It's a pagan festival that we appear to have inherited from our cousins across the pond and this trick or treat nonsense - or as I like to call it begging just appears to have taken over from the penny for the Guy (Guy Fawkes) which is of course the 5th November. I don't see much fun in the event at all especially the idiots who just go and a use the cover of dark to wreak mischief everywhere. I don't find eggs thrown at the house particularly amusing.
Maybe I'm just a bit crotchety when it comes to this stuff but I don't like the idea of people almost being driven from their homes as they feel obliged to join in. If you want to join in, stick a lantern in your window - great. However, I don't particularly like the idea of people turning up on my doorstep demanding treats or they'll do something if you don't. Isn't that called blackmail? Or worse extortion and racketeering?
So having now got that off my chest, let's get on to more important things of the day. Tidying my desk might be the first :-)
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