5 minutes ago, John Drake said:

 

What's your favorite character from Dickens?

No idea, never read one, sorry.

But I guess you are likening me to Scrooge. 

Christmas music in a Thai supermarket in mid-October is definitely out of place.

4 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

Enough said,  pass the sick bag I can't hold it back any longer

Here you go:

 

🤮🤢

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

No idea, never read one, sorry.

But I guess you are likening me to Scrooge. 

Christmas music in a Thai supermarket in mid-October is definitely out of place.

Christmas music anywhere in mid october is out if place

35 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

Christmas music anywhere in mid october is out if place

For me, any TV ads regarding Xmas should only start on 1st December. 

2 hours ago, KannikaP said:

For me, any TV ads regarding Xmas should only start on 1st December. 

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. 

Thats the night I can go out and get laid. Because everybody looks as scary as I do. 

On 10/22/2024 at 2:20 AM, Bday Prang said:

 "Halloween",  another formerly low key non event that has been seized as an opportunity  to separate people from their hard earned cash by desperate businesses.  Just like "mothers day"  "fathers day"  and "valentines day"   ,  purely the work of marketing types, 

 

 In the UK they will have had pumpkins and all the other associated junk  for sale in the shops for weeks ! Entire supermarket aisles taken over with junk, Some people even taking out short term leases and opening temporary shops just to cash in on this b/s.   

 Not all supermarkets behave in such a shallow manner of course,  some will have already dedicated half their floor space to Christmas junk

Yet

 

On 10/22/2024 at 4:31 AM, Bday Prang said:

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

 

On 10/22/2024 at 2:20 AM, Bday Prang said:

 "Halloween",  another formerly low key non event that has been seized as an opportunity  to separate people from their hard earned cash by desperate businesses.  Just like "mothers day"  "fathers day"  and "valentines day"   ,  purely the work of marketing types, 

 

 In the UK they will have had pumpkins and all the other associated junk  for sale in the shops for weeks ! Entire supermarket aisles taken over with junk, Some people even taking out short term leases and opening temporary shops just to cash in on this b/s.   

 Not all supermarkets behave in such a shallow manner of course,  some will have already dedicated half their floor space to Christmas junk

Yet another event made into a huge business in the USA and now the world follows suit. As you say it is another way for business to dupe people into spending a ton of money quite unnecessarily. I note that you list "Mother's Day", "Father's Day" and "Valentine's Day" but you have missed out the greatest con of all and that one is "Christmas Day"!!

Any excuse for a party and getting drunk.

2 hours ago, dantho said:

Yet

 

 

Yet another event made into a huge business in the USA and now the world follows suit. As you say it is another way for business to dupe people into spending a ton of money quite unnecessarily. I note that you list "Mother's Day", "Father's Day" and "Valentine's Day" but you have missed out the greatest con of all and that one is "Christmas Day"!!

Well to be honest, In my opinion Christmas day is a bit different in that it relates to a traditional festival that has been celebrated for thousands of years.Although the real reasons for celebrating it have long been rendered superfluous or simply forgotten.   The others are totally man made constructs and if I am not mistaken were "invented" by the greetings card companies for purely commercial reasons. 

Drunken parties like most other celebrations in Thailand.

Terminal 21 in Pattaya is offering a Halloween-themed street-food festival.  Even though Halloween is a multi-billion retail event in the U.S., I have never heard of a U.S. mall going to such lengths.  And this is something that is clearly aimed at Thai consumers, not farang tourists.

 

 

 

On 10/22/2024 at 10:23 AM, connda said:

Does Thailand celebrate Halloween?

In villages? No.
In gated communities in cities which has farangs?  Maybe

Hua Hin has plenty of locals taking the kids Trick or Treating

and the moms do a great job of dressing up ..

and don't forget all the bars that have Halloween bashes ...

For some, no matter where we might be, this holiday means mostly CANDY.

 

But, for others, candy is just not enough.....

 

https://youtu.be/h986aTCAo4w

 

 

 

I just go out as I am, it's enough to scare anybody.....................

Can we please get Songkran and Loy Krathong in England......oh no, the water is too dirty.

On 10/21/2024 at 5:12 AM, CharlieH said:

Halloween in Thailand isn't as prominent as it is in Western nations

Not that popular in France

hmmm… i think Halloween is a parculiarly American practice, probably less appropriate for other countries who already have their own peculiar celebrations and don’t feel any need to

be “americanised?”