an alternative view of Halloween
is that it teaches kids (and I'm thinking about my own brood of under 5s) that if you want something nice (sweets) you have to do something that requires effort (dressing up, traipsing around in the cold/rain, developing the self-confidence to speak to big scary adults) and to earn it
instead of just whinging all the f**king time with "but I want a sweetie! waaaaaaaah"
Plus it keeps them occupied in preparations for a few days/nights. I think you've just forgotten how VITAL that is for coping with young 'uns.
Spot on about the rest. And I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to the annual red poppy vs white poppy debate.
Posted By: CWC on October 20th 2017 at 15:18:32
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- Advanced moan about Halloween, Bonny Night and Poppy Day in that order? (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 20, 14:54:00
- Joy Dyson (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Oct 20, 19:22:40
- I don’t believe it ... (n/m) (General Chat) - Gob on a Stick, Oct 20, 18:46:58
- All public occasions are shit. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Oct 20, 17:40:19
- tbf the royal ones are fantastic (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 20, 17:58:12
- yes I agree (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 20, 18:42:35
- Yeah queeny could start by condemning parliament (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 20, 18:55:58
- I think not (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 20, 19:07:10
- I was visualising Tory heads on spikes along the Thames (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 20, 19:18:21
- and the labour ones (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 20, 20:15:05
- that would be a good show tbf,. it'd be popular family entertainment (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 20, 19:50:32
- I was visualising Tory heads on spikes along the Thames (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 20, 19:18:21
- I think not (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 20, 19:07:10
- Yeah queeny could start by condemning parliament (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 20, 18:55:58
- yes I agree (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 20, 18:42:35
- tbf the royal ones are fantastic (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 20, 17:58:12
- New Years Eve can fuck off too (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 20, 15:42:41
- +1 (n/m) (General Chat) - avenging canary, Oct 20, 15:51:44
- Most overrated celebration ever imho. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 20, 17:31:15
- +1 (n/m) (General Chat) - avenging canary, Oct 20, 15:51:44
- Also why do people say Happy Halloween? (General Chat) - camcan, Oct 20, 15:41:53
- Top idea, Remembrance Sunday Cards (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 20, 16:09:21
- bin done (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 20, 16:11:54
- god bless america (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 20, 16:14:48
- They voted for him. (n/m) (General Chat) - avenging canary, Oct 20, 16:52:38
- god bless america (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 20, 16:14:48
- bin done (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 20, 16:11:54
- Top idea, Remembrance Sunday Cards (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 20, 16:09:21
- You'd love Malta. Every day is like bonfire night. (n/m) (General Chat) - avenging canary, Oct 20, 15:36:56
- if you're an investigating journalist (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Oct 20, 16:15:29
- I went there once (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 20, 16:04:45
- I like Bonfire night. Haloween has been massively commercialised. Not for me. (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Oct 20, 15:31:50
- it'd be better if it wasn't to commemorate the torture and execution (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 20, 15:40:27
- just banter, like those marches in Belfast where they sing "The dress my father wore" (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Oct 20, 16:02:43
- The broad black brimmer of the IRA (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 20, 16:06:20
- Was more to commemorate the failure of the plot surely, otherwise it would be (General Chat) - Jim, Oct 20, 15:54:15
- yes, true (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 20, 16:21:32
- Yes (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Oct 20, 16:16:44
- just banter, like those marches in Belfast where they sing "The dress my father wore" (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Oct 20, 16:02:43
- it'd be better if it wasn't to commemorate the torture and execution (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 20, 15:40:27
- Too many words. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Oct 20, 15:20:09
- an alternative view of Halloween (General Chat) - CWC, Oct 20, 15:18:32
- i might signal my virtue with a black one this year (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 20, 15:33:59
- Nobody of note really gives a flying fuck about your alt poppies Ralph (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 20, 16:01:47
- no thanks (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 20, 16:06:50
- good point, well presented, deserves a response. (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 20, 16:10:22
- no thanks (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 20, 16:06:50
- Ooh, a yellow & red stripey one. Homage to Catalonia (General Chat) - CWC, Oct 20, 15:51:08
- Nobody of note really gives a flying fuck about your alt poppies Ralph (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 20, 16:01:47
- i might signal my virtue with a black one this year (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 20, 15:33:59
- Bonfire Night, bigger than Christmas in Lewes... (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Oct 20, 15:15:38
- Innit (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 20, 15:01:53
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