What do you call the night before Halloween?

KKinATX · October 2013

This is an informal poll for "research"

. Does your region have a name for October 30th? What takes place on this evening? Comment with where you live/ grew up.

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KKinATX · October 2013

@BestyD2010 LOLzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!

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babykk · October 2013

I grew up in south eastern MN. October 30th was called "corn night". Where kids would throw pieces of corn at your door step to tell you they were coming back the next night to trick or treat

KKinATX · October 2013

I grew up in Connecticut, it was called Mischief Night. Teens would go out and do pranks and vandalize stuff. I remember sometimes people's mail boxes would get smashed, toilet papering, shaving cream, etc. Also if you had your pumpkins out on your front porch kids might smash them on Mischief Night. So now as an adult I never put my pumpkins out early for fear they'll get destroyed by some punk kids!

Now I live in Texas and they don't have anything like that here. And DH is from DC and looked at me like I had 3 heads when I mentioned Mischief Night one time. It's definitely a regional thing!

EagleWife · October 2013

KKinATX said:

This is an informal poll for "research" . Does your region have a name for October 30th? What takes place on this evening? Comment with where you live/ grew up.
https://i.huffpost.com/gen/1176844/original.jpg

Before reading the link or other comments, it's "Mischief Night." The "bad kids" egged and TP'd houses and cars. Stores refused to sell eggs to minors for about the week before. I grew up in Philly.

ashie624 · October 2013

I have no word for this..its just octobet 30th to me. Im in central wisconsin

lancomechica · October 2013

October 30th

KikiCohen · October 2013

We don't call it anything special.

bumpuser8571475 · October 2013

KKinATX said:

I grew up in Connecticut, it was called Mischief Night. Teens would go out and do pranks and vandalize stuff. I remember sometimes people's mail boxes would get smashed, toilet papering, shaving cream, etc. Also if you had your pumpkins out on your front porch kids might smash them on Mischief Night. So now as an adult I never put my pumpkins out early for fear they'll get destroyed by some punk kids!

This. I live in NJ and we call it Mischief Night.. I live in a really nice neighborhood now so I'm not worried about our pumpkins but I brought ours in last night anyway.

EagleWife · October 2013

Heh, it's been a while. I forgot about the shaving cream and smashing of the pumpkins.

Dtams13 · October 2013

Mischief night here in nj:)

KKinATX · October 2013

EagleWife said:

Heh, it's been a while. I forgot about the shaving cream and smashing of the pumpkins.

Smashing Pumpkins

Now it makes me wonder where the band name came from...

Bmore721 · October 2013

KKinATX said:
I grew up in Connecticut, it was called Mischief Night. Teens would go out and do pranks and vandalize stuff. I remember sometimes people's mail boxes would get smashed, toilet papering, shaving cream, etc. Also if you had your pumpkins out on your front porch kids might smash them on Mischief Night. So now as an adult I never put my pumpkins out early for fear they'll get destroyed by some punk kids!

Now I live in Texas and they don't have anything like that here. And DH is from DC and looked at me like I had 3 heads when I mentioned Mischief Night one time. It's definitely a regional thing!

I grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and we called it Mischief Night, too. Pumpkins smashed, TP in trees, decorations and lawn ornaments stolen. One year, a group of teenagers even blew up my neighbor's mailbox with firecrackers. (Cops were called after that one) DH grew up in rural MD, and he has never heard of Mischief Night.

KKinATX · October 2013

I feel compelled to point out the map I posted isn't entirely accurate. Where I grew up in Central CT is not shown in blue but we definitely had Mischief Night!

EagleWife · October 2013

KKinATX said:

EagleWife said:

Heh, it's been a while. I forgot about the shaving cream and smashing of the pumpkins.

Smashing Pumpkins Now it makes me wonder where the band name came from...

@KKinATX, I suspect from Mischief Night

I phrased my initial comment the way I did to be clear that I didn't mean the band

dliz87 · October 2013

hlhindin said:
I grew up in New Jersey and we had Mischief Night on October 30. Kids under the age of 18 couldn't purchase shaving cream, eggs, or toilet paper...it was awesome!

Yup! This!!