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    From August Abolins@2:460/256 to All on Thu Oct 20 16:14:54 2022
    Hi All...

    halloween not a common thing, but some groups want it to be?

    Ciao!
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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Thu Oct 20 16:26:00 2022
    halloween not a common thing, but some groups want it to be?

    Do you mean "not a common thing" because it is not celebrated internationally, i.e. outside of the US and a few other countries? Otherwise, it seems
    pretty common here, although the continuing earliness of Christmas
    decorating will likely overcome it eventually.

    Mike


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  • From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to Mike Powell on Thu Oct 20 19:51:00 2022
    Hello Mike!

    ** On Thursday 20.10.22 - 16:26, Mike Powell wrote to me:

    halloween not a common thing, but some groups want it to be?

    Do you mean "not a common thing" because it is not
    celebrated internationally, i.e. outside of the US and a
    few other countries? Otherwise, it seems pretty common
    here, although the continuing earliness of Christmas
    decorating will likely overcome it eventually.

    My comment was in response to MvV's meme post.

    I did not realize that Halloween celeration was spotty over the
    globe.
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  • From Jay Harris@1:229/664.1 to August Abolins on Fri Oct 21 04:56:18 2022
    *** Quoting August Abolins from a message to Mike Powell ***

    I did not realize that Halloween celeration was spotty over the
    globe.

    When I was a kid we'd do tick-or-treating in my neighbourhood all dressed up in our costumes.

    One year our immediate next door neighbours moved away and a couple from Europe moved in (I really don't know where from), we knocked on their door
    and yelled "Trick or Treat!" and they looked so confused. We (my sister & I) explained how it worked and they gave us something sweet from their kitchen and we went on our way. The next year they opened the door, yelled "We're
    not participating this year!" and slammed the door in our faces.


    Jay

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Fri Oct 21 17:33:00 2022
    Do you mean "not a common thing" because it is not
    celebrated internationally, i.e. outside of the US and a
    few other countries? Otherwise, it seems pretty common
    here, although the continuing earliness of Christmas
    decorating will likely overcome it eventually.

    My comment was in response to MvV's meme post.

    I did not realize that Halloween celeration was spotty over the
    globe.

    Thanks. Being on a BBS I did not see the meme but I suspected that was
    what it was about. I might be mistaken, but I think it is mostly a North American celebration.

    Mike


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  • From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to Mike Powell on Fri Oct 21 18:59:00 2022
    Hello Mike!

    ** On Friday 21.10.22 - 17:33, you wrote to me:

    My comment was in response to MvV's meme post.

    I did not realize that Halloween celeration was spotty over
    the globe.

    Thanks. Being on a BBS I did not see the meme but I
    suspected that was what it was about.

    Look for the message from Wilfred, msgid 2:460/256 0000051e


    I might be mistaken, but I think it is mostly a North
    American celebration.

    Could be "mostly", yes. But I think the smarter countries will
    have nothing to do with it! :D


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  • From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to Jay Harris on Fri Oct 21 23:30:00 2022
    Hello Jay!

    ** On Friday 21.10.22 - 04:56, you wrote to me:

    One year our immediate next door neighbours moved away and
    a couple from Europe moved in (I really don't know where
    from), we knocked on their door and yelled "Trick or
    Treat!" and they looked so confused. We (my sister & I)
    explained how it worked and they gave us something sweet
    from their kitchen and we went on our way. The next year
    they opened the door, yelled "We're not participating this
    year!" and slammed the door in our faces.

    Did you do your part with the "trick"? :D

    There is an etiquette now, (or even back then). Trick or treat
    homes were obvious: decorations, lights on, other kids at the
    doors collecting candy, etc. If a house was dark and no signs
    of halloween trick-or-treak spirit, then that house was to be
    skipped.

    In the country it could even be harder. But then it was who you
    knew most of the time.
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