""Happy"" Halloween. Sorry, another import from our friends across the pond that I detest along with trick or treat, which should be more aptly titled a "protection racket" as perfected by the Mafia and the IRA.
Mothering Sunday is a traditional festival where smaller churches in Hamlets closed for one Sunday and boosted the attendance at their Mother Church in the nearby town, Hallmark got hold of it and we have Mothering Sunday and they print cards and make money! Then we have Fathers day, and more recently Grandparents day. It'll not be long before we have Mother in law day.
Hallmark were probably behind the Happy Halloween concept as well.
Well I'm going to be traditional and as its the eve of All Hallows Day, a traditional feast day, I shall be bloody miserable today, because I can, and my wife says I'm good at it. At which point I told her that being married to her for twenty four years Id had enough practice so should have got it off pat by now.
Ouch.