Spooky

[poliphilo]

 I've not been counting heads but I'm pretty sure we've had fewer trick or treaters than in the past couple of years. The first group showed up at around 4.30 and the last at around 6.30- and I have plenty of "treats" left over. Am I detecting a falling off of enthusiasm for Halloween?

The LRB sends me selected articles to read for free- which is nice of them. I've just been reading a review of a couple of books about Haunted Houses. They both sound interesting but the title of one of them, "Hearth of Darkness", is pure genius.

Our friend Jacky just did a course on Quakers and the Supernatural. I'm keen to have her report back, but why Quakers need to agree a line on ghoulies and ghosties is beyond me. As I hope I've made clear in previous posts, I believe in everything!

Comments

[paserbyp]

“Am I detecting a falling off of enthusiasm for Halloween?”

Children of emigrants do not accepting Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, which are believed to have pagan roots?

[poliphilo]

I lived in a largely Muslim area of a town in the North of England. My observation was that the older people ignored Halloween because it simply wasn't their culture but the kids were beginning to observe it.