ASDA Black Friday hard to believe.

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
I might have guessed, I'll add to that awful nonsense forced on us
called Halloween then ?

Yes - the Scots have a lot to answer for.

They didn't invent the intimidating 'trick or treat' element of it though, did
they ?


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On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 10:55:03 -0000
"Brian Gaff" wrote:

But what does it actually refer to?

Brian


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_F...in_of_the_term

I never knew when I lived there, either.

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Davey.

On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 10:55:03 -0000
"Brian Gaff" wrote:

But what does it actually refer to?

Brian


There is another American corruption: We call Feb. 14 "St. Valentine's
Day", and the cards are anonymous (at least, this is how it was when I
was little). In the US, the "St." part is completely missing, and the
cards are all person-specific, which is totally against the whole point
of the thing. People send Valentine cards to their grandmothers.
Now I'll go into the card shops next year and find the same thing here,
of course.

Grrr..

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Davey.

In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
I might have guessed, I'll add to that awful nonsense forced on us
called Halloween then ?

Yes - the Scots have a lot to answer for.

They didn't invent the intimidating 'trick or treat' element of it
though, did they ?

Sort of - but not the name. It was certainly tradition for kids to go
round friends etc houses dressed up and expect a 'treat' of some sort.

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On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 13:33:39 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
I might have guessed, I'll add to that awful nonsense forced on us
called Halloween then ?

Yes - the Scots have a lot to answer for.

They didn't invent the intimidating 'trick or treat' element of it
though, did they ?

Sort of - but not the name. It was certainly tradition for kids to go
round friends etc houses dressed up and expect a 'treat' of some sort.

No trick, though.

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Ian D

On 11/30/2013 8:33 AM, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
I might have guessed, I'll add to that awful nonsense forced on us
called Halloween then ?

Yes - the Scots have a lot to answer for.

They didn't invent the intimidating 'trick or treat' element of it
though, did they ?

Sort of - but not the name. It was certainly tradition for kids to go
round friends etc houses dressed up and expect a 'treat' of some sort.

Yes, but you were expected to do a 'party piece' of some sort, before
being rewarded.

On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 09:34:00 -0500, S Viemeister
wrote:

On 11/30/2013 8:33 AM, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
I might have guessed, I'll add to that awful nonsense forced on us
called Halloween then ?

Yes - the Scots have a lot to answer for.

They didn't invent the intimidating 'trick or treat' element of it
though, did they ?

Sort of - but not the name. It was certainly tradition for kids to go
round friends etc houses dressed up and expect a 'treat' of some sort.

Yes, but you were expected to do a 'party piece' of some sort, before
being rewarded.

and you didn't throw eggs at their houses if they didn't give you
enough sweets or money.

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
I might have guessed, I'll add to that awful nonsense forced on us
called Halloween then ?

Yes - the Scots have a lot to answer for.

They didn't invent the intimidating 'trick or treat' element of it
though, did they ?

Sort of - but not the name. It was certainly tradition for kids to go
round friends etc houses dressed up and expect a 'treat' of some sort.

Boxing day seems to have disappeared altogether apart from the name.

I would have thought that tradesmen would be keen to turn up on your
doorstep on the first working day after Christmas, pull their forelocks,
wish you a grudging 'Merry Christmas' and shuffle their feet awaiting their
Christmas 'box'.

Now it's just another name for December 26th - though really it can never
fall on a Sunday as that used to be the only non-working day.

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Max Demian

On 30/11/2013 13:33, in article , "Dave
Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
I might have guessed, I'll add to that awful nonsense forced on us
called Halloween then ?

Yes - the Scots have a lot to answer for.

They didn't invent the intimidating 'trick or treat' element of it
though, did they ?

Sort of - but not the name. It was certainly tradition for kids to go
round friends etc houses dressed up and expect a 'treat' of some sort.

Yes, but we were expected to offer something in return, like performing a
song, dance or poem.

--
Bill Findlay
with blueyonder.co.uk;
use surname & forename;

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.