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**phsyalcvqh** · 09-21-2012, 12:14 PM

well if commercial hype was reason enough to chuck things, then out would be Christmas, Easter, songkran, loy krathong, love, and a couple of other nice things.

Up to about 30 years ago, Halloween was hardly acknowledged in the UK.
Then the shops imported it from the USA wholesale -children's costumes, toys and sweets-more expense for parents and profits for the shops.
Trick or treating started -which immediately became an excuse for yobbish behaviour-eggs thrown at front doors, cars vandalised and fireworks put through letter boxes if people refuse to give sweets-or more often the demanded money-or answer the door (even if out and the lights have been left on for security purposes.)

Christmas and Easter were and are never like that-and at least they are traditional!

09-21-2012, 12:14 PM	#16
phsyalcvqh Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 506 Senior Member	well if commercial hype was reason enough to chuck things, then out would be Christmas, Easter, songkran, loy krathong, love, and a couple of other nice things. Up to about 30 years ago, Halloween was hardly acknowledged in the UK. Then the shops imported it from the USA wholesale -children's costumes, toys and sweets-more expense for parents and profits for the shops. Trick or treating started -which immediately became an excuse for yobbish behaviour-eggs thrown at front doors, cars vandalised and fireworks put through letter boxes if people refuse to give sweets-or more often the demanded money-or answer the door (even if out and the lights have been left on for security purposes.) Christmas and Easter were and are never like that-and at least they are traditional!
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