Friday, October 31, 2003
France turning its back on 'Le Halloween'
It's Halloween Night (actually late Halloween afternoon), my front porch light is on, and I'm hoping some of the neighborhood rugrats show up to take some of this candy or else I'm going to have to eat it.
The transformation of a fun kiddie holiday into a pop-cultural monster is a relatively recent phenomenon. Only within the last 12 or 15 years has Halloween become what we now know it to be. Of course, Halloween as we know it is not a worldwide phenomenon. As the Associated Press reports above, the vile French can't seem to bring themselves to get into it.
It's Halloween Night (actually late Halloween afternoon), my front porch light is on, and I'm hoping some of the neighborhood rugrats show up to take some of this candy or else I'm going to have to eat it.
The transformation of a fun kiddie holiday into a pop-cultural monster is a relatively recent phenomenon. Only within the last 12 or 15 years has Halloween become what we now know it to be. Of course, Halloween as we know it is not a worldwide phenomenon. As the Associated Press reports above, the vile French can't seem to bring themselves to get into it.
