tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post2392678111970650493..comments2024-03-13T08:18:08.922+10:30Comments on Catdownunder: Do we actually need days (or nights)catdownunderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189081688973141295noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-40913140282437887222010-10-27T07:58:19.808+10:302010-10-27T07:58:19.808+10:30It does make you wonder about the mixed messages -...It does make you wonder about the mixed messages - quiet night in at our place I hope!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-88352676213293164612010-10-26T20:07:20.425+10:302010-10-26T20:07:20.425+10:30I cannot abide this dreadful tradition of Hallowee...I cannot abide this dreadful tradition of Halloween. For 364 days of the year, I teach my kids not to take candy from strangers, but apparently dress like a witch and it is suddenly okay?<br /><br />Not in my house! Bah humbug!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-76492104349615734392010-10-26T11:31:32.099+10:302010-10-26T11:31:32.099+10:30Perhaps I am older than you, Cat: Commonwealth da...Perhaps I am older than you, Cat: Commonwealth day, which pretty well fizzled, came here later. Empire Day was in the 1940s. We used to be given a small cardboard Union Jack to wear, plus a pin to pin it. I seem to think that it was Queen Victoria's birthday, or some such.<br />My parents, Depression survivors, thought that fireworks were like burning pound notes, so we didn't indulge at my home.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588049222095187200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-81174781656946174362010-10-26T11:07:29.440+10:302010-10-26T11:07:29.440+10:30Lights? Already? Way too early - although there ar...Lights? Already? Way too early - although there are other reminders. I have no intentions of celebrating - I think we might be "not at home".<br />We did not have Empire Day Frances - although I remember a Commonwealth Day (which might not be a bad idea - give our young ones an idea that they belong to the world rather than just Australia?)catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-57844879341359930032010-10-26T10:07:01.040+10:302010-10-26T10:07:01.040+10:30In N.S.W. "bonfire night" was Empire Day...In N.S.W. "bonfire night" was Empire Day, 26th May, until it was banned. No November 5th, although I remember a teacher once mentioning Guy Fawkes.<br />Btw: I persist with N.S.W., but I understand that, for whatever reason, it is now NSW.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588049222095187200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-28179236508060625312010-10-26T09:30:45.747+10:302010-10-26T09:30:45.747+10:30ha ha I would keep on giving the kids blank stares...ha ha I would keep on giving the kids blank stares (one of the rules of trick or treating is you go to houses decorated not just anybody's door). As fun as it is for Americans I just never got into it, I lived in a university town and all I remember is the morning after, everywhere would be TPed (toilet papered)and just dirty.<br />But I guess its fun for them and if it makes you happy then by all means celebrate it.<br />In Corsica the towns Xmas lights have been strung up.Joanna St. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180782095853911283noreply@blogger.com