macleanalan wrote:
"lol @ the fireworks throwing, very true if stupid...
Hallowe'en is short for All Hallows Eve or the day when the dead are supposed to rise from their graves and spirits roam the Earth. Or something like that. It's the day before All Saints Day (I think) so I guess they have to get the evil stuff out of the way before they can do their holy thing...
Anyway, it only seems appropriate to me therefore that people should dress up in spooky costumes rather than just anything and everything. I myself dressed up as an undead hunchback for the local party.
I think in America people often try to forget the pagan roots behind the occasion so it turns into a fancy dress party rather than a full witch-a-rama. Not that people particularly like to remember the other connotations over here but 'it's grim up north' as they say...
To put it succinctly, Hallowe'en is not as big a deal over here (UK) as it is in America.
Back to the teabags though, has anyone ever tried smoking tea? I did once when I was at scout camp, we were too young to try cigarettes and hadn't yet graduated to smoking cooked banana rind (don't ask). It all seemed rather pointless actually but never mind...
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