Halloween in the UK

Is it the dressing up you don't like, Anne, or the whole Halloween thing?

At the risk of being unpopular ( ) I'd say both. Mostly the dressing up - I HATE dressing up. But I'm just not a Halloween person - I'm naff at pumpkin carving, I don't really like "spooky" stuff, and I think it's been taken over by adults. If it was still just little kids going trick-or-treating, I could deal with that, but it's almost more for adults than kids now.... Just not my thing at all. 

At the risk of being unpopular ( ) I'd say both. Mostly the dressing up - I HATE dressing up

It's OK. I'll still be your friend.

I'm still thinking it over...


I just like the dressing up for the kids really ...I enjoy carving and making costumes with kids and watching them enjoy the whole process really....I could never get into the cosplay/comic con thing that's just too weird...Jess and I have been invited to do the mermaid parade next year so we'll be dressed up a mermaids on roller skates...it's just fun for her to see me being silly with her...that's the fun for me...

What is "UKIP" and do people in the UK trick or treat? Do people carve pumpkins and do they decorate the houses or is this just Americans living in the UK that do this?

Last year for Halloween when  I was still living in the states I was a Zombie school girl (had the fake blood,white face and etc lol) and my guy was laughing because he said only kids get dressed up for halloween around here, and if adults do get dressed up, its not as detailed as I was, they just put on masks and etc/

I've never been crazy about Halloween.  Perhaps it is the yucky candy and those nasty costumes that I wore as a child. 
Nope, won't miss it much.

UKIP is an Independant party that was lead by Kilroy silke at first then he threw a strop and started "Veritas" there quite a few Purple UKIP signs staked in folks front gardens around my area..


I remember going to Puerto Rican festivals and dressing up in traditional costumes..as well as doing the Puerto Rican parades in NYC...I kinda miss that so I guess Halloween is a feeble substitute for that ...

I don't miss nasty kids whinging about sweets and happily there are no trick or treaters in our area ...I love the fact that folks in Wetwang area make scarecrows for it..in the run up to guy fawkes so on the drive to my MIL house you see all these creative scarecrows..

That's the good thing about moving to UK you can celebrate US holidays your own way and take out bit you don't like.. take the mick out of your friends..

The first halloween party I did with another american we told folks that they had to give offerings to the carved pumpkins... folks kept putting bottles of wine and stuff by a pumpkin on our balcony...it took about a couple of hours before they figured it out we were pulling their legs... 

The first halloween party I did with another american we told folks that they had to give offerings to the carved pumpkins...  folks kept putting bottles of wine and stuff by a pumpkin on our balcony...it took about a couple of hours before they figured it out we were pulling their legs... 

LOL that is great

The first halloween party I did with another american we told folks that they had to give offerings to the carved pumpkins... folks kept putting bottles of wine and stuff by a pumpkin on our balcony...

Hmmmmmm. NOW you're starting to say things that might turn me around on the whole holiday. 

You should have seen our first thanksgiving ...

We got presents

It only works the first time around ...now people google before coming

I like your style, Alicia!!! 

so if you see any English folks donning Hawaiian shirts for 4th of July ...that was me

At the risk of being unpopular ( ) I'd say both. Mostly the dressing up - I HATE dressing up. But I'm just not a Halloween person - I'm naff at pumpkin carving, I don't really like "spooky" stuff, and I think it's been taken over by adults. If it was still just little kids going trick-or-treating, I could deal with that, but it's almost more for adults than kids now.... Just not my thing at all. 

I'm right there w/ya.  Don't like costumes - would rather spend the time, money and effort on some nice going out clothes. 

Not everybody has to like everything.  There are lots of Americans who don't care for Halloween.

I just happen to not be one of those people.     For me, making costumes is an absolute joy.  Sewing is one of my hobbies (and I'm now branching out into quilting).  I love historical costumes as well as Halloween.  Sewing to me is very theraputic and I get so much satisfaction when I've finished one.

that's true there's few US holidays I'm not a fan of really so different strokes really..

that's us last year Phil's "Shaun" and I'm "the joker's girlfriend- Harley Quinn"

http://talk.uk-yankee.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11791/DSCF0115.JPG

I sold that costume on ebay and it paid for my Glasto trip