Halloween is nigh and while the American custom is catching on in Europe, not everyone thinks it's a great idea. A small but vocal group -- including clerics, politicians, cops and just plain folk -- are urging their fellow Europeans to reject Halloween, which they say 1.) promotes crass American commercialism, 2.) has no basis in European culture, 3.) gives a thugs a reason to vandalize and 4.) takes away from All Saints Day on Nov. 1. But it's big business -- Germans spent a reported $170 million on Halloween costumes and decorations last year -- so if it's going to die, it'll die hard. Because the European's dirty little secret is that he's as crassly commercial and venal as we are.
Boo ... Hoo
Halloween is nigh and while the American custom is catching on in Europe, not everyone thinks it’s a great idea. A small but vocal group — including clerics, politicians, cops and just plain folk — are urging their fellow Europeans to reject Halloween, which they say 1.) promotes crass American commercialism, 2.) has no basis […]
