Nice to see readers pushing back against the “Halloween is an American import” line Zoe Williams was waffling on about https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/oct/18/halloween-isnt-some-frightful-us-import-its-origins-are-celtic
@shezza_t Yes, we should own our own mistakes!
@seanddotmedotuk You’re very hard on Halloween. It was a big deal and great fun where I grew up. Once the bastard hard work of turnip carving was out of the way.
@shezza_t In my youth, Halloween was marked by people stealing eggs and chucking them at people.
@seanddotmedotuk Oh you County Armagh folk!
@shezza_t @seanddotmedotuk I’m pretty sure I threw eggs at your house, Sean. I definitely set off a firework outside it.
@mo Did you knock the door and run away?
@shezza_t @seanddotmedotuk don’t think I ever did rap door run in that estate
