The Dreaded Annual Halloween Kilt Thread - 2009

[Jack Daw]

Scrooge converted because of ghost. so, to convert for Halloween, is it Santa Clause or the Easter Bunny that is going to inspire belief in Halloween?

How about the headless horseman?

[McMurdo]

How about the headless horseman?

I don't think he ever changed his ways.

[Jack Daw]

I don't think he ever changed his ways.

Halloween is not about repentence...muhahahahahahahaha!!!

[macwilkin]

Post deleted. On second thought...

[sathor]

How about the headless horseman?

Nah, that defeats the purpose, being that Ghost, a Halloween figure, affected belief in Christmas, so to get someone to believe in Halloween in the same vein, you have to use an outside entity, such as the things I mentioned.

[Hamish]

Sorry, but you guys have totally lost me! I know little of Halloween other than that is the evening when small, unsupervised children are encouraged to go knocking at the doors of strangers to beg for sweets (candies). There are no small children in this area so I have never had them knocking at my door. Around here Halloween evening is no different to any other, and that seems to have been the case wherever I have lived.

The celebration of Halloween in my experience is a comparatively recent event which appears to have been fuelled by commercial establishments such as the supermarkets.

Take care,
Ham.

[bikercelt1]

Sorry, but you guys have totally lost me!... The celebration of Halloween in my experience is a comparatively recent event which appears to have been fuelled by commercial establishments such as the supermarkets.

Take care,
Ham.

But Ham! Everything here is fuelled by commercial establishments!!! We enjoy any excuse for a party, even recreating our youthful costumed trick-or-treating. For most of us Halloween is much like Mardi-Gras or Carnival. It's a chance to become either incognito or an alter ego by dressing up in costume and experiencing a slightly different persona.

Jamie

[Chas]

Although I grew up in Canada, I can't remember any adults getting involved in Halloween, except for a few parents with their children in tow. So when did all this adults getting costumed happen?

Regards

Chas

[Jack Daw]

Although I grew up in Canada, I can't remember any adults getting involved in Halloween, except for a few parents with their children in tow. So when did all this adults getting costumed happen?

Regards

Chas

My parents were born in 1925 and they 'guised' and went door to door as kids, but tricks (e.g. soaping windows) were more prevalent. Watch "Meet Me in St. Louis." Before urban fire laws, Halloween bonfires were quite popular, too.

[Andrew M. Stewart]

Although I grew up in Canada, I can't remember any adults getting involved in Halloween, except for a few parents with their children in tow. So when did all this adults getting costumed happen?

Regards

Chas

I guess you missed the whole halloween nightclubbing thing, almost every bar and pub you go to on halloween is a costume party. I'ts one of the best nights of the year to go out nightclubbing!