Source: The Telegraph
Fundamentalist Christians love Halloween.
OK, maybe I should qualify that statement. They love the opportunity that Halloween gives them to remind us of the existence of Satan and his desire to suck in the souls of innocent children – plus, for good measure, some ritual Catholic-bashing.
I hold firmly to the view that modern Halloween is a tedious American import; my definition of hell (and it’s happened to me twice) is being trapped in New York City as drunk office workers stagger from bar to bar with black eyeliner smeared across their faces and fake blood dripping on to their fishnet stockings. And that’s just the men. Even the local dry cleaners and opticians clutter up their windows with pumpkins.
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