Are you going all-in with matching pumpkin costumes this Halloween?

[emeraldsaphire]

I found this adorable punkin onesie with a little pumkin cap while online shopping. I got that for my daughter and a pumkin costume for me and my husband. At first my husband was like no way, but I know how to make my man change his mind XD. So he's gonna be Mr. Punmkin this year!

Anyway, I'm so excited. Everything came in the mail yesterday, and I've checked the fitting, so we are go! I can't wait; this is our first Halloween together. Halloween is my favorite holiday!

[SueShe]

I do not celebrate Halloween and will certainly not open my door to those children and adults asking for freebies that are actually rotting their teeth.

I live in a part of the world where this mercantile tradition has been imported from the US a few years back and I am certainly not going to help increase obesity and medical issues with children and parents alike.

Do people actually know what is celebrated at Halloween or is it just to eat sweets beyond reason?

I am not going out in any costume and will have a total blackout in my house.

Some of the costumes are indeed cute.

[emeraldsaphire]

humbug

[SueShe]

Humbug, right? A quick search in the internet finds this result:

"Calorie & Sugar Breakdown

Total Calories: Estimates generally range from 3,500 to 7,000 calories per child during the Halloween season or holiday, which is roughly equivalent to about 3.4 pounds of candy.

To burn off that much of the sweet stuff, Cell Stress Research Laboratory found that adults would need to spend 720 minutes (12 hours) walking, cycling or dancing; 360 minutes (6 hours) running or swimming; or 1,008 minutes (nearly 17 hours) sweeping or vacuuming".

www.honolulufamilydentist.com/.../
nypost.com/.../

[Paige2006]

Not familiar with this plus I don't have any children

[Iron_Man]

if I had a child, but I don’t

[eagle1951]

nope