No Trick or Treat signs?

I think that’s the norm now in most areas Chewbacca.

The unwritten rule around here is "if there aren't any lanterns, pumpkins or obvious invitations, walk past and don't knock". And to be fair, the vast majority of kids around here honour that.

We live in a wee village, and the children all go out together, accompanied by an adult or two, ( who know which doors to knock!)

I should like a poster saying, ‘ No Trick or Treaters Please, but Guisers Very Welcome’!

I never get knocked if I don’t put a light outside

I once opened the door on Halloween, when we lived in a tiny hamlet ( so knew the children) to see the sweetest sight ever, a small fat pumpkin and a tiny tiny ghost, the pumpkin being about 4 years old and the ghost 2 years old.
They were hoping to see a scared expression, not mine ...of delight!?

Our village uses the unspoken rule of children only calling at houses with some Halloween bits and bobs outside.
We are a bit out of the way, so never have any children call anyway.
If you live in a town or suburb and don’t want callers keep the front of the house dark? I always think the signs saying no trick or treat in a window may annoy callers enough to do a trick!

Grannyg13 I think that is the way it should be so that children clearly know where they are welcome and avoid houses where there is no obvious invitation.

In our area if you have a lit pumpkin in the window or drive the children knock. ??????

well Nonnie we knew if the door wasn't answered we moved onto th next house.Its the same now I watch the kids go across the street and a lot of the new families( mainly English people who like some here didn't have a Halloween tradition) dont answer the door .The kids happily move on,theres no throwing eggs or being obnoxious .The gloshes as we call them is just a bit of fun been that way for centuries in Scotland

Interesting 2 very different viewpoints, one thinks it is all normal and the other doesn't like it .

I would be interested to know what message you all think this is sending to children. I think we probably all agree that it can be frightening for vulnerable people so shouldn't we be instilling that in children?

added to this as an after thought now realise it dosen't read well. Sorry.

I never went trick or treating and neither did my children.
Fortunately despite living here 30 + yrs we have never had any callers. I wouldn't answer the door anyway as I don't agree with the whole thing. Probably because we are on the very edge of town.

Children here have always knocked on everyone's doors .We always did but knew to never go into a house on our own ,fine with a crowd of guisers though.I make up my bags of goodies the night before and most of the kids will tell me their joke or sing their song on the doorstep or inside the porch,take their bag and leave with a smile on their wee faces .Some are happy to come in if its a longer piece or needs space .Simple common sense usually works but I would never want my kids to feel everyone they meet is a danger to them .The vast majority of people are good...even in 2018 .

Unless with an adult children shouldn't be knocking on any doors.