Halloween, the fantastic day day of the year whose evening is spent regailling tales of terror, frightening others and generally allowing the evils of the world to roam free before November the first, when they must reluctantly be locked away for another year. Or at least, that's what it used to be.
This halloween I'll probably spend advising people not to go Trick or Treating. In itself it's not so back. It's the trick bit that really fires me up.
A story:
Trick or Treating is an American concept. I don't where it comes from, but that doesn't bother me. Generally, the elderly and even the parent generation of Britain have no idea what this weird 'tradition' is, and dismiss the child largely on the ground that they have no sweets or chocolate in the house, and cannot give any. This is all fine and good until the children decided to carry out the evil 'Trick' bit, which often brings out a nastier side of the elderly. An exceptionally horrible tale I've heard is the murdering of an elderly gentlewoman's kitten. I'll stop there.
Edit: I forget why I put a smiley face at the top of this post, I'll replace it.
[ October 02, 2001: Message edited by: Max the Mug ]
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