There are some threads on Halloween here, Thom. Mostly celebrating the holiday.

I'm sorry that people get carried away with it all in your neighbourhood. Ruins the vibe for everyone else.

In Australia, it's being celebrated more and more, with the knockers dismissing it as "too American", not realising its Celtic Pagan origins. Of course, if you point out that it's an Irish tradition, rather than an American tradition, somehow that makes it more acceptable to some people

I'm ambivalent about the celebration of Halloween, which is essentially a harvest/autumn festival being celebrated in the middle of spring. The energy doesn't feel right to me. But that's just me. As I heard on the radio this morning, people are enjoying the sense of community celebrating Halloween seems to bring with it - the kids being encouraged to wander up and down the street, interacting with their neighbours. That doesn't happen much these days. So, I guess, in that respect it's a good thing.

Apart from the crime, how do you feel about the holiday Thom?

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