# So Halloween is Halloween unless it's Sunday?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-halloween-is-halloween-unless-its-sunday/269456>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 15, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-halloween-is-halloween-unless-its-sunday/269456 "2004-10-15T21:02:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-halloween-is-halloween-unless-its-sunday/269456/61 "2004-10-20T21:40:11Z")

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\*\*Bung Beetle]/b]:

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> Sorry, but no way do my kids run the night unsupervised.

Ok, but at least lurk about unobtrusively, or better yet, make yourself useful by jumping out of bushes and scaring the other kids or mentoring your kids in the finer points of petty vandalism. 😉

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-halloween-is-halloween-unless-its-sunday/269456/62 "2004-10-21T12:47:52Z")

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Can do. 🙂

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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-halloween-is-halloween-unless-its-sunday/269456/63 "2004-10-21T16:17:59Z")

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> [@jayjay](#):
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> No, that would be The (Lilith) Faire Witch Project.

or The Bare Wench Project…  
just turn on Cinemax late at night, it’ll be on eventually, after a dozen showings of Play-mate of the Apes and maybe Femaleship of the String

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**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-halloween-is-halloween-unless-its-sunday/269456/64 "2004-10-21T22:27:11Z")

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> AFAIK most people who have trouble with trick-or-treating as a Sabbath activity figure out something else to do and keep the kids happy–something in the way of a private event.

Yes, I think this is reasonable. How about a nice Messia-shaped piñata; that would keep _everyone_ happy!

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**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-halloween-is-halloween-unless-its-sunday/269456/65 "2004-10-21T23:42:16Z")

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> [@hajario](#):
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> Really? So all of your co-workers and friends are lesbian witches too?
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> Haj

Sadly, only a few. The rest are bi.

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