Don't get me wrong - I love any excuse for a party. However, Halloween in the UK these days also means that we have to suffer trial by that worst of American imports, trick or treat.
A little research indicates that I can blame our neighbours, the Irish for this PITA activity. Starting as a pagan festivity in the 5th century, Halloween celebrated the coming of the Celtic new year. The practise was exported to the US by early Irish settlers.
I wish I had had time to put one of these outside the front door to welcome the little toerags who'll be decorating the doormat with dogshit and pelting the windows with eggs. You see, in the dodgier parts of the East End of London, it is treat THEN trick, regardless of one's generosity.
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