Trick Or Treating In AUS

[Zeema]

WHy ares kids going around for asking treats in Australia? ive had 5 kids in 2 groups ask for chocolates like really its a american holiday i got nothing against the americans its just that why are kids in Aus celebrating it?

every kid that comes to my door i just wanna say go away and i do expect politely for instance 'Halloween is a American thing' and 'Santa doesn't exist'[Not Really] but what do you say to kids that come to your door?

 

[AvsJoe]

I'm surprised Hallowe'en isn't celebrated in Australia. Do you guys have a major autumn spring holiday that rivals the United States' Thanksgiving or Hallowe'en?

EDIT: I'm sorry, I had forgotten that Summer is approaching for you guys instead of Winter. My bad. But the question still stands. Is there a springtime festival or holiday over there around this time?

 

[Tartarga]

Kids like candy. Halloween is a holiday in which kids are given free candy. I think its pretty much self explanatory.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Halloween might be American but it is also an excuse to be generous to children and cosplayers alike. It is a holiday that gives out free candy and generally generates good feelings.

So yes, it may be American but I cannot see why it is a bad thing to celebrate it in Australia or Canada as well.

If you want to discourage trick or treaters, post a sign on your door and shut off all your lights. That is the universal signal for "F*ck you, celebrate elsewhere."

 

[Alexnader]

Dang kids! Get off mah lawn!

Seriously though I understand halloween parties and whatnot but there was never a culture of halloween when I was a kid. All I knew of halloween were the simpsons Treehouse of Horror specials.

 

[Perhaps]

Canada celebrates halloween too btw

 

[Alexnader]

I'm surprised Hallowe'en isn't celebrated in Australia. Do you guys have a major autumn holiday that rivals the United States' Thanksgiving or Hallowe'en?

It's Spring over here. We do get the Queens Birthday celebrations in May but that's at the start of Winter for us.

 

[hittite]

Umm, technically, All Hallows Eve is more Catholic than American. Hallowe'en as we know it is just a by-product of a ridiculous amount of commercialization.

 

[TheComedown]

I'm surprised Hallowe'en isn't celebrated in Australia. Do you guys have a major autumn holiday that rivals the United States' Thanksgiving or Hallowe'en?

That's the thing its the start of summer not autumn, celebrating Halloween here is stupid, Halloween is supposed to mark the start of the harvest season and the "dark" half of the year, it's almost summer and it sure as hell ain't dark.

 

[AvsJoe]

or Canada as well.

You're Canadian, right? Have you noticed that many fewer people are celebrating Hallowe'en than a decade or even a half-decade ago?

I'm surprised Hallowe'en isn't celebrated in Australia. Do you guys have a major autumn holiday that rivals the United States' Thanksgiving or Hallowe'en?

Why would we 'celebrate' Halloween? What is there to celebrate?

There's nothing to celebrate, really, unless you're into the occult. But it's just a special day for the tykes of your country to look forward to besides Christmas (or other denominational holiday). It's fun for 'em, is what I'm saying.

 

[Zing]

Commercialization to sell candy and all that shitty merchandise.

Nothing wrong with Halloween parties though. Some of the costumes girls wear are great.

 

[Merkavar]

i think any australian that is celebrating halloween should hang their heads in shame.

it just seems wrong to me and stupid to celebrate halloween in australia.

 

[thePyro_13]

I've never had seen anyone in my town celebrating it.

I always stayed away from it. I figured it was an American/Catholic thing designed to instil the idea that pagan beliefs are scary or evil.

Also, its incredibly annoying. And no-one is willing to accept a trick. They're all greedy and want treats. >:[

 

[clutch-monkey]

halloween and trick or treaters can piss off back to america, it's their tradition not ours.
although if you get past the dogs to knock on my front door i'd probably give you candy haha

 

[tkioz]

Oh tell me about it, I've had a half dozen visits this afternoon, there is currently a sign on my front door saying "This is Australia NOT AMERICA, that means no bloody Halloween, GO AWAY"; only one moron father has knocked since it went up, and he did it to complain that I was being mean and selfish, he got the door slammed in his face.

Seriously if you want to do something with your kids, wait until next Friday night (5th of November) and take them to a bonfire for Guy Fawkes Night, growing up it was one of my favourite events of the year. Sure it's not as fun without the fireworks (damn government) but it's still a great night.

I'm sorry to any Americans that are offended, but will you please stop infecting other countries with your culture? I want to have a nice easy going Sunday afternoon, is that too much to ask?

 

[e2density]

When they come to my door I give them candy...I don't see what's so bad about this holiday.

Sure it's not as fun without the fireworks (damn government)

Oh yeah...and no firearms....and no gore in games....damn Australia sounds horrible.

 

[Jezzascmezza]

I'm Australian too, and I've noticed that this year more than ever there's been a huge emphasis here on Halloween.
I don't really like it, I've always thought of it as a purely American tradition.

 

[CarpathianMuffin]

I know a lot of Aussies who wish that they had it. Maybe it's finally making its way over. In which case, best get used to it.