I overheard a pretty funny conversation today that reminded me of another funny Halloween incident from some years ago.
A Critical Difference
The child in this story is roughly 9 years old.
Father: How was your Halloween party today at school.
Son: Ummm, this girl Matilda, it looked like she was wearing a sign that said “Hitler.”
Father: Oh. Geez.
Son: Yeah, it turned out it just said “Highlighter” though.
Father: You don’t want to get those two confused.
The Priest
It’s been probably 12-15 years since I witnessed this one, but I still remember it vividly. The child, about 6 years old, is in a Party City with his mother, presumably shopping for a costume.
Son: Picks up a huge plastic scythe with a blood-covered blade nearly as long as he is tall, and holds it up for his mother to see. Mommy, mommy, I want to be a priest.
Mother: What kinda fucked up priest you talkin’ bout?
That first story is just hilarious. First of all I’m kinda surprised that 9yr old child knows who Hitler was, but I guess he probably likes to watch the history channel or so…
But the father’s response is priceless.
On a side note: They’re trying to kinda introduce Halloween in Switzerland (and Germany as well), so like 5yrs ago suddenly the stores were starting to sell costumes and masks and stuff. And some TV channels made and still make specialized ads for their Halloween program etc… But so far it’s still a minor event in Switzerland. I guess in 20-30 years when the childs that actually celebrate Halloween now are grown up and have children on their own it might become a more widespread thing in Switzerland. But right now it’s such an obvious marketing strategy by the stores and TV channels and most people aren’t really buying it cause it’s not a tradition here. Looks like “creating” a “new tradition” on a national basis is pretty hard to do. [I guess “new tradition” is a contradiction in itself but I can’t think of a better word to substitute tradition]