Trick Or Treating In AUS

[smeghead25]

Our news shows were trolling about this for a few years in Aus.

It's stupid, it's a bit of fun. You don't have to be Christian to enjoy Christmas, in fact I'm completely atheist yet I love Christmas. I don't like Americans all that much either, yet I still like Halloween. I don't believe Jesus turned into a zombie but I still like Easter. I don't like Jehovah's Witnesses, but I still enjoy knocking on random strangers doors and asking for stuff

 

[Keepitclean]

or another option, just go out and do something on halloween, go to a bar, see a movie, go have a date, that way you get to enjoy yourself and not worry about kids at your door

Can't I have my TEE physics exam tomorrow. That's the big exam at the end of year 12 that you have for all high end subjects. It's 4:20 here in WA it will be almost night in the east.

 

[tkioz]

It's not the fact they are celebrating a holiday, it's the fact they are forcing that holiday on us, festivals, parties, gatherings are all well and good, you can choose to go or not, if I don't want to go to the Chinese New Year party in town I don't have too, but when someone is banging on my bloody door it has an impact on me, it's rude, and frankly goes against the idea of multiculturalism.

Well, I'm sorry for your troubles. I can't say that I entirely agree with your views though. Maybe you could hang up a sign saying "no trick-or-treaters, please" like other people have already suggested. I don't know what else to say, really.

A sign went up a few hours ago and I've had now three people knock anyway, twice to complain that I was being selfish and one that obviously couldn't read. I think I've got a few cans of coke, half a block of cooking chocolate and a bag of cheezles in my house as far as sweats go, and frankly why should I have partake in a holiday because other people want too?

 

[tkioz]

or another option, just go out and do something on halloween, go to a bar, see a movie, go have a date, that way you get to enjoy yourself and not worry about kids at your door

In other words we should alter our plans to suit other people? I'm sorry but that's not how Australia works, if my neighbours want to throw a big party celebrating some holiday from their homeland that's awesome, if I get an invite I might even go for a while, but if I don't I don't have to go, banging on someones door is rude.

You don't see me banging on my Indian neighbours signing Christmas carols do you?

 

[RicoADF]

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?

It's on TV, kids don't know TV isn't Australian
Just an example of how the US has culturally invaded and is destroying our country. I'm not saying there should be none from the US (or other countries), but the amount of US vs Australian stuff is like 85% US, 5% Australian, 10% other countries (SBS basically). Of course it's just a rough estimate, but when I did a screen course we went over the TV guide and we found that it was approx that sort of ratio.
Fact is we need regulations to reserve TV time for AUSTRALIAN TV, and no Australian Idol etc don't count since their a US show with American switched for Australian, $$ still goes to the US and the culture is still from the US.

 

[Keepitclean]

or another option, just go out and do something on halloween, go to a bar, see a movie, go have a date, that way you get to enjoy yourself and not worry about kids at your door

In other words we should alter our plans to suit other people? I'm sorry but that's not how Australia works, if my neighbours want to throw a big party celebrating some holiday from their homeland that's awesome, if I get an invite I might even go for a while, but if I don't I don't have to go, banging on someones door is rude.

You don't see me banging on my Indian neighbours signing Christmas carols do you?

Doesn't that happen in America though? My only source to verify that is TV and movies so I'm not sure if it is terribly accurate.

 

[Sedrine]

btw, is it really already halloween night over there? luckies...its still like 3 am here...

It's about 7pm here. You guys are about 15 hours or so behind us.

OT, I went trick-or-treating when I was a little kid, probably due to the fact that my mum's from the US. A lot of places either didn't answer or just said they had no sweets and shut the door. One house gave us muesli bars - I suppose they felt bad letting us go away empty-handed. I don't really see the harm in giving out a few treats, and most kids I've had knock on the door are polite. Besides, there's always a few chocolates left over for me, hehe.

 

[Keepitclean]

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?

It's on TV, kids don't know TV isn't Australian
Just an example of how the US has culturally invaded and is destroying our country. I'm not saying there should be none from the US (or other countries), but the amount of US vs Australian stuff is like 85% US, 5% Australian, 10% other countries (SBS basically). Of course it's just a rough estimate, but when I did a screen course we went over the TV guide and we found that it was approx that sort of ratio.
Fact is we need regulations to reserve TV time for AUSTRALIAN TV, and no Australian Idol etc don't count since their a US show with American switched for Australian, $$ still goes to the US and the culture is still from the US.

Actually I thought there was some sort of law that free to air TV had to have at least 55% of their air time being taken up by Australian produced stuff. Look at your TV guide again. Oh wait, you weer looking at things people actually watch...

I'm pretty sure most ads on Aussie TV are Australian and they take up like 33% of commercial TV air time anyway.

 

[Angry Caterpillar]

Hrmmm, seems to be a lot of crotchety old men who hate children in here.

Other than that, I can see why everyone's bitching. If my door went off every ten minutes because a traveling salesman wanted to sell me this nice new broom, I'd be pissed too. However, this seems more akin to if a bunch of boyscouts kept showing up. They're kids. Don't expect them to be smart enough to pay attention to a sign, they eat paste for Christ's sake.

 

[RicoADF]

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?

It's on TV, kids don't know TV isn't Australian
Just an example of how the US has culturally invaded and is destroying our country. I'm not saying there should be none from the US (or other countries), but the amount of US vs Australian stuff is like 85% US, 5% Australian, 10% other countries (SBS basically). Of course it's just a rough estimate, but when I did a screen course we went over the TV guide and we found that it was approx that sort of ratio.
Fact is we need regulations to reserve TV time for AUSTRALIAN TV, and no Australian Idol etc don't count since their a US show with American switched for Australian, $$ still goes to the US and the culture is still from the US.

