On 10/29/2011 4:45 AM, Warp wrote:
>
>    Something like five years ago somebody, I don't know who exactly, seemingly
> wanted to change this and forcibly introduce Halloween to Finland. Suddenly
> all kinds of Halloween parafernalia started appearing on shops in October.
> I was like "WTF? Are they kidding?"
>
>    Since then every year such parafernalia appears on shops in October. And
> apparently at least *some* people are buying it (and not only in the literal
> sense of the word). What grinds my gears about this is that this is such a
> blatant attempt at cashing in on a foreign custom, for no other reason
> whatsoever, and some people are buying it. As if Finland didn't have its
> own culture and its own holidays and festivals already.
>

Be glad that it starts showing up in October.  Here it starts showing up 
in August.  Then in mid September the Christmas stuff is out already 
replacing the Halloween stuff.

I was in Luxembourg last year at this time and my family there was 
stating that Halloween was something newer to them.  It was only in the 
last few years that people really started to go out trick-or-treating.

It is a holiday that makes money.  It is easy to emphasize an aspect of 
it and get people to part with their money.  Candy & costumes.... and 
lately large expensive decorations.

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