We tried

I love pumpkins.

I.T IS WORSE I HATE CLOWNS GLENN WHY WHY WHY :bawling: whyyy

..hey Alex, it's a treat to see you in the chat threads....yeah, I know you American people and Halloween lol....

People were objecting to the coven Smithy :sad: I wanted to call it that too.

Smithy blame Ammi and Marc. They didn't want Coven :idc:

Americans actually do love Halloween, Xmas etc a lot more than we do, they get right into it, the amount of work I get from now until just after xmas is unreal and it's mostly for Americans.

..I've always wanted to spend Christmas in America because to me it would be just like the movies...Home Alone etc and amazing trees and lights...and just a great feel good atmosphere..I don't know if it's really like that...

Marc barely posts the flop :suspect:

..no, I wasn't that keen on it because even though it's the AHS story atm, I don't think it's that friendly a name for a chat thread but it was up to Tom as it was his thread so I and others left him to make the decision..which I see he has and I it's a good name and also Halloween related...

I think it's because we have 4 major holidays all back to back... halloween, thanksgiving, christmas and new years, it's like 3 months of excitement, and it all builds up to a major release on New Years. I love it. The timing of the holidays really helps to build excitement and get people in the spirit.

It's like a cycle. you start with celebrating evil and all things dark and letting your mind and imagination go crazy and explore your darkest fantasies on Halloween, then you have Thanksgiving which is celebrating the harvest and bounty and you are still celebrating greed which is bad, but also celebrating family and coming together and giving thanks which is good, and then you have Christmas which is all about celebrating good, generosity and sharing. and then you have New Years which absolves everyone of their year, and you can start over all fresh and new.

The American holiday season is like a circle.

..American celebrations always look amazing and so special in movies...especially Christmas and New Year in Times Square...

October, November, and December always felt magical to me growing up in America. I loved all of the holidays. My family and community always made all of the holidays really special and elaborate. and then as a bonus., my birthday is at the end of January, so even after the holiday season was over i still had something extra to look forward too.

I think it's really nice when you have something that everyone can participate in and get excited about. I love Holidays, and i'm generally a very cynical person.

..Halloween trick or treat is quite a new thing for us, I'd never even heard of it as a child...obviously Christmas and New Year to a lesser extent or huge here as well..but I don't think we do much for Harvest time/Thanksgiving in general...we do at the school I work, it's a big thing there and the children all bring foods/produce etc and it goes to the elderly people in the village....

..oh I never noticed you were a bit of an old cynic, Alex...that one's new to me..:tongue:...

Harvest is in no way about greed, Aw why this no coven waaah!
I would have loved that :(

have you seen the movie "Home for the Holidays"? i think you'd like it :P it's one of me and my brother's favorites.

..I think I have seen it, I had to google it because I've seen so many I couldn't remember which one it was but I do remember Holly Hunter in one when she went home to see her family at Christmas...did she have a sister as well..?...

Cool Place Cuda
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...y_magpies7.jpg

it IS in some parts ammi especially the Rockafella centre , Bloomingdales and Times Square
http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4959442854807083&pid=1.7

I might be going to America for Xmas :amazed: haven't been on holiday since I was three!

..that's how I always imagine it..and the lights/trees must be breathtaking, especially the scale of it all..have you been at that time of year before..?..

Glenn...I am going to have to put you ignore if you are keeping that sig....:sad:

..:amazed:...how exciting Tom...do you have relatives there..?...and can I come with you all...?...

its a bit wired :joker: