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Post by emily on Aug 22, 2024 7:51:27 GMT
who else has started to make plans for halloween this year?
I know it's early, but last week while I was in town, I saw one of the shops was all ready selling halloween stuff- and this time of year does excite me (I love the pumpkins, the candy, all the scary music, costumes) so it's got me thinking what I might do this year
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Post by amanda on Aug 22, 2024 9:13:39 GMT
It's not really a big thing in Australia though the supermarkets and stores do get some stuff in soon.
Some kids go trick or treating, but not in the same way as America.
As my cat is orange, I often have bought (or had bought for me) an orange/pumpkin related thing as his guessed birthday is mid October.
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Post by tetsabb on Aug 22, 2024 10:12:24 GMT
31st October is my partner's birthday. I am already thinking of what I can get her.
We usually have some sweets in a bowl by the front door, in case neighbourhood kids come knocking.
Other than that, like so many other things on tge calendar, it seems to me to be another opportunity for the selling of cheap tat.
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Post by crissdee on Aug 22, 2024 10:24:00 GMT
Imho, the whole "Halloween" thing is another Americanism we can do without over here. For most of my life, it was something for very little kids at school to paint yet another picture about, and once we hit secondary school it pretty much disappeared as a topic of conversation. The idea of "trick or treating" or any of the other stuff has never really caught on anywhere that I have lived, and tbh, the thought of grown adults dressing up for it seems faintly ridiculous to me..
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Post by alexanderhoward on Aug 22, 2024 10:27:22 GMT
It is a banned, heathenish practice in our household. Our local churches used to hold a 'Light Party' that evening, to keep children away from the dark practices abroad at that time. It was abandoned after some children turned up dressed as witches and skeletons.
The date though, 31 October, is Reformation Day - a far worthier celebration.
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Post by suze on Aug 22, 2024 12:03:10 GMT
It is a banned, heathenish practice in our household.
Quite right too! It was banned in my chlldhood home because my mother considered it pagan (and made lofty references to Samhain, although she rather spoiled that by pronouncing it as though it were a fellow called Sam Hain), while my father considered trick-or-treating to be begging (which it is, of course).
TGH's parents didn't allow the celebration of Hallowe'en either, because they considered it American - which was far worse in their eyes than paganity or begging. Pumpkins were not readily available in Lincolnshire in the 70s, so those of his peers who wanted to get into vegetable carving used a mangelwurzel for the purpose.
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Post by barbados on Aug 22, 2024 12:22:29 GMT
There’s no need for a bowl of sweets by our front door. Trick or treating is for the children, and we simply don’t allow children in gods waiting room  The best Halloween ever spent was probably around 25 years ago now, in Salem Mass. they certainly know how to Halloween there. |
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Post by tetsabb on Aug 22, 2024 13:58:03 GMT
... and tbh, the thought of grown adults dressing up for it seems faintly ridiculous to me.. Even if they dress up as cowboys? 😉 |
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Post by crissdee on Aug 22, 2024 15:21:52 GMT
"A touch! A definite touch! You are developing a pawky sense of humour Watson, against which I must to learn to guard myself!"
Reenactment shows for the paying public are an entirely different matter! And we only dress as human beings in normal clothes for the era and setting....
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Bonus points for anyone but suze who can trace the quote (further than "Sherlock Holmes" of course..)
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Post by alexanderhoward on Aug 22, 2024 15:36:10 GMT
"A touch! A definite touch! You are developing a pawky sense of humour Watson, against which I must to learn to guard myself!" Reenactment shows for the paying public are an entirely different matter! And we only dress as human beings in normal clothes for the era and setting.... That's my story and I'm sticking to it! Bonus points for anyone but suze who can trace the quote (further than "Sherlock Holmes" of course..) Laertes: 'A touch, a touch, I do confess.' (Act 5, Scene 2) |
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Post by Numerophile on Aug 22, 2024 20:03:00 GMT
"A touch! A definite touch! You are developing a pawky sense of humour Watson, against which I must to learn to guard myself!" Reenactment shows for the paying public are an entirely different matter! And we only dress as human beings in normal clothes for the era and setting.... That's my story and I'm sticking to it! Bonus points for anyone but suze who can trace the quote (further than "Sherlock Holmes" of course..) |
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Post by suze on Aug 22, 2024 21:41:08 GMT
While I recognised the line I'd have had to look it up, so Numerophile definitely gets the offered points.
The word pawky is a Scottish-ism. That makes it easy to explain how Conan Doyle knew it, but less easy to explain how Sherlock Holmes did.
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Post by crissdee on Aug 22, 2024 23:40:53 GMT
I responded to Numero's post, but it seems to have disappeared......
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Post by Bondee on Aug 23, 2024 10:29:41 GMT
That's it as far as my involvment with Hallowe'en goes.
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