Yeah, I for real don't know how or why more countries aren't celebrating Halloween. It's like the funnest one. Like y'all rest of the world don't wanna play dress up and party for a night?
But in the US it's a major event that's ALL of October now. It's a whole other level. Walk into CVS or Walgreens (equivalent of Boots) and there's a wall of Halloween merch right inside the entrance.
Or maybe the UK is the same now? After all, it has Black Friday sales.
even in my lifetime the Americanisation of halloween has been really weird, it's obviously a lot more commercialised, but also nobody calls it guising anymore
it's honestly kinda depressing since a lot of our traditions have just been replaced with american ones
Back at school in the UK, in the 70s, I read a book about traditions from around the world. It included a description of trick-or-treating as part of the "what people do in other countries" theme. We would put candles in turnips in that era.
In the 90s I had some kids at the door in costume but who got confused and said "penny for the guy". Or maybe it was the other way around (they had a guy but said trick or treat).
Eh that is a thing for paranoid parents. Your family meets with a bunch of other families in a parking lot and the kid can go from trunk to trunk collecting candy. Prevents axe murderers from putting razor blades in the candy or whatever. It certainly hasn't replaced trick or treating overall but it does seem more common.
I suppose we have pumpkins, too. At least this holiday is pretty fun, even if no one actually celebrates it here (there's little chance it gets adoption here, where I live we even have a hard time getting into carnival, even though that holiday has native tradition).
Anyway, late August christmas sweets are way better than any Halloween-themed food or drink.
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That’s crazy to me. I don’t really like holidays but Halloween is such a fun vibe. It welcomes all types and can hit for any mood.
The decor and spooky theming is fun to me, but all the candy and trick-or-treat stuff just flies over my head.
That’s my point. You can take what you like and avoid the rest.
Candy for the kids. Slutty fits for the adults.
OMG, I saw a slutty Freddie Kruger costume at Spirit Halloween yesterday (but no non-slutty Freddie Kruger options for women). WTAF.
Costumes are made by RPG artists 😄 /s?
Speak for yourself, I'm here for the candy
I mean also yes 😂
That's for the kids, and what kid wouldn't want to go running around with friends while all dressed up to get free candy from everyone?
We have that during Easter
Y'all dress up for Easter?
Kids do
Boring.
Yeah, I for real don't know how or why more countries aren't celebrating Halloween. It's like the funnest one. Like y'all rest of the world don't wanna play dress up and party for a night?
Aren't there a bunch of dress up and party holidays and such all over the world?
Canada as well
Mexico too
I feel like North American countries can be united in this one thing and that’s neat.
North A-scare-ica (I'm sorry)
You could call it the C.U.M. union.
People from the U.S. think they are majority. While they are actually the minority. Halloween/Day of the Dead is celebrated almost every where.
UK used to party pretty hard on Hallows' Eve. I'm quite sure is still a thing.
That would suck to clean.
It would actually be self cleaning in a way.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicker_man
to be fair, it's not just America, although it's kinda just the uk as well, it is an irish/scottish holiday originally after all
CANADA ALSO EXISTS.
As America's hat.
But in the US it's a major event that's ALL of October now. It's a whole other level. Walk into CVS or Walgreens (equivalent of Boots) and there's a wall of Halloween merch right inside the entrance.
Or maybe the UK is the same now? After all, it has Black Friday sales.
even in my lifetime the Americanisation of halloween has been really weird, it's obviously a lot more commercialised, but also nobody calls it guising anymore it's honestly kinda depressing since a lot of our traditions have just been replaced with american ones
Back at school in the UK, in the 70s, I read a book about traditions from around the world. It included a description of trick-or-treating as part of the "what people do in other countries" theme. We would put candles in turnips in that era.
In the 90s I had some kids at the door in costume but who got confused and said "penny for the guy". Or maybe it was the other way around (they had a guy but said trick or treat).
UK same. Pumpkin patches everywhere in Oct . I like it.
How do you say, "Sucks to be you guys!" in non-American?
라자냐에 폭탄이 들어있습니다.
You can still eat the lasagna, just eat around the bomb.
Just so Americans are aware, other countries have been dressing up and celebrating Halloween for our entire lives as well.
You should tell OP that, they don't seem to be aware.
We know.
I fucking love halloween. If this is true, it's one of the few redeeming aspects of USA culture.
i wish Halloween was as important to people as Christmas....
Wait til next month...
Lemmy about to POP OFF about five centuries of American genocide.
Canada already celebrated thanksgiving. And we have a dark past also.
I wish we did trick-or-treating as much as you guys :(
I wish we still did trick or treating instead of the stupid communal "trunk or treat" that seems to have taken over everywhere.
Well we can't just have kids walking around outside can we? The outside is for cars
The.... What?!
Eh that is a thing for paranoid parents. Your family meets with a bunch of other families in a parking lot and the kid can go from trunk to trunk collecting candy. Prevents axe murderers from putting razor blades in the candy or whatever. It certainly hasn't replaced trick or treating overall but it does seem more common.
Weird, not something I've heard of in Canada.
I suppose we have pumpkins, too. At least this holiday is pretty fun, even if no one actually celebrates it here (there's little chance it gets adoption here, where I live we even have a hard time getting into carnival, even though that holiday has native tradition).
Anyway, late August christmas sweets are way better than any Halloween-themed food or drink.
It's this time of the year again already?
And you know what's coming after this month...
She is about to come out of cryostasis...
November?
Worse...
Oh, NN November?
A little self control is not bad. No, this is much, much worse...
Valentine's Day?
That's after.
Non-United-Statesian here; try it; trust me.
Enjoy your deathtrap Americans
I'm confused if you mean America itself or pumpkin spice lattes, because, don't worry, we're exporting both.
No, they mean deathtrap Americans. I think they're like Irish Americans or African Americans but I'm not too sure where deathtrap is.