The trick or treating hasn't begun here yet even tho generally by now (getting dark) the little kids at least make their way through. I think it's a combination of way too much commercialization and fundamentalist religious groups decrying Halloween as a day of the 'devil', scaring off innocent merry-making.
Personally, I'm torn between reminiscing about the good ol' days when a kid got a homemade goody and wasn't afraid to eat it and now, as an adult, holding it as a more spiritual day. For the Celts, it's actually New Year's and an extremely important holiday, a day of remembrance of loved ones gone.
Sorry, mood's really icky...(and the day started so well, too)
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