Tired of all this pumpkin and plastic skeleton crap everywhere. Thanks, marketing ghouls rage-cry

What, are we going to start celebrating the 4th of July next? Might as well with the NATO membership I guess

  • doublepepperoni [none/use name]23•8 months ago

    I've always thought Halloween was a cool holiday but it's a completely hollow marketing exercise here, no actual tradition behind it all.

    Might as well pretend it's the Day of the Dead or Obon

      • doublepepperoni [none/use name]9•8 months ago

        I just remember being a kid and my parents being baffled and borderline offended when I told them my school was holding a Halloween party

        • @wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one14•8 months ago

          That sounds like your parents were in tune with halloween just fine, america also has plenty of prudes complaining about people having fun in october too

          • ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]7•8 months ago

            Yeah I remember trick or treating one year and a neighbor answered the door and just said "we don't celebrate Halloween" leaving me baffled and without any candy

            • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]5•8 months ago

              yeah that happened a lot with me and it happens more as you get older people really hate pre teens and teenagers trick or treating

              there was a strong feeling that the holiday is an americanism people only reluctantly get involved in

          • doublepepperoni [none/use name]7•8 months ago

            I should stress that it wasn't some religious thing, they just thought celebrating American holidays was stupid nonsense