Friday, November 04, 2005

Sort-of-Halloween

Until fairly recently (long after 1989 revolution), "All Hallow's Eve" celebrations (called "Dusicky" = "The Souls" in Czech) meant that you went to a cemetery and lit a candle there. I am happy to report that - at last - Czech kids are warming up to the idea of scary Halloween masks and monsters. Unfortunately, no trick-or-treating yet. (Click below.)

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P.S: Baby Jesus (who brought Christmas presents to Czech kids for many centuries) already got his ass whupped by Santa Claus several years ago.
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousSaturday, November 05, 2005 11:07:00 AM

    Peek-a-boo!

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  2. AnonymousSaturday, November 05, 2005 10:47:00 PM

    Peek-a-boo and Ciao to variability... What's so exciting about Santa Claus and stupid Halloween masks?

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  3. AnonymousSunday, November 06, 2005 1:52:00 AM

    ..just kidding, right ??

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  4. AnonymousMonday, November 07, 2005 9:53:00 AM

    What 'whupped' (maybe is it whipped) means? No online english-czech dictionaries knows such word :-/.
    And moreover: Nether do I.

    Solvina

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  5. AnonymousMonday, November 07, 2005 1:43:00 PM

    What's the point for being happy about another American crap coming straight at our cultural habbits?

    Makes me sick in fact :-(

    Just an oppinion... I know I can run but certainly cannot hide ...

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  6. AnonymousMonday, November 07, 2005 3:16:00 PM

    Nobody beats Baby Jesus when it comes to Christmas and I mean nobody. Anyhoo, the American Halloween seems more children-friendly than the Czech one... not that I care about children.

    And by the way, I thought it was some kind of KKK gathering, when I looked at the picture.

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  7. AnonymousMonday, November 07, 2005 5:30:00 PM

    Speaking about that red fat bastard and those little cripples in masks.. wall... I don´t like ´em, you know...

    (I don´t like Dusicky either, but thats not exactly the point :))

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