???? But in what sense is Halloween an "official" holiday to begin with? If they want this to happen, they need PR people, not a lobbyist.
NP: Ruben Blades, _Buscando America_ --- Les Irvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 10/30/2001 04:49 AM, Deb Messling wrote: > >Our town tried to move trick or treat to NOON on > >Saturday and there was a huge outcry. > > As one who is actually in the Halloween industry, I > find this > interesting. Believe it or not: There is a movement > gathering steam among > Halloween costume suppliers to have the holiday > officially moved from the > 31st to the last Saturday of October every year. > They've actually hired a > lobbyist to promote this idea. The idea has one > purpose only - to sell > more costumes. When Halloween falls on a Sunday > through Thursday, there > are not as many parties and therefore a smaller > demand for products. > > Nothing is sacred in the retail industry! > Les > > NP: Stephanie Morrison's piano recital ===== ____________________________________________________________ "Greetings cards routinely tell us everybody deserves love. No. Everybody deserves clean water. Not everybody deserves love all the time." --Zadie Smith, _White Teeth_ Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com
