Halloween

BromleyMonkey said:
Living near the Isle of Sheppey,some of the grandma’s round here are only in their late 20’s 😀
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You quite often seen tabloid headlines along the lines of "Granny charged with possession of cocaine".
Inevitably an image comes into one's head of a little grey haired old lady doing a line of coke. Surely not one thinks. But of course the reality is that the granny is some hard faced 33 year old with a 16 year old unmarried mother for a daughter.
 
Each year we buy a lot of sweets for all the kids that come knocking at the door. From about 5 till 8 the missus is nearly continually at the door distributing sweets. Costs us about a 15 quid in sweets, but it's neighbourly and I like to put on a friendly default persona on our street.

However, I kind of agree with BromleyMonkey that it's an American import.....it certainly wasn't much of a thing when I was growing up. Still, the youngsters have fun with it and so a smile is better than a flown.

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Our local village Facebook page is a good laugh this morning.....

Someone decided it would be good to buy 160 plastic whistles and hand them out instead of sweets - they all went and apparently the 'other end' of the village sounded like an illegal rave on speed. One poor woman couldn't ever hear her soap opera's for the noise at one point.......blood vessels were seemingly at bursting point.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
 
PalazioVecchio said:
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Don't blame them, it's commercialised American culture.

People here now celebrate Halloween more than they celebrate Guy Fawkes night (5th November for the forgetful).

Mind you, a lot of people might have some sympathy nowadays for old Guy.

But the point is that it's an actual British event, not a foreign one.
 
5 Nov was celebrated as a double deliverance from Catholic Popery - the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 and the arrival of William of Orange in 1689. Of course, current sensibilities frown on such celebrations.
 
I loathe it. It’s ugly and teaches children that bullying can work.

I used to enjoy community bonfire nights, a good fire to warm, get rid of some old rubbish, have a natter with the neighbours over a mulled wine whilst the children enjoy being outside in the dark and the fireworks. I can see the downsides. The safety isn’t great and celebrating a burning at the stake not a good idea.

Actually I used to enjoy Nov 2 in the Philippines. This is All Souls Day which has a close relationship to Halloween. In the Philippines it’s a day when the departed of your family are remembered. People take food and music to cemeteries and have a huge party, with a portion of food served for each departed member and placed on their grave. Stories are told late into the night and a lot of beer and rum is drunk. It’s not the least sad or spooky. It’s joyous.
 
Stirlingsays said:
Don't blame them, it's commercialised American culture.

People here now celebrate Halloween more than they celebrate Guy Fawkes night (5th November for the forgetful).

Mind you, a lot of people might have some sympathy nowadays for old Guy.

But the point is that it's an actual British event, not a foreign one.
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Halloween was purely irish. Then St Patrick merged it with Christianity. Then yis lot conquered us and it was part of the culture of the 'British isles' ( all Saints became All Hallows......ween = een, diminutive.... as in Smithereen - little pieces, or Cafecito in Spanish ...little coffee....Halloween...little Saints ) , then it went to America. Then we got our independence and it ceased to be British. A pagan festival at the heart of a formerly hardcore Conservative Catholic country. Halloween has merged with other supernatural stuff in other countries.....like the Dia de los Meurtes in Mexico. All very confusing.

The decorated Pumpkin is an american invention to replace the original Turnips used in Ireland.

 
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georgenorman said:
5 Nov was celebrated as a double deliverance from Catholic Popery - the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 and the arrival of William of Orange in 1689. Of course, current sensibilities frown on such celebrations.
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Sectarian Looneys ? They haven't gone away, you know ?

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PalazioVecchio said:
Halloween was purely irish. Then yis lot conquered us and it was part of the culture of the 'British isles' , then it went to America. Then we got our independence and it ceased to be British. A pagan festival at the heart of a formerly hardcore Conservative Catholic country. Halloween has merged with other supernatural stuff in other countries.....like the Dia de los Meurtes in Mexico. All very confusing.

The decorated Pumpkin is an american invention to replace the original Turnips used in Ireland.

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Much prefer to eat pumpkin though.
 
PalazioVecchio said:
Halloween was purely irish. Then yis lot conquered us and it was part of the culture of the 'British isles' , then it went to America. Then we got our independence and it ceased to be British. A pagan festival at the heart of a formerly hardcore Conservative Catholic country. Halloween has merged with other supernatural stuff in other countries.....like the Dia de los Meurtes in Mexico. All very confusing.

The decorated Pumpkin is an american invention to replace the original Turnips used in Ireland.

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You've got millions of saints to be fair
 
PalazioVecchio said:
.....or Samhain as it was originally called. ( Samhain pronounced 'sow-win'.....Donald Pleasence made a hash of it in the Halloween movie. But the Yank audience wouldnt have noticed ).

What are your Favourite Horror movies. And any other reflections or observations on the silliness of the whole event.

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I've got bored with horror in my old age, but my film of choice at Halloween is Halloween III. Daft but fun and better than watching some twit in a mask stabbing people.

You can get that in Britain all year round.

I said that last year too. 🙄
 
PalazioVecchio said:
Halloween was purely irish. Then yis lot conquered us and it was part of the culture of the 'British isles' , then it went to America. Then we got our independence and it ceased to be British. A pagan festival at the heart of a formerly hardcore Conservative Catholic country. Halloween has merged with other supernatural stuff in other countries.....like the Dia de los Meurtes in Mexico. All very confusing.

The decorated Pumpkin is an american invention to replace the original Turnips used in Ireland.

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Probably because they are so much easier to carve than a turnip......wussie Yanks 😆😆
 
Rocky Horror Picture Show.

If I dress like the Tim Curry's Frank-N- Furter, I only ever get two knocks on the door of an evening.
The first knock, being screaming children.
 
Imagine knocking on someone's door, and finding the nonce (formerly known as Prince), standing there in his finest stockings and riding boots 😁
 
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