[HPforGrownups] The Potter's Deathly Halloween

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 163353

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>
> Bart:
>        Here's the Wikipedia article (and, all things considered, I would
> guess
> that it is either fairly accurate, or would not stay highly inaccurate
> for as much as a full day):
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween


montims:
Well, according to this, Hallowe'en has taken off in the UK this century - I
have not lived in England for a few years, so can't say if that is
widespread or not, but I have never had a trick or treater come to my door
in England in my life, and I was born and raised there and lived in various
areas.   As I've said before, certainly in the 80s it was not at all
prevalent, except in the form of private parties, (where people dressed up
as witches and ghouls, never as princesses or pop stars...)

It is too close to Guy Fawkes, IMO, to really take hold (as mentioned by the
newsreader in PS).  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night - this
is a celebration that has been carried on every year since 1606, so I would
hope it isn't ousted by the commercialism of a 21st century Hallowe'en.

In any case, to revert to the start of this thread, it is really only
Catholic countries, to the best of my knowledge, who have days off for All
Saints, or All Souls Day - in England in the 80s, it would have been
business as usual, with people looking forward to Bonfire Night.


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