Oktober

[Sweder]

Don't start all that 'American holiday' nonsense now, MLCMan.
Its a common misconception - Halloween started in Europe centuries ago; it's when the spirits of the dead were supposed to walk the earth. People dressed up in disguise so as not be recognised by the dead*. Children of The Poor - have you met them? The Poor?** - used to beg for salt cakes and biscuits, hence the transmogrified sweet hunt we see today.

The armies of sprogs demanding sweets or else they'll pelt your car with eggs and dogshit? That's American. And yes, I did dress up in an SP mask and scare the wits out of the little darlings every time they interupted by spouseless enjoyment of Barcelona v Chelsea last night. In the end I cooked up some minced lamb (for the hounds) and left the steaming pot outside the front door with a note saying 'more children required to feed my dogs'.
The door-pounding mysteriously ground to a halt after that.

[SIZE="1"]* Un-researched but roughly correct
** Bonus points for the movie[/SIZE]