Trick or Treat

[sungold123.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know when trick or treating is in Somerville? Thanks!

EDIT: I meant what time is the trick or treating...

Comments

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

31 October 2008

[ellf.livejournal.com]

Oh, ho, I can be like the hip kids: "THIS."

[elbren]

Why do computer scientists confuse Halloween with Christmas?

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

31 oct is 25 dec

Friday

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

There's no official time, and the date doesn't get moved around. At some point after people get home from work, kids hit the streets on October 31st.

(Please forgive me if I'm overly blunt; I've never lived anywhere where Halloween did get moved around, or where there was an official time or anything.)

Re: Friday

[sungold123.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

This is why I was wondering actually - just moved here this year, and where I'm from in NH, they had really strict times that varied from town to town. It was always announced on the local news, and since I hadn't heard anything around here it made me wonder...

Re: Friday

[ron_newman]

There are towns and cities elsewhere in the US where a different night than 10/31 is designated as "beggars night" -- often 10/30. But not around here.

Re: Friday

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

they had really strict times

you mean, like a curfew?

Under what legislative authority?

Re: Friday

[sungold123.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure about the authority - police?

For example:

http://www.newhampshire.com/halloween/trick-or-treat.aspx

Re: Friday

[pantsie.livejournal.com]

That's really interesting! I had no idea NH did that. You learn something new every day.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

ARGH the pain!!

[jamiesquared.livejournal.com]

I live towards Teele Sq and last year we had little kids (infant neighbors up to maybe 6) starting around 530-6. Then once it was fully dark we had all the regular kids (7+) and we went out at 900 so I dont know if they continued..

Re: Friday

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Under the authority that children have no rights in this country.

Re: Friday

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

And they usually mandate daylight hours too, thus making sure that parental paranoia sucks the fun out of yet another aspect of childhood.

Re: Friday

[ron_newman]

When I was a kid, I don't recall anything being 'mandated' -- just that local custom was to do it on a different night than Halloween.

Re: Friday

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Now, because America is afraid of pedophiles, some communities will actually order parents to only take their children around at certain times, the humorless bastards.

Re: Friday

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

Ah, right, forgot.

So, what, they get arrested for breaking the trick or treat times?
What's the fine/jail time?

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Well, that explains the funny looks we got on August 12. I should have asked here first.

Re: Friday

[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

I am SO glad my town didn't do that, growing up. And I hate the idea of it. Encouraging parents to go with their kids makes sense, but...seriously, that's just so lame to be all 'only during these hours and possibly not even on Halloween, grr!'

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

you don't think it had anything to do with your looks?

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

I almost decided to be uber-hip and say "FIRST"

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

This is not at all a ridiculous question: I grew up in a town in Massachusetts where the trick-or-treat hours were specified by the local police and published in the local newspaper.*

And this was back in the 1970s.


*Note: It wasn't like they'd come and bust you for giving out candy after 7 p.m. or whatever, but they would say "Official trick-or-treating hours are 5-7" and put on extra patrols to make sure kids were safe during that time.

Re: Friday

[richips.livejournal.com]

Or any country
(not to get too serious or anything, but it's true)

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

*Note the second: By "safe" here I mean not "safe from imaginary pedophiles" but "safe from speeding cars and trucks, especially at intersections."

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

What are you implying?