You may see weird things happening tonight... http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...les/behead.gif

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Such as....?
Anyway, here in Greece, we don't celebrate Halloween. We have a similar celebration in February, when we get dressed up different sorts of things but 31st October is a normal day.

I'm going beer & treating as The Hamburglar.

Halloween is a fun time in the US. Many people wander around at night with scary costumes. They say "Trick or Treat!"


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In agreement with mitsos here, I think that outside the US hardly anyone celebrates it. But having made that statement, I expect to be proven wrong every minute now...http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

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In sweden, we started celebrating it like last year...
Only as a commercial holiday, of course.
But since I'm too old to go around trick or treating, and don't have kids myself..I think it's kinda of a unessecary holiday, in sweden that is.

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Happy Halloween!!!!! Everyone have fun!!! (One of my favorite holidays)

Actually Groj, I'm seeing more and more people buying those 'cute little pumpkins' and displaying them around the house... (voornamelijk huisvrouwen die niets beters kunnen bedenken http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif) but here in North-Holland we already had a traditional day for trick-or-treating. It's been in use for ages, and I like it much better that Halloween. It's celebrated on the 11th of the 11th, and I would love to see it introduced in more parts of the country! http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif


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The 11th of the 11th... Do you mean St. Maarten?


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True. Although it's becoming more common place in Amsterdam with the 7,000 British and 5,000 US that are living here.

The only problem with celebrating it on 11th November is that it's Rememberance Day (War-dead) in the UK and one or two other European countries.
Kind of a clashing mood...

Have to admit, I'm not fond of spooks after all of the level drains I've had in the past. I'd much rather celebrate a 'Clerics' evening instead!

Here in South Africa we celebrate Holoween every October 31st

Halloween is not an American holliday (e.g. we didn't invent it like Independance Day, Thanksgiving), sure we celebrate it. But I believe it originated over in Europe (England maybe?).

Ja! Sinte sinte Maarten, de koeien hebben staarten, etc...
Sinte Maarten mik mak me moeder is een dikzak me vader is een duntje, geef me een pepermuntje http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...les/tongue.gifhttp://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...les/tongue.gifhttp://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...les/tongue.gifhttp://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...les/tongue.gifhttp://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...les/tongue.gif http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/noncgi/smiles/485.gif

http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Hey Maarten mag ik een snoepje dan?

Doxin - Hallowe'en is originally one of the eight pagan sabbats and was indeed celebrated in England and France, among other countries.



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I get + 25 to all my stats today!

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Believe me when I say I have had my dose of some scary sh*t today besides this forum... *shudders*

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Halloween...Big Deal over here Guys!

Think its a BRITISH...not English thing...but could be wrong....

Based on Nov 1st being All Saints Day....so the 31st of October is All Hallowed's Eve...or Halloween!!

The nightof 31st is when all the Ghosts & Ghouls flee before the Saints come the following Day....

Here endeth the lesson folks!!!

We dont celebrate haloween here in Norway, but some children dresses up, and say "trick or treat".
Well, they might say the norwegian version, "knask eller knep". But it still means the same thing!

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*based* on All Saints?? I don't think so.
Christian festivals were based on, or at least put on the same day of, pagan ones, not the other way round... http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif



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Originally Samhain, you can get links from this webcomic.

Clan of the Cats

yea its a pagan holiday we celebrate too it rules
too old too trick or treat but young enough to get wrecked play music and blow stuff up.... i got a smoke grenade waiting.....oh and yeah its english but like the whole uk celebrate scotland rules ......lol does it ****

in new zealand we celebrate it quite a bit.
(all the americans say 'new zealand, where's that?')

One of the busiest days of the year for the Emergency services here in Ireland
BTW Samhain Rocks!!!

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Here in Canada we celebrate Halloween every year. It's a tradition and it's a fun time to hang with friends. And the candy is great too. But the cool thing about halloween was that there was a full moon. I was outside and it got foggy but 6:30-7:30. I lost track of time so i m not sure.

I celebrate haloween as Samhain, Im a Wicca

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*Eats left over candy*
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Melusine, is that Sankt Martin in German? Here it's a day where all the little kids go out holding lanterns and singing "Laterne, Laterne..." cute http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif wait a minute, I used to do that too! http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/eek7.gif ach, nevermind. Well, in any case, Halloween isn't really celebrated. I HAVE seen a few pumpkins around but - people, you only light them on the 31st, okay? They haven't really gotten the hang of it... no trick-or-treating either.
And Byronas - I think we have that holiday in February too, Fasching it's called.
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Why do people say "I am a Wicca"? Forgive me if I am wrong, but Wicca is the religion and the person practising it is Wiccan. (I say this as a pagan myself). I do not hear Christians say "I am a Christianity."
Not to be bitchy, or anything. I just find that a lot of people today like to say they are pagan to get a reaction and be "different" without actually knowing much about it. (Not intended as an insult to anyone).

Maybe this is because cleric 2 is Dutch and does not have English as his first language. Give him a bit of slack. It could have been a typo. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

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Yeah, I was afraid that it might be taken as an attack on Cleric 2 (hence my disclaimer), but such was not my intent. I have heard a number of people say that, including people who are native English speakers. Anyhow, like I said, it wasn't an attempt to be bitchy or anything. Just a pet peeve. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

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