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Originally Posted by Frunze
Hi GM! I know - I used to laugh at it and also turn the lights off when the children came parading and demanding candy; then the time came when I went to a number of halloween parties for grown-ups - costume parties where people got drunk, basically. It was a great time. Now I have to parade MY children around when THEY demand candy from strangers; although here the kids do make a deal of it, parents have to come with, since who knows what kind of real monsters are out there any day of the year and not just October 31st.
So my son demanded a Transformers outfit, and the baby-girl will be a bumblebee. I will post some pictures afterwards, I think it will be a hoot.
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Hi Frunze
Yes, definitely a culture gap! Around here, Halloween means unsupervised gangs of kids roaming the streets demanding money for alcohol, and if they don't get it, vandalising cars and pelting houses with eggs and flour. No-one dares to try and stop them for fear of being accused of being one of the 'monsters' you mention. Urban Britain is pretty broken. YMMV, and it's not as bad in my area as it was a few years ago, but I think I'll keep the lights off anyway
gm