The first October we lived here, slug was amused by the “Trick or Treat set for Oct. 31” headline. As it turns out, Halloween that Tuesday night was the only time in four years trick or treating has taken place on Halloween. H Tues, T or T Tues; H Wed, T or T Tues; H Fri, T or T Thurs; H Sat, T or T Fri. Having grown up where trick or treating happened on Halloween (and after dark, but at no set time), this just feels wrong to me. I’m also old fashioned enough to think that everyone trick or treating should be 1) in a costume and 2) say “trick or treat” and “thank you”. Strangely, lack of “trick or treat” annoys me far more than a lack of thanks.
Locally, Independence Day celebrations are rarely actually on the 4th, even when the 4th falls on the weekend. This, too, is contrary to my upbringing and what I think it right.
So, I’m curious, in the places you’ve lived where Halloween and Fourth of July have been celebrated, in how many have the primary festivities taken place on the 31st and 4th?
I was at a birthday party on Saturday and was introduced to the most annoying thing ever: the MetroCard clicker.
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hellx said:
i would argue that the extra hour had more to do with the bar time in lawrence than anything else. it's not kids out trick or treating (which, even in nyc, i knew people who required people to say "trick or treat"), but how to deal with the extra hour that college kids can get their drink on. ther
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In Lawrence, as Hellx has noted, I'm used to having the trick or treat and fireworks on the real day of the holiday. In fact, it's so much a given that it made news this year in the LJW (where, I grant you, some surprisingly un-newsworthy things often make the news) that a confluence of events coul
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plantnerd said:
The movement of parties to weekends doesn't surprise me; it's the movement of trick or treating.
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As a child, Halloween in Lawrence was always on Halloween. As an adult, though, I've noticed Halloween bleeding over into weekends when it falls during the week. I mean, if it's on a Thursday then all the parties will be Friday-Saturday. Fourth of July, actually, has varied quite a bit in placesMembers' Blogs
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As a child, Halloween in Lawrence was always on Halloween. As an adult, though, I've noticed Halloween bleeding over into weekends when it falls during the week. I mean, if it's on a Thursday then all the parties will be Friday-Saturday.
Fourth of July, actually, has varied quite a bit in places I've lived. If I remember correctly, when I was a kid the major firework display was part of Independence Days and not always on the Fourth. In Madison they have Rhythm and Booms which falls on the Fourth of July weekend, but never on the holiday itself. If the Fourth is on a Saturday, the R&B will be on the Sunday or vice versa.
NYC is strictly the 4th of July, however.
Posted by: hellx | November 3, 2009 12:45 PM
The movement of parties to weekends doesn't surprise me; it's the movement of trick or treating.
Posted by: plantnerd | November 3, 2009 2:11 PM
In Lawrence, as Hellx has noted, I'm used to having the trick or treat and fireworks on the real day of the holiday. In fact, it's so much a given that it made news this year in the LJW (where, I grant you, some surprisingly un-newsworthy things often make the news) that a confluence of events could make for an extra-crazy Halloween night:
1) Halloween on a Saturday
2) Daylight savings time stopped early Sunday morning, extending the Halloween festivities by an extra hour
That would only be newsworthy in a town that habitually did trick or treating on the 31st.
Posted by: Thinman | November 3, 2009 3:26 PM
i would argue that the extra hour had more to do with the bar time in lawrence than anything else. it's not kids out trick or treating (which, even in nyc, i knew people who required people to say "trick or treat"), but how to deal with the extra hour that college kids can get their drink on. there was one year in madison when the cops showed up at every bar and issued tickets for afterhours drinking due to the fallback.
Posted by: hellx | November 7, 2009 1:54 AM