I Thought Halloween Was A Fun American Thing,

and in the US they were not so politically correct as the UK, but it appears they are, the folks over there are trying to ban Halloween masks for being too scary, strange I thought that was the point, to scare the bejebus out of everyone, children at the Walt Disney (who brought more than a few scary characters to the screen) Elementary School in Burbank, Los Angeