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Originally Posted by garinda
Er....we, the children born more than twenty years ago, before this custom was imported from America, had great fun at Halloween.
Though that fun didn't involve knocking on the doors of strangers, and begging for goods, or money, with threats of menace if they didn't comply.
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You must have much rougher kids by your duckpond.
I'm well aware of the American origins but for me it is well worth it to see infant school kids getting all dressed up and actually doing something fun with their parents instead of being told to play on their X-Box.
I'm no great lover of children which is why I've never had them but if the sight of a three year old boy dressed as a pumpkin doesn't melt your heart then you must be an even harsher man than I.
You may even see Uncle Kenny dressed as an elf this year at Father Christmas's grotto in the Market Hall...