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- 12 days ago on Peanuts
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24 days ago
on Peanuts Begins
The origins of trick-or-treating are rooted in a number of ancient European customs and traditions, including: SoulingA medieval tradition where people visited wealthy homes on All Saints’ Day (Nov 1st) to pray for the souls in exchange for food. The food was often a pastry called a soul cake. GuisingA Scottish and Irish tradition where people would dress up in costumes and go door-to-door performing songs or jokes in exchange for food or treats. BelsnickelA German Christmas tradition where children dressed up in costumes and visit their neighbors to see if the adults could guess their identities. If no one could identify them, the children would be rewarded with food or treats. SamhainA Celtic tradition where people would leave food out to appease spirits that traveled the Earth at night. People would also dress up as these spirits and gobble up the food. North AmericaThe tradition of trick-or-treating in North America can be traced back to the early 20th century. The first known occurrence of children going house-to-house in costume in North America was in 1911 in Ontario, Canada. The phrase “trick or treat” was first recorded in Ontario in 1917. As you say, after WW2 trick-or-treating became more popular in the American suburbs and grew from there. (I looked it up.)
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26 days ago
on Calvin and Hobbes
Richard Cory – Paul SimonThey say that Richard Cory owns one half of this whole townWith political connections to spread his wealth aroundBorn into society, a banker’s only childHe had everything a man could want, power, grace and style
But I work in his factoryAnd I curse the life I’m livingAnd I curse my povertyAnd I wish that I could beOh, I wish that I could beOh, I wish that I could be Richard Cory
The papers print his pictures almost everywhere he goesRichard Cory at the opera, Richard Cory at a showAnd the rumor of his parties and the orgies on his yachtOh, he surely must be happy with everything he’s got
But I, I work in his factoryAnd I curse the life I’m livingAnd I curse my povertyAnd I wish that I could beOh, I wish that I could beOh, I wish that I could be Richard Cory
He freely gave to charity, he had the common touchAnd they were grateful for his patronage, and they thanked him very muchSo my mind was filled with wonder when the evening headlines read“Richard Cory went home last night and put a bullet through his head”
But I, I work in his factoryAnd I curse the life I’m livingAnd I curse my povertyAnd I wish that I could beOh, I wish that I could beOh, I wish that I could be Richard Cory
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26 days ago
on Calvin and Hobbes
Richard Cory-Edwin Arlington Robinson And he was rich—yes, richer than a king—And admirably schooled in every grace:In fine, we thought that he was everythingTo make us wish that we were in his place.
So on we worked, and waited for the light,And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,Went home and put a bullet through his head.
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about 1 month ago
on Peanuts
Agatha Christie?
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about 1 month ago
on Calvin and Hobbes
Too bad GoComics didn’t show that one this time around.
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about 1 month ago
on Peanuts
Get the ‘World Famous Funeral Director’ to dig a hole and bury it.
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about 2 months ago
on Peanuts Begins
The falling leaves also set the ‘mood’ of the situation. Schulz was brilliant.
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about 2 months ago
on Peanuts
My family was glued to the TV when I was a kid. I came to despise the poor writing in my teens and left TV behind. I’ve never gone back.
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about 2 months ago
on Calvin and Hobbes
Why would he move out. He’s got a great deal going. Now, come retirement, Mom & Dad might move out…
I guess it wouldn’t be a storyline if he did. I remember hearing Schulz on a talk show (Merv Griffin, I think— before the cat next door ever appeared) saying that he had considered bringing a cat into the strip, but couldn’t decide what to with it. He reasoned, a normal dog wouldn’t get along with a cat, but Snoopy’s no normal dog! I guess he figured it out.