So, trick or treat etc.

[Ash]

1. Utter Yankee ****ery

or

2. Not, lots of Maoams and Haribo to gorge on later.

Well, as an adult you obviously don't eat sweets, and as a parent concerned for the teeth of your children, you won't be encouraging that either.

Meanwhile, are there not Irish claims to certain aspects of the Halloween tradition? I thought I even saw a claim of 'cultural appropriation' from an Irish source recently. When I was a nipper in Lisburn it was much bigger than over here at the time.