affected? Some years ago, I had to tell the kids that I didn't have any. I wasn't thinking about buying candies at the time since I don't eat much candy myself. Also, the area where I live in was mostly occupied by college students. Some kids may be disappointed, but they just have to move on. There will always be places/houses that would treat them during this time. The last two years I live in a gated community, I figure I better prepare some candies before Halloween night. This year, all my candies are gone. When the candies were gone, I turned off the light. There was no more knocking since then. Some people may be in a different situations like they have illness, they are very broke (really can't afford to just spare money for candies), or they have activities somewhere that may not relate to Halloween or trick or treating. In this situation, it might be reasonable to put a sign or to have lights off completely.