When we first bought our house in 91 Trick or Treat was a relatively new thing. Cal bought a load of sweetie things for the kids and was really looking forward to it. Anyway, the first knock on the door turned out to be a gang of youths, around 14/15. They weren't interested in sweets and just wanted cash, and got quite verbally abusive when Cal wouldn't give them any. So she shut the door on them and didn't open it again all night. The next day we discovered that somebody had trampled all over a new Flame of the Forest shrub we'd recently planted. So after that we always went out for a meal on Halloween, either straight from work or sometimes we'd go home and get ready in the dark. the house would be in total blackout. That tradition continued for nearly 30 years until we moved down here.
Cornwall is completely different to Liverpool; we may as well be on a different planet at times. Kids (even the youths) down here are so well behaved and quite sweet really. So Cal decided to totally embrace Halloween again and bought in loads of different treats. Sadly, nobody knocked on our door. We found out soon afterwards that the kids only visit the houses that are "open for business" and displayed pumpkins and other paraphernalia. So I think she was planning on doing something the following year, but sadly covid put a stop to that.
I'll be sitting in tonight watching some or other series on telly, safe in the knowledge that I won't be getting kids hammering at my door all night. Bah humbug. lol
