Thread: Trunk or Treat??? What the heck is this?

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Okay, so I just found out what "Trunk or Treat" is. Personally, I think it's ridiculous. Trick or treating out of the trunks of cars? I went on some of these websites to check them out and the people that organize these events obviously have something against Halloween. One person said that they like to do it specifically on Halloween because that way they can go against the "dark" tenancies.

At first, I was kind of turned off on the whole thing. But if trunk or treating falls into the wrong hands (he he he), it could actually be turned into an advantage. Open up those trunks, hang up some severed body parts. Maybe do a mad-lab on the go. Dump a bunch of bodies in there ("bring out your dead") with a portal CD player playing a buzzing sound for "flies" effect.

You know, this might not be a bad idea......

Sadly, this is becoming more and more common. I think it reflects on a couple different things; parents unwillingness or "laziness" to take their kids on actual TOT rounds through their neighborhood, and misinformed "Christians" who feel it is their obligation to offer up an alternative to traditional Halloween celebrations. I commented on another forum that a martial arts studio down the block from us held a party and gave out hot dogs/popcorn/candy, in an effort to keep kids safe and (actual quote) "celebrate the light of Jesus Christ and not the dark."
I also think this is going to be an increasing threat to traditional TOT celebrations. But hey, leave it to the "Christians" to send the message that it's okay to take candy from the trunk of a stranger's car! LOL
Not bashing religion, however the inaccuracy of the information spewed by some of these well meaning zealots is a lot more terrifying than what any kid would encounter on Halloween.
The funny part was that when the kids left the martial arts studio and saw my house and the line of people waiting to walk through, they all came over anyway!

It is meant a safe alternative to taking kids to strangers' houses in our warped society. I agree that it is well-intentioned effort to provide a safe environment for kids, veiled in in their attempt to spread the 'gospel.' Don't expect to be welcomed with severed heads. ;-)

I also agree that this and office / mall trick or treating put serious pressure on tot-ing from house to house.

At a previous company, we decorated offices and floors and kids would come thru and trick or treat door to door. I thought it was a pretty neat idea at the time, since I lived downtown in a condo and wouldn't have had a single tot-er otherwise.

One other thing... it makes me laugh when churches try to hard to preach to kids. When I was 7 years old, God wasn't a big influence in my life. Papa Smurf, candy and GI Joe... maybe.

When I was 7, the Curch I went to never preached against Halloween and actually built Haunts in the basement for a Halloween Party they would throw....The preacher dressed as the Devil one year!

Trunk or treating with the hurse club would be awesome

I've never heard of Trunk-or-Treat, but it sounds REEEEAAALLY scary. "Hey Kid, I've got all kinds of goodies in the trunk of my car. It's right over there in that abandoned parking lot. Follow me!"

I purchased a 1983 Cadillac Hearse this year,I agree with Maximpakt- Trunk or treating could be really fun in that!!

Our church (youth group) had a haunted house each year to raise money. It was a bloody, gory, awesome affair. We had a murder bathroom, hallway with ankle ticklers, beheading scene, people under the floor, etc.... we had to shut down more than once because of faintings!

No mention of the bible, or anything. My preacher also gave out candy at Halloween.

However, the Baptist preacher at the time was telling people that Papa Smurf was satan, etc... and the Jehovah's Witnesses were handing out tracts telling kids they would burn in hell. Hooray!

Our church had a horror double feature in the basement on an old 16 mm... good times...

I read an article on Trunk or Treating that quoted someone as saying "It helps bring people together as a community". Huh? Actually, you're creating a sterilized, controlled niche within the community... the rest of us letting our snowflakes run door-to-door are participants in a real community, with real neighbors and friends... not some sanctioned, artificial world where teaching kids to get candy from people in cars is viewed as beneficial. Dunderheads.