which make halloween the perfect opportunity to show true selves for once... don't know what all the fuss is about..
Halloween
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which make halloween the perfect opportunity to show true selves for once... don't know what all the fuss is about..
Well, our neighborhood here in the US is safe & a "hot spot" for Trick or Treating every year.
Mini-Indi arrives home with so much chocolate/candy that we decided to weigh it...... 6.5 LB.... yep 3 Kg's!!! OMG, that is an obscene amount.... or so I thought until Mini-Indi gets back from school today with tales of 10 LB hauls.....
Halloween is definitely well celebrated in the US and the effort some go to in order to decorate is amazing.
Now I better start preparing for Thanksgiving and order that Turducken!
Mini-Indi arrives home with so much chocolate/candy that we decided to weigh it...... 6.5 LB.... yep 3 Kg's!!! OMG, that is an obscene amount.... or so I thought until Mini-Indi gets back from school today with tales of 10 LB hauls.....
Halloween is definitely well celebrated in the US and the effort some go to in order to decorate is amazing.
Now I better start preparing for Thanksgiving and order that Turducken!
tell that to the parents and kids at the party at the park, over 250 people.
our neighbourhood was chockers with kids.
show me one aussie tradition. just one. then ask why we adopt others, american or not.
To the Grinch's that "believe" Halloween is a tradition originating in the US.... it is not.
Halloween is a Scottish word variant of All-Hallows'-Even..... the day before All Hallows Day or otherwise known as All Saints Day which is a Christian festivity dating back to the 16th century (~mid 1500's).
Furthermore, this Christian celebration is derived from the Celtic New Year Celebration which was observed on 1 Nov not the now observed 1 Jan. This tradition is thousands of years old.... the US was not even discovered by the Western world at this point in time.
Hence, Halloween does NOT have its origins in the US. Yes the US observe this occasion with fervency, but to say it is a US tradition with the implied meaning that it originated in the US is nothing short of wrong. I hope this helps debunk some of the myths and misconceptions.
Halloween is a Scottish word variant of All-Hallows'-Even..... the day before All Hallows Day or otherwise known as All Saints Day which is a Christian festivity dating back to the 16th century (~mid 1500's).
Furthermore, this Christian celebration is derived from the Celtic New Year Celebration which was observed on 1 Nov not the now observed 1 Jan. This tradition is thousands of years old.... the US was not even discovered by the Western world at this point in time.
Hence, Halloween does NOT have its origins in the US. Yes the US observe this occasion with fervency, but to say it is a US tradition with the implied meaning that it originated in the US is nothing short of wrong. I hope this helps debunk some of the myths and misconceptions.
To the Grinch's that "believe" Halloween is a tradition originating in the US.... it is not.
Halloween is a Scottish word variant of All-Hallows'-Even..... the day before All Hallows Day or otherwise known as All Saints Day which is a Christian festivity dating back to the 16th century (~mid 1500's).
Furthermore, this Christian celebration is derived from the Celtic New Year Celebration which was observed on 1 Nov not the now observed 1 Jan. This tradition is thousands of years old.... the US was not even discovered by the Western world at this point in time.
Hence, Halloween does NOT have its origins in the US. Yes the US observe this occasion with fervency, but to say it is a US tradition with the implied meaning that it originated in the US is nothing short of wrong. I hope this helps debunk some of the myths and misconceptions.
cool! so we should celebrate it here because it's a colonist tradition.
and to further my comment about "aussie traditions" - we do have one that originated here - carols by candle light. started in the 1860-1880 period and was properly adopted in 1938.
so that's 1....
That's why there's so many fat people in america .. here's a few pics i took on halloween in hong kongMini-Indi arrives home with so much chocolate/candy that we decided to weigh it...... 6.5 LB.... yep 3 Kg's!!! OMG, that is an obscene amount.... or so I thought until Mini-Indi gets back from school today with tales of 10 LB hauls.....
Superstars arrive
Catwoman
Crowds line up to get into Lan Kwai Fong, a bar district in Central
He looked like he only died a few hrs before as he had foam coming out of his mouth and his friend was sitting next to him crying. The guy only looked about 40yo so not sure the cause of death, no hablo espanol so didn't get details. He was sitting with him on the footpath and gestured if i could help move him to a nearby park.
it's better than those "Father's Day" catalogues, advertising "Singing Santa" for a father's day present "just in time for christmas".....
Like @#$%!!! I've got a bucket of rocks inside the front door to chuck at anyone who even thinks about knocking!!
***The rocks are normally there for the FN Mormons!!
Ian.
