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Originally Posted by Fjordmonkey
I'd rather celebrate Day of all Saints and honor the memory of those that has passed than have snotty little brats (and adults, for that matter) on my door in idiotic costumes begging for candy. Here in Norway there hasn't been a tradition to celebrate All Hallows Eve at all until in recent years, and it's pretty much turned into the same rubbish bullshit as Valentine's Day: A capitalistic overhyped idiocy of epic proportions.
Then again, I absolutely abhor both Halloween and Valentine's Day in general. I find both utterly ridiculous.
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Well said.The problem is now there are generations of children and adults who have only ever known this to exist as it is now and therefore it has become "the normal".