Twas in Toys R Us this morning, shopping for the grandson's birthday pressie, as you do. Couldn't quite get over the fact that in the entry way was a section totally devoted to Halloween.
Ok kiddies, repeat after Uncle Pedro, "Halloween is celebrated in North America and Europe. It has never had any significance in Australia, nor was it "celebrated". We do not Trick and Treat. We do not hollow out pumpkins. We do not dress like witches!"
Casting my mind back as a kid in the 60's and early 70's I can't remember even a whiff of Halloween making it to our insular little kingdom other than what we read about and saw in TV shows and movies. We never actually embraced it by participating.
Nowadays, there are kids banging on your door on the night of 31 October, trick or treating, their little faces all expectant at the thought of something for nothing. Not only is it annoying but I would think a little dangerous, you never know what kind of Uncle Pervy lurks behind some doors!
I'm sure that Halloween's awesome fun if it's a part of your national culture and I have no issue with that at all. But some things are best left in America where it must mean something. To all those late model Gen X and the Gen Y parents out there ... Stop it! Stop it NOW!
My rant is finished.
I'm with you on Halloween. Keep it in America.
ReplyDeleteIt's a product of kids watching too much American TV shows and parents not being willing to tell them "that's America, we don't do it here"