when the girls were very small we were blessed to live next door to a lovely family with one small daughter a few months younger than stella. kathie and i soon became good friends and stella and jenny became inseparable.
they only lived in england for just over a year before moving abroad but we had a lot of fun and kathie, who was canadian, showed me what i can only describe as 'the proper way to do hallowe'en' - and believe you me this is a much much better way than most of us do it here in england (though it has to be said we are improving!!) what i mean by that is that it appears to have become the custom for younger teen-agers to dress themselves - very half-heartedly! - in outfits very vaguely resembling witches, ghouls and ghosts and then roam the streets throwing raw eggs at house doors and windows and at cars. so it is little wonder that many english people dread the night and pretend to be 'not at home' to the trick-or-treaters.
well i'm pleased to say that is definitely not the case here in north bushey!!
i had bought a candle, looking like a pumpkin, from the hospice and placed it in the front window raised up on 'harry potter and the half-blood prince' - which i thought a good prop as it's not only in the spirit of the night but is also a jolly thick and weighty tome! i had a little basket of sweets and bounty bars and then sat and waited.
4 sets came altogether which i thought a good 'score' . . . and they were all lovely! trisha came round for coffee and cake when i was one set 'in' so she saw most of them. the first 3 lots were mainly teenage - and lovely - but i have to admit the last lot were the best. they were 7 really little children - all neighbours and aged between 4 and 7 - and their mummies and daddies waiting at the end of the drive. they were wearing great costumes which were very diverse. 2 of them were m and a from next door who promptly invited trisha and me round to watch their fireworks!!
so we went. there were quite a number of us as m seemed to have invited a few other unsuspecting neighbours on his travels
it was jolly cold but lots of fun watching the children get excited. tess brought out wine both mulled and un-mulled and crisps to nibble.
i was talking with stella this morning and they had a great night up in yorkshire too. they had 15!! sets of visitors - but stella was saying that may have been because the pies dressed up too and then sat and looked out of their bay-window. i suppose the trick or treaters knew to call!!
anyway it does seem that we are finally getting into the right way of doing hallowe'en
it was a great evening!!
they only lived in england for just over a year before moving abroad but we had a lot of fun and kathie, who was canadian, showed me what i can only describe as 'the proper way to do hallowe'en' - and believe you me this is a much much better way than most of us do it here in england (though it has to be said we are improving!!) what i mean by that is that it appears to have become the custom for younger teen-agers to dress themselves - very half-heartedly! - in outfits very vaguely resembling witches, ghouls and ghosts and then roam the streets throwing raw eggs at house doors and windows and at cars. so it is little wonder that many english people dread the night and pretend to be 'not at home' to the trick-or-treaters.
well i'm pleased to say that is definitely not the case here in north bushey!!
i had bought a candle, looking like a pumpkin, from the hospice and placed it in the front window raised up on 'harry potter and the half-blood prince' - which i thought a good prop as it's not only in the spirit of the night but is also a jolly thick and weighty tome! i had a little basket of sweets and bounty bars and then sat and waited.
4 sets came altogether which i thought a good 'score' . . . and they were all lovely! trisha came round for coffee and cake when i was one set 'in' so she saw most of them. the first 3 lots were mainly teenage - and lovely - but i have to admit the last lot were the best. they were 7 really little children - all neighbours and aged between 4 and 7 - and their mummies and daddies waiting at the end of the drive. they were wearing great costumes which were very diverse. 2 of them were m and a from next door who promptly invited trisha and me round to watch their fireworks!!
so we went. there were quite a number of us as m seemed to have invited a few other unsuspecting neighbours on his travels
it was jolly cold but lots of fun watching the children get excited. tess brought out wine both mulled and un-mulled and crisps to nibble.
i was talking with stella this morning and they had a great night up in yorkshire too. they had 15!! sets of visitors - but stella was saying that may have been because the pies dressed up too and then sat and looked out of their bay-window. i suppose the trick or treaters knew to call!!
anyway it does seem that we are finally getting into the right way of doing hallowe'en
it was a great evening!!
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Glad you're getting in the 'spirit' ha ha!
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