Scots reject U.S. version of Halloween

Published: Oct. 26, 2007 at 3:48 PM

LONDON, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Scots are banning all things American from their annual Halloween celebration at Scone Palace in Perthshire.

"We will be having none of that pumpkin or trick-or-treat rubbish." Jack Ferguson of the company in charge of this year's palace event in Scotland told the BBC in an interview.

Ferguson said Halloween organizers view pumpkins and going door-to-door for candy as representing "American big business and rampant consumerism."

Instead, Herald Events plans to give this year's Halloween celebration a Scottish twist by having children led around the grounds of ancient Scone Palace by a man dressed up as the ghost of a Jacobite soldier, The Telegraph of London reported.

The traditional autumn festival of Halloween is based on the ancient Celtic ritual of Samhain.

© 2007 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Order reprints



Additional News Stories
COL BKB: Clemson 102, Winthrop 66 (23 min)
NHL: Boston 4, St. Louis 2 (24 min)
UPI NewsTrack Sports (30 min)
NHL: Pittsburgh 3, Florida 2 (OT) (39 min)
NHL: New York Rangers 7, Columbus 4 (51 min)
NHL: Washington 4, Ottawa 3 (OT) (53 min)
NHL: New York Islanders 4, Toronto 3 (OT) (56 min)
fark
Recent immigrants to Canada more likely to be male, younger, better educated, work for smaller companies...
Women with a spare tire are more likely to go all whargarbl as they age. As if heart disease, diabetes,...
This may be the worst police sketch in the history of police sketches
War crimes should be disallowed in video games, just like they are in books, TV, and movies
School board won't allow students to wear anti-Islam t-shirts. ACLU vows legal jihad on their behalf...
Rich town will install cameras to photograph every license plate entering town and instantly alert...