Halloween costumes?? why dont kids wear them, but still want candy? Am i wrong in NOT wanting to give em candy?
This year i wanted to make a stand and not give any kids candy who showed up in regular clothes and a sack for candy.
I wanted to say "sorry kid, no costume, no candy" or put out a sign or something, but when they showed up, i still gave candy.
I know some people will claim that costumes are expensive, but No,
I do not feel sorry for them, ever heard of a sheet for a ghost?
I saw a kid covered in card board and duct tape once and was an
awesome robo-cop
So what does everyone else think? Sadly i saw a few kids with their parents, they were all dressed decently, so they do have some money, but costumes weren”t an option for them. These parents were just lazy.
Wierd.
Thoughts? Opinions? Defense?
like i stated earlier, even poor people…with some effort can make a costume.
Card board is free if you ask a store clerk, you can ask a neighbor , family member, friend, for a sheet for a ghost,
you can aska local grocer for a few paper bags and make a cool costume.
Furthermore, like i said, lots of the kids who showed up at my door without a costume showed up in pretty nice clothes.
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I was mad when I bought a bunch of crap for my 10 yr old girl to trick or treat and she ended up going in regular street clothes, she said she was a "Diva", I wish she could have knocked on your door and been turned away, on the other hand, as a child, I recall being so poor that I would just through on anything I can get my hands on and have adults rudely say "what the hell are you supposed to be" that’s a tough call!
Maybe they cant afford a costume, give the kids some candy gimmie a break.
Don’t give them a lot of candy if any. I feel the same way as you do.
I don’t give out candy to kids who do not make an effort. Mainly teenagers, who think by throwing on their football jersey this constitutes a costume…………
i totally agree. it’s even worse where i live. i had 3 teenage boys show up- ONE of them had some makeup on his face- and none of them even had a bag. they stretched out their shirts for me to drop the loot! i told them that was what i considered begging. i also had LOTS of adults with no kids anywhere in sight- some of the adults at least had costumes tho. but there was one adult, no costume, and she had at least 7 plastic grocery bags. they need to call it solicitation without fear of prosecution night instead of trick-or-treating.
Come on! It’s one night a year that we give out candy. I don’t believe in enforcing Halloween "rules." Of course, it’s more fun if they dress up. If they don’t, I’ll give them candy anyway. Halloween is not the time to be a stickler for rules and really; it is only one night a year. I’m lucky if I get any trick or treaters at all anymore.
you are right in principle
but a "no costume no treat" policy has an implied consequence
the TRICK portion of "trick or treat"
it is a tradition of older kids to "t.p." or "egg" a house with unfavorable treat policies. or worse the "flaming bag of poo"
i’m not encouraging it but it is the way of things.
you need to know this. beeing a hard@$$ for the sake of some extra candy is not worth that.
either suck it up and buy tons of cheaper candy or just decide to be out that night
Dude, you don’t HAVE to give out candy – period. If you choose to celebrate, then celebrate. It’s not about your viewing pleasure in exchange for candy, it’s just giving out candy. Have a heart. You don’t know if their parents were lazy, or if the kid was whiney and uncomfortable in his costume, or if he was allergic to the cheap face paint. Either quit your griping and hand out the stinkin candy or hole up in your house like a hermit and don’t give any at all. What’s the point of even partaking if you’re gonna be all crazy about it?
Although i agree with most people, participate and be happy, or don’t participate and be happy, on the other hand, i do believe that participation goes both ways, if the kids want the candy, they should "participate" by wearing a costume.
Good luck, look out for flaming poo!
My 13 year old son wanted to go trick or treating without a costume and I told him NO WAY. He stayed home and handed out candy instead.
When the older kids come by without costumes, I ask them where their costume is. If they have a creative answer for being dressed in every day clothes, I’ll give them candy. If they just stand there looking stupid, I will give them something small and yucky that nobody likes. I save the raisins just for these kids.
"I’m an honor student, but just for the day," or "I’m a lazy teenager" will even fly with me, as long as it makes me smile.
The whole game is "trick or treat" so if they want a treat, make them do a trick.
No you are sooo not wrong, but I am jealous! Each year, we get fewer and fewer Trick or Treaters. I think it’s due to the fact that here in the midwest the churches have "Harvest Festivals" or "Trunk or Treat" whatever that is. I hate the fact that kids are losing this holiday. But your so right, I said earlier us adults who used to Trick or Treat need to form a support group and go out and trick or treat ourselves =D
I thought this was so horrible tho… heard this on O’Reilly or one of those shows… some woman in Pennsylvania or somewhere in the East asked her Trick or Treaters who they wanted for President…if they wanted Obama, she didn’t give them any candy… I wanted McCain, but my goodness, that was plain cruel!!!
And btw, my husband’s ex wife is a cop (a big-un) her nick name is robo cop… I had to laugh.
Anything can be a costume, other than plain clothes. Even a silly hat. You are being fair about it. No effort = no reward. Next thing you’ll be getting a letter with an address to send the candy to….and a list of preferred candy.