Bday Prang

"confirming" its world class image

and somebody really should explain to the Thais about taking down the decorations when its all over, There is a house near me that still has the "merry Christmas happy new year" banner up from last year.

I seriously cannot accept that bars owned by foreigners and their wives are a threat to Thai tourism. The only threat they pose is to the bank balance of the foreigner involved

Christmas music anywhere in mid october is out if place

Perhaps ISIS was not the best example I could have used. But bringing certain "communities" together is not always good. What about those transvestites etc reading stories to kids ? hardly Ideal in my opinion

Well its a long time since I went to pattaya, sorry to hear Angel witch closed down. I used to like it there. I am indeed the scrooge of halloween and every other event like it , I don't really spend any money these days, as such I don't know what to do with it all. I am thinking of making a donation to help Donald Trump assume his rightful place as President. Now that would be money well spent

tell that to those decapitated by the likes of ISIS. Some people should never be brought together or indeed accepted into society

And just like drinkers, not all are addicts. Folks generally are not too keen on alcoholics

Glad to hear it, I don't associate with those who celebrate halloween

Most people are sexual perverts one way or the other, That average is increased among westerners in Thailand, and increased again amongst those who are arrested. Its not rocket science for those of us in the "educated but with common sense community"

Actually in a growing number of societies it actually is acceptable , by all but a few like yourself

Even if that was true , what is your point

Shortly to be followed by hookers in Santa clause costumes as Christmas approaches, then we need to wait until St Patricks day when the ever desperate bar owners will have their girls dressed up in green thinking it will increase sales, St Patricks day is another non event that has fallen victim to the god of commercialism just like "irish" bars

Would that be the "highly educated non bar girl " you are always on about ? She must also be years ahead of her time, was she celebrating it alone or were you involved too

And of course suitably overpriced "spookily" renamed drinks and other paraphernalia

Behave Malcolm you're not fooling me, those are not pics from a halloween party, I bet you took them last night at Angelwitch, I suppose looking on the bright side (for some at least) it is actually possible to enjoy halloween everyday. I might move to Pattaya and start selling black lipstick , or maybe I can finally start to get rid of that job lot of Diane Abbott face masks I bought on the cheap, once I have modified them by removing all but the lips. What do you reckon? a <deleted> from her would be pretty scary

I don't think they actually like ghosts, but they are terrified of them (when it suits them) They already have their own ghost festivals, check out "pi ta khon" up in Loei province , now that's a proper celebration, a complete absence of commercialisation that puts our pathetic corporate halloween to shame , I think you would enjoy it Malcolm there is some tidy totty up there too and these celebrations often bring out the best in the women

or anywhere else for that matter? If you want the answer, simply follow the money, Its not just halloween either is it? Our latest celebratory events are not decided by tradition anymore but by commercial interests and political correctness. often working together to promote this rubbish. Why do homosexuals and the rest of the alphabet "community" now have 1 whole week to celebrate their chosen lifestyles where as the heroes who gave their lives in 2 world wars to ensure such freedoms exist to day are only granted one ? Could it be because there is not that much money involved in selling paper poppies? Or are there other more nefarious reasons?

I detest this sort of rubbish, My 12 post may appear to be a little excessive and probably contributed little to this thread, however they do have one thing in common, they have all contributed a little bit more than your effort. Nobody is forcing you to read them

Oh my god , is it now a public holiday? I suppose that is something we need to get used to as our "traditional" days of celebration are slowly but surely cancelled due to being "problematic" Try organising a St georges day parade in the UK and see how helpful the local council is , yet if you wanted to celebrate ramadan, as seems to be fashionable these days , it would be a completely different story

I think the original halloween was celebrated on the 30th of April and was referred to as "walpurgis night" However this time of the year already has Easter firmly established as a major retail event . The end of October is traditionally a quiet time prior to Christmas, and was ripe for a retail festival hence the date change, in my not so humble opinion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walpurgis_Night

It is purely due to the role of businesses, there is simply no other reason for it to exist. "a major event in Thailand's commercial scene" that statement would be laughable if it wasn't true , A sad reflection of society in my opinion which also reinforces my theory that "economies" these days seem to be founded on the principal of people spending money they don't have on things they don't need and can't afford. All very sustainable

You got it wrong mate . Its the one day of the year when you don't need to wear your mask, take it off, if only for a few minutes and really scare the $h1t out of them

not really surprising when one considers that halloween is a totally western construct, both in its original and its modern day fors. It has absolutely no connection or relevance to Thai "culture" whatsoever

A disturbing characteristic within the human race is slowly emerging, people who would normally never consider donating to charity or helping others less fortunate than themselves, cannot hand their money over fast enough for the associated throw away junk they will be eagerly buying. People who consider halloween to be fun are the same people who consider elephant pants to be fun . I never had you down as one of them Malcolm. Please tell me you are trolling