Halloween....
Halloween... Kids trick-or-treating all evening...
They know that a bowlful of sweets and toys awaits them at No. 5...
I am sure that for these apprentice sorcerers Halloween is just a lot of fun but is Britain going the American way by acquiring American habits??? 
I screamed and guess what?
14 Comments:
Hey Cream - you posted this just in time to get into my list of favourite Halloween postings!
Of course Britain is going the American way, don't you watch the news? :P
Sorry... Happy Halloween!!!
Caro, checked out your Halloween selection. Some great stuff!
DC, it is the way of the world, I think!
Isis, Everything nowadays is an American thing! Most of it is GOOD!
Happy Halloween, guys!
Cream, cute costumes there, I love it. But, um, you probably shouldn't feed the devil's children, otherwise they'll keep coming back.
When I answer the door they only take ONE sweet and ONE toy each...
When Karen answers they grab a HANDFUL of each!
Who's got the evil eye, then, CD?
Hi, Pennylane, They can be cute these little devils but watch out for your sweeties...
Definitely an American tradition that's slowly but surely being adopted by the rest of the world.
Yup, I can confirm. Halloween parties are becoming more and more common in Poland but yesterday was the first time I heard 'cukierek albo psikus' which is nothing more than 'trick-or-treat' in polish. So, the kids've been caught and it's a way of no return.
Oooh, Cream, you're bad, getting them to take only ONE toy, ONE sweet.
Funny thing about Halloween...I was reading yesterday that there was some similar tradition in 19th century Europe, where folks went from house to house asking for Soul's bread or something like that.
How comes NOBODY plays tricks on the children? I would, hahaha...
In ref to Halloween and the rest of the world, what I really meant is that Americans celebrate Halloween in a big way and that way is being passed on to the rest of the world in the "commercial" sense.
With Wallmart taking over Asda, they have near enough a virgin market to exploit with all the merchandising, etc...
I am not being grumpy, just noting a new fact...
guyana gyal - some people do play tricks on the children. Here's a common but always unexpecten one. A lot of people decorate their houses and yards with spooky skeletons and scarecrow-like mannequins, every once in a while, it turns out to be a person in a costume, waiting for the kids to get close. One of my twins cried, the other just gave him a dirty look and walked around him, and my oldest boy screamed like a little girl.
guyana gyal - I'm 'the Dad', it's my alternate online persona. Sorry if I confused anyone. Obviously I was confused myself.
Hallowe'en: good. Walmart: bad. We have to pick and choose what Americanisms we want to be engulfed by (if only we could). As far as I know, Hallowe'en is as Canadian as it is American, but I still don't have to shop at Wal-Mart! :) (I'll admit that I was kind of disappointed, though, to learn that the UK celebrates Hallowe'en now. What happened to Guy Fawkes Day?)
Andrea, Guy Fawkes Day is turning into a booze-up and an opportunity to show off who's got the biggest...fireworks display!
I love fireworks myself and the minute I have a Saturday night off, I will buy £500's worth and organise a Creamy display for friends and neighbours!
Danke!
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