Actually I thought there was some sort of law that free to air TV had to have at least 55% of their air time being taken up by Australian produced stuff. Look at your TV guide again. Oh wait, you weer looking at things people actually watch...

I'm pretty sure most ads on Aussie TV are Australian and they take up like 33% of commercial TV air time anyway.

There are some laws in reguard to it, altho I don't think its 55%. And actually Australian shows often are popular since they have our Aussie humor, however its not as common on TV as its cheaper and easier to just import a show from overseas. On the ABC theres alot of Australian stuff, but often is political, news or other stuff, I was referring to Australian Drama (as in fictional shows), where as the law says ANY Australian made shows, so news counts towards it.

 

[Uzigawa]

or another option, just go out and do something on halloween, go to a bar, see a movie, go have a date, that way you get to enjoy yourself and not worry about kids at your door

In other words we should alter our plans to suit other people? I'm sorry but that's not how Australia works, if my neighbours want to throw a big party celebrating some holiday from their homeland that's awesome, if I get an invite I might even go for a while, but if I don't I don't have to go, banging on someones door is rude.

You don't see me banging on my Indian neighbours signing Christmas carols do you?

Doesn't that happen in America though? My only source to verify that is TV and movies so I'm not sure if it is terribly accurate.

ya it kinda does happen here, a lot of people dont celebrate here either, hell i forgot until like 2 days got a costume and im just gonna prolly chill, maybe go to a party or something, but ya, its not really altering plans for others, you dont have to do it, it could just make your life easier, and plus...its just opening a door and saying "i dont have candy" not like its that hard

 

[VampiresDontSparkle]

Aww, don't be mean to the poor children. They're showing up every five minutes or so over here, and we're out of sweets... (We drastically under-estimated the amount of lollies to buy, because there's NEVER been this many kids before). So I just politely tell them we're out of lollies. No need to be nasty about it.

But yes, it is an American tradition mainly. Maybe we're picking up on it because of all the attention the TV and the stores have given it this year...

 

[Keepitclean]

We also have royal shows.

Do you get a public holiday for those? :O
In perth, Queens' Birthday Holiday coincides with our Royal show

Too bad the royal show is the biggest rip off since Fremantle Dockers tickets. It's fun and all but it's so expensive. At least you are likely to meet people you know on the train during shows time.

 

[SpAc3man]

Over here in New Zealand its commonish. Less so in my area over the last 3 years but we always expect a decent amount of kids to stop by. It is more of an American thing due to the large Celtic influence they have there. New Zealand and Australia have more of a English background so the tradition didn't carry over as much.

 

[Squilookle]

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?

Isn't it obvious? Australia is saturated with American media, therefore kids gots ta be like american kids...

Though it's risky business going trick or treating here- most of the time the only door-knockers we get are people asking to asses your property/invite you to a convention/spread some religion/other things nobody wants to hear about.

I reckon a kid should count himself lucky not by how much candy he/she gets, but by whether or not they got blasted with a garden hose or not.

 

[Nouw]

Halloween isn't like Thanksgiving. Last time I checked, it's not exclusive to that country.

The point of the OP is that it isn't done here and the only reason people do trick or treat is because they saw it on TV.

Did you watch the rugby last night?

Wow. What's with the jerk-ass attitude? If you don't want to give out candy, turn out the front light and don't answer the door. No need to be an asshole to people about it.

Halloween may not yet be commonly celebrated in Australia, but it is in several other countries. It's hardly an "American" holiday.

Turning off the lights doesn't do shit. These kids come in the middle of the afternoon because their parent's won't let them out on a school night.

What do you mean 'the rugby.'; there's more than one. Answering your question, no I haven't.

Wallabies versus All Blacks. "The Rugby", in my experience usually applys to either State of Origin, Tri nations, or some other international game. Especially us vs either the UK or NZ

Who won?

I was Wallabies vs All Blacks. The Wallabies won. I brought it up because I knew you were a Kiwi from last time I spoke to you on here.

Well I'm South Korean so I couldn't care less.

 

[Keepitclean]

Halloween isn't like Thanksgiving. Last time I checked, it's not exclusive to that country.

The point of the OP is that it isn't done here and the only reason people do trick or treat is because they saw it on TV.

Did you watch the rugby last night?

Wow. What's with the jerk-ass attitude? If you don't want to give out candy, turn out the front light and don't answer the door. No need to be an asshole to people about it.

Halloween may not yet be commonly celebrated in Australia, but it is in several other countries. It's hardly an "American" holiday.

Turning off the lights doesn't do shit. These kids come in the middle of the afternoon because their parent's won't let them out on a school night.

What do you mean 'the rugby.'; there's more than one. Answering your question, no I haven't.

Wallabies versus All Blacks. "The Rugby", in my experience usually applys to either State of Origin, Tri nations, or some other international game. Especially us vs either the UK or NZ

Who won?

I was Wallabies vs All Blacks. The Wallabies won. I brought it up because I knew you were a Kiwi from last time I spoke to you on here.

Well I'm South Korean so I couldn't care less.

South Korea is not the best Korea. Sorry fot the 4chan joke.

Here I was thinking "yes finally" now I'm gonna go give it back to some kiwis. I am dissapointed.

 

[Nunny]

I would be suprised if any of the kids actualy got any candy, expecialy anywere outside of a major city. All they would get from my house if they were lucky is some frozen meat.

The only Halloween stuff around my area is the odd party, shops trying to cash in and possibly a few drunken Teens at the Disco (though being a sunday probley wouldnt be many).

 

[skeliton112]

when they come to the door say "I pick trick", then shut the door.