Posted Oct 31, 1999 by Just zis Guy, you know? † Cyclist [A690572] :: At the 51st centile of ursine intelligence
Why do the Americans, divided as they are by the fanatically religious and the fanatically anti-religious, celebrate All Hallows Eve with such gusto, when Christmas passes almost unnoticed and Easter is thought by most to have been invented by Hallmark?
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Posted Nov 1, 1999 by Bruce
Chocolate, candy & other sugar laden products 
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Posted Nov 1, 1999 by Just zis Guy, you know? † Cyclist [A690572] :: At the 51st centile of ursine intelligence
In which case why isn't it called "terrorising the elderly day" or "demanding favours with menaces night?"
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Posted Nov 1, 1999 by Bruce
Marketing
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Posted Nov 1, 1999 by Just zis Guy, you know? † Cyclist [A690572] :: At the 51st centile of ursine intelligence
Ah, yes. marketing. Who was it said of Hewlett-Packard that if they were marketing Sushi they would call it "raw dead fish?"
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Posted Nov 2, 1999 by Bruce
I'm not sure - but my guess would be the Marketing Department at Hewlett-Packard
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Posted Sep 24, 2008 by gavinorr
As an adult, now living in Australia, the "American" idea of halloween (give me something for nothing or I'll do something bad to you) is at odds with the version I remember as a kid in Scotland.
Growing up in the sixties, we would knock on someones door and, in return for sweets, nuts or apples, "do a turn" (i.e. tell a joke, sing a song or make some attempt at entertainment). Few adults would decline to give you something and many would do so without the "pleasure" of being entertained. However if no prize was given, you simply moved on to the next door.
Perhaps the real meanies didn't answer the door, but I cannot recall many complaints on halloween and do remember coming home with lots of sweets to eat  and fruit and other healthy stuff (what my mum did with that I don't know, probably disguised it as something tasty in the days to follow).
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Posted Oct 22, 2009 by Gnomon [See A60420098 for details of new sign-in system]
That's the way Halloween is in Ireland still. There's no questions of doing anything bad to people who don't produce the nuts. But children now say "Trick or Treat" - in my day we said "Help the Halloween Party".
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