http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/rise-of-halloween-culture-sees-backlash-in-germany-a-931005.html (http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/rise-of-halloween-culture-sees-backlash-in-germany-a-931005.html)
a thousand children came trick-or-treating in the street last year, and that this year she expects even more. "It is really an invasion. I used to live in America, and there are far more people trick-or-treating here than even in the US," she told SPIEGEL ONLINE. "There are so many of them -- now there are more German than American children."
'Great news article. I like how their Frankenstein castle rental has become a hot spot for years.
I quote from the article:
The popularity of Halloween, which is now celebrated by a fifth of Germans, according to a YouGov poll, has sparked debate over the Americanization of German culture.
Margot Kässmann, former head of Germany's main Protestant church umbrella group, said Halloween went against the tenets of the Lutheran Church. "[Martin] Luther wanted to free people of their fears of spirits, ghosts, and the devil. And today? You have children running around in scary costumes," she said in an interview with Dortmund-based daily newspaper Ruhr Nachrichten.
Hey. What could be more freeing than dressing up like the things people fear and making fun of them?
There was another German named Martin Luther who was the devil -- a Nazi who helped carry out the holocaust (watch Kevin McNally portray him in the amazing HBO film "Conspiracy", a chillingly matter-of-fact film depicting the meeting that laid out the Holocaust).
I'm just hoping all this interest in Halloween means even more Halloween/Monster product in the future for us.
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on March 06, 2014, 06:36:13 PM
I'm just hoping all this interest in Halloween means even more Halloween/Monster product in the future for us.
Couldn't hoit! :laugh:
We can never have too much Halloween. ;)
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Could you imagine getting 1000 TOTs at your door step on Halloween? Thats amazing
Quote from: horrorhunter on March 06, 2014, 07:21:21 PM
Couldn't hoit! :laugh:
We can never have too much Halloween. ;)
(http://www.footballforum.com/attachments/swim-suit-forum/884d1249913259-hot-girls-thread-halloween-01.jpg)
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Quote from: McDougals House of Horror on March 06, 2014, 10:15:45 PM
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I'll drink to that! (Even though I'm not supposed to drink anymore...)
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