Yet another reason I love Britian

They don't really celebrate Halloween. Why? It's silly, that's why. Dressing up in costumes and asking for candy? Lame. Childish. Much too unrefined for the British lot.They would much rather set things on fire in memory of Guy Fawkes. You know, that crazy guy who tried to set fire to the House of Parliament. No candy. No costumes, unless you dress as Guy Fawkes (a al V for Vendetta). In fact, those Brits laugh at Americans wearing sexy vampire costumes and using our children as candy mules.
Case in point. Take these two front pages - one from The London Times and one from The Rocky Mountain News.
















It's business as usual in the beautiful United Kingdom - Heather McCartney going crazy, world news, sex ban on airplanes. And, then in Denver, the front page picture is two children unfortunately dressed as Dr. Seuss characters. Sigh. The priorities in our world. The easy diversions. The commercialism. The oversexed adult costumes - don't even get me started on those. So, in summary, American Halloween sucks. Britian again wins for Guy Fawkes day and more mature ways of celebrating holidays.