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soup wrote:
Mark Carver wrote:
Michael Chare wrote:
It comes from the USA.

I might have guessed, I'll add to that awful nonsense forced on us
called Halloween then ?

Since when was Halloween American? Pagans celebrated all hallows eve
yonks before America was even thought of.

Yes, but the Americanised version of it (which has mutated
into a cynical intimidating excuse to cause mayhem by some), has only invaded
the UK in recent years. I don't recall any of this 30 years ago, the door to
door extortion was 'penny for the guy' as part of the Guy Fawkes, which
certainly didn't contain the viscous overtones that Halloween has now.
Oct 31st used to pass with nothing much ISTR ?

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soup wrote:
Mark Carver wrote:
Michael Chare wrote:
It comes from the USA.

I might have guessed, I'll add to that awful nonsense forced on us
called Halloween then ?

Since when was Halloween American? Pagans celebrated all hallows eve
yonks before America was even thought of.

Pagans might well have had a celebration, but it wasn't All Hallows Eve.
"All Hallows" is another name for "All Saints", so you needed to have
Christianity to come along first.

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On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 16:18:46 +0000, soup
wrote:

Mark Carver wrote:
Michael Chare wrote:
It comes from the USA.

I might have guessed, I'll add to that awful nonsense forced on us
called Halloween then ?

Since when was Halloween American? Pagans celebrated all hallows eve
yonks before America was even thought of.

Bet the people who lived there thought of it occasionally.

--

Ian D

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On 30/11/2013 17:12, Mark Carver wrote:
soup wrote:
Mark Carver wrote:
Michael Chare wrote:
It comes from the USA.

I might have guessed, I'll add to that awful nonsense forced on us
called Halloween then ?

Since when was Halloween American? Pagans celebrated all hallows eve
yonks before America was even thought of.

Yes, but the Americanised version of it (which has mutated
into a cynical intimidating excuse to cause mayhem by some), has only invaded
the UK in recent years. I don't recall any of this 30 years ago, the door to
door extortion was 'penny for the guy' as part of the Guy Fawkes, which
certainly didn't contain the viscous overtones that Halloween has now.
Oct 31st used to pass with nothing much ISTR ?

The mayhem was done on Mischief Night where I grew up. There was some
flexibility of the timing but it happened sometime between Halloween
and Bonny Night.
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Phil Cook