Comments | ritaxis: Orson Scott Card doesn't get it, of course

ritaxis

Orson Scott Card doesn't get it, of course

Nov 12, 2011 10:29

Orson Scott Card is alarmed at family participation in Halloween, and most of all, at the appearance of Big Scary Teenagers at his door Begging for Candy ( Read more... )

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ext_108920 November 12 2011, 22:06:32 UTC

I saw that! (Same source.) I suppose it's one way of getting cheap attention, but didn't he used to get that from writing novels?

pantryslut November 13 2011, 07:12:13 UTC

We gave away handfuls of candy at the end of the night to the teenagers who showed up, in large part because we were as desperate as they were, as the only candy-givers on the block. All of us were giggling a little unhingedly, but you know? All of us were happy.

heleninwales November 13 2011, 20:34:08 UTC

Halloween still has an awkward status here. In the cities, I think we're adopting it more and more in the UK, to the detriment of Bonfire Night. However, Bonfire Night is horrendously dangerous, so I'm torn between hating to see what I regard as my old traditions die and the awfulness of kids being severly burned or even killed.

Anyway, I usually end up buying a bag or two of Halloween chocolate just in case, and usually no one comes, though this year we have new neighbours a few doors away and so we had a very small vampire with his dad. :)