Halloween Discussion Forums, Costumes, Horror!

So I believe you're never too old to go take free candy from people ;D

Unfortunately, I'm at college right now and I'm not exactly sure how I'm supposed to trick-or-treat here... I'm pretty sure my dorm mates won't be too keen on buying candy to give to me for free, lol.

There is a neighborhood right off the campus, but I don't know the area well enough and it's a bit sketch to say the least, so that seems off.

I don't have a costume anyway, so I'm not planning on going this year, but for next year I want to be prepared.

Anyone here at university, do you go trick or treating still? If so, how and where? If not, what do you do instead?

It could be that once you've had your fill of treats, it might be time to start pulling some tricks instead.... hmm....

I am 56, a good many years beyond college. However, I spent 22 years of my life on college campuses, from the time I was 16 until I was 38 (I had a career as a professor for a while), so I feel I have some handle on this topic.

College students do not typically TOT, but members of sororities or fraternities often hold Halloween parties for neighborhood or impoverished children, or for kids in hospital wards, etc. Otherwise, there is almost certain to be some type of Halloween party going on around your school, and probably several of them. College kids love to costume and party. My son (who graduated last year) lived for a while in an international dorm, and they used to have a party within the dorm, where they more or less introduced foreign students to the American holiday. One of their traditions was to tell ghost stories. Get your thinking cap on. It may not be too late to organize a party this weekend yourself.

you TOT when you're a kid, when you're older you go to Halloween parties, then you get married and have kids and go TOTing again then they grow up and have kids then you go TOTing with your grand kids......Sorry, college students go to parties, they dont TOT.

I ran into the same problem in college... well, kinda the same problem. My problem was more along the lines of "I want to celebrate Halloween, but how do I get people to ToT because they're all going to parties?" My solution was to dress up and go around the dorms PASSING OUT CANDY. I called it "Reverse Trick-or-Treating"... though, I believe a couple years ago "Hallmark" called it "Boo'ing". (I had so much fun scaring 200lb football players!)

That was a very creative idea, Jadewik!

My older son, now a grad student, gave a costume party the Friday before Halloween. He said 15 or 20 of them went to a commercial haunted house together, and when they returned, they found 15 or 20 more people waiting to party! On Halloween itself, he stayed home and handed out candy (he lives off-campus), but he said they didn't get many TOTers.

I don't really care how he celebrates Halloween, as long as he continues to do it. I think costume parties and haunted attractions with friends, and staying home to hand out the candy to the kids, are all fun ways for adults to celebrate.

jadewik wrote:I ran into the same problem in college... well, kinda the same problem. My problem was more along the lines of "I want to celebrate Halloween, but how do I get people to ToT because they're all going to parties?" My solution was to dress up and go around the dorms PASSING OUT CANDY. I called it "Reverse Trick-or-Treating"... though, I believe a couple years ago "Hallmark" called it "Boo'ing". (I had so much fun scaring 200lb football players!)

SCARING FOOTBALL PLAYERS!!??

HOW DARE YOU!! THAT'S SACRILEGE!!

I only weighed 185lbs btw! LOL!

But be honest. Tell the truth. The football dorm was always the wildest, regardless of the season! It was hard to tell by us football jocks if it was Halloween, Christmas or Spring break:shock:

Well, pretty much Spring Break year round.

In addition to throwing parties themselves, college kids often go to community attractions, like commercial haunted houses, or whatever carnivals might be organized by the local Parks & Rec Dept. It's also fun to have a horror movie-thon, and sometimes local theaters will do that. I know that the various bars and clubs up in Nashville look for any excuse for a party--Halloween, St. Patrick's Day, Cinco de Mayo, whatever.

When I was in college we had a saying. Somewhere on the planet, at this very moment, is an occasion to party!