Spooky Halloween Down Under

Spooky Halloween Down Under

Alrighty, Alright, Alright Hivians how are we going today? Well first of all Happy Halloween to all those who celebrate it which is something we don't really do in the land down under. But in more recent years it is one thing that has become more popular in Australia.

Growing up we watched many spooky Halloween shows and watched how many other nations celebrated the event and although we had no real ideas about it's cultural significance we knew that Trick or Treating was a thing in which kids could door knock in the neighbourhood and get lollies also known as candy in America from strangers and it was completely acceptable to do so.

I remember once being young maybe 12ish with a group of mates and we decided to go trick or treating one Halloween and that we would start the craze in Australia. We didn't really have much of a plan other than start door knocking homes and say trick or treat.

It wasn't a very fruitful event and we got ushered off many peoples properties while being told "This is Australia ya Fucktards not America". One lovely gentleman chased us down his driveway with a kitchen knife screaming Trick! Trick! Trick! and that pretty much ended our attempt at Halloween down under.

More so recently it seems to be making an arrival in Australia with the past few years really seeing some growth. I think Lock down had a big thing to do with it as many families were cooped up inside looking at ways to pass the time so got decorating and making their homes spooky for the season.

This year a number of church groups organised Trick or Treat events in car parking lots and a lot of houses decorated their front gardens. My daughter asked me to do the same but I declined because I didn't think many people would be into it. although I was wrong and found myself in the last minute grabbing quick items and as her friends in the street were also going trick or treating I had to run down the store to grab her and her little brother something to wear to go trick or treating as many of the houses put lollies out.

I also grabbed a few bags of bite size party chocolate bars to put out the front while we were out.

Although we say trick or treat I am not sure there is a trick part to it?

What really got me pretty excited was one family decked out their garage and put on a costume to scare people which little miss wanted to see but got quite frightened once we went. Little bloke was a freak and totally into it.

The next house we saw had an enitre LED light set up with Penny wise which I found to be pretty awesome.

I thought I only had to compete with Christmas but now that Halloween seems to be emerging and people getting into the spirit of the dead I am going to have to add a bit more to the house to do list once finances get a little better.

How was your Halloween? and to the Aussies out there, have you seen an increase in Halloween celebrations?