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We Canadians do mind if you Americans pretend you're one of us :mad: Grrrrrrr...Don't give Canadians a bad name.
I'd wear theUS Embassy Lebanon security force t shirt!!!
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We Canadians do mind if you Americans pretend you're one of us :mad: Grrrrrrr...Don't give Canadians a bad name.
I'd wear theUS Embassy Lebanon security force t shirt!!!
I don't think (or maybe hope?) you meant this to sound as offensive as it sounded...Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycanuck
BUT to get this thread back on track, Grog, I went as a dead cyclist a few years ago too... I was worried people might find it offensive, since there were quite a few cyclists at the party, but most thought it was a very good costume. I think as cyclists we're all aware of the inherant danger in our sports, so it was taken very well actually.
I can't find my pictures right now but I did a similar thing with the tire tracks on a jersey!
Um, I'm an American born citizen of a mother who still has Canadian citizenship and an American father. I've been told (by some people) that I could possibly carry dual citizenship due to my mother being from Newfoundland and that I still have family in Canada. Where does this put me in this equation? Sorry if I'm being offensive, but since this was said, I'm curious. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by crazycanuck
My neighbourhood children came running up to my husband and I as we returned from his PT and some errands today and asked what I was going to be for Halloween. I told them guess, they knew it would be a witch and the two young girls are planning on dressing up as well. I'll likely take my costume with me to watch my grandson so I'm dressed when I get home and I can give them their halloween treats in costume.
When DH and I moved to this suburb 16 years ago, we annually went through mega $ of candy, all to kids we've never seen before. They trample the landscapng instead of walking on the sidewalk, and don't even say thanks like they mean it. We also eat too much candy because we have it around the house.
The last few years we take treats to the immediate next door kids the day before. On Halloween we go directly to the gym from work, have a good workout, shower, and out for supper & shopping, then home after the munchkins are home in bed. Halloween grinches, we are. ;)
Hm, I'm not sure which was the last tiime so I'll mention both. 2 or 3 years ago i worked a kid's party that our hospital hosts dressed as a one of Duke boys (my partner was the other). 2 or 3 years ago I dressed as Harry Potter...man the kids loved that!
Gray
This reminded me of a non-Halloween costume. When I was in law school, all of our parties seemed to have themes. For the "Roaring 20s" I actually got hold of a flapper costume. Somewhere out there is a picture of me and another girl draped over 2 guys in pinstriped suits, with tommy guns and fedoras. We looked so good! I wish I had that pic.
Calm down a bit, Crazy. We've met SO many wonderful Americans here on TE that maybe sometimes WE are the ones who are generalizing. I'm pretty sure the stereotypical "Loud American" is the least likely to be dressing up as a Canadian. Most Americans are just as embarrassed as us by those types.
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Originally Posted by crazycanuck
Sorry for the thread hijack all..
I am pretty sure Scott was not doing anything to portray himself as an ugly American; he is genuinely a nice guy despite the fact he's in the military! He went rappelling in the Blue Mountains and two very nice guys gave him a ride to Melbourne from there. He was just surprised by some of the sentiment he experienced and that was without even saying he is in the military. I think he said the Canada thing because he had met so many Canadians in Sydney.
He likes Australia so much that he said he would love to finish his BA there...
Seriously, I didn't want to start anything. I think I just felt bad because "someone" thought my kid was "not nice."
Spluttering with laughter here. You may cause me to revise me "I don't do costumes" policy.Quote:
Originally Posted by sundial
Pam
You can ignore Halloween. I've done it many times.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycanuck
Personally, I'm going to the Museum of Modern Art with the goal of seeing the van Gogh show. The museum is free on Fridays (sponsored by a chain store called Target) and I'm hoping that it won't be so crowded on Halloween. Probably a vain hope, but I remain an optimist.
Pam
With all due respect, Halloween is originally a Celtic tradition.
It's just another version of All Saints' Day ("Toussaint" in French, November 1) and All Souls' Day (November 2); also related to the Mexican "Dia de los Muertos" (Day of the Dead). The Catholics traditionally made a relatively big deal of it, but it's also historically a pagan celebration, and probably has equivalents in other big religions.
To make a long story short, it's a holiday that usually follows the end of the harvest (although in the USA that comes later with Thanksgiving) and the drastic reduction of daylight (we feel that quite strongly around the 49th parallel right now!!) where people are confronted with darkness and thoughts of death and dead people. By making it a party, we're actually trying to laugh off and confront death.
Or so was the idea, anyway.
It doesn't make a lot of sense to celebrate it at this date in the Southern Hemisphere, where to be true to tradition Halloween and All Saints/All Souls should be celebrated in May.