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A scary Halloween to everyone!

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For those of you who live over there, let me explain:

Even though the USA is a Christian country, every fall we lapse into a pagan ritual at the end of October. Folks dress up their kids in scary costumes, the girls usually are witches and the boys are cowboys. Then they send their kids to knock at doors in the neighborhood and yell "Trick or Treat" this frightens those neighbors, and they quickly hand copious amounts of sweets to the scary children. The large amount of sweets will give the kids bad teeth, to the delight of the neighborhood dentist.

Well, this year the most popular costume is a stylish business suit with a necktie. This way the neighbors think that a banker has arrived to foreclose their home. They will plead for mercy and may even add a few greenbacks to the loot of sweets. I am short and dumpy enough to pass as a kid, need to give this a try.

Do you have similar rituals in your country and what is your favorite costume to scare folks?
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So pagan rituals which xtians have hijacked don't count?

> Do you have similar rituals in your country and what is your favorite costume to scare folks?
Yeah, they're called "hoodies" and they're about all the time.
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So pagan rituals which xtians have hijacked don't count
christmas is pagan too

lol loved the hoodies comment.
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christmas is pagan too
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Oh Jesus! Next thing you tell me is that there is no Santa Claus or Easter Bunny!
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they just chose the 24th/25th of dec as Xmas because it happened to be the day of an existing pagan festival. Its not even christs real birthday.
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Here's a geek joke.

Programmers can't tell halloween from xmas because oct 31 == dec 25
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I just picked up my Halloween candy from Sam's Club last night. I like to get "the good stuff":(At least it's what I like just in case there are leftovers.)

And I get the full-size stuff -- none of those mini-candies for me.
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I like 1,2,4,5

hersheys tastes funny

i prefer british type chocolate like cadburys to the america hersheys type stuff
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I like 1,2,4,5

hersheys tastes funny

i prefer british type chocolate like cadburys to the america hersheys type stuff
Cadbury group's chocolate products have been sold in the U.S. since 1988 under the Cadbury trademark name, the chocolate itself has been manufactured by Hershey's and can be found in Hershey's chocolate stores.
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I just picked up my Halloween candy from Sam's Club last night. I like to get "the good stuff":(At least it's what I like just in case there are leftovers.)

And I get the full-size stuff -- none of those mini-candies for me.
I like all the candy bars you have Dave! I will stop by at your house this year!
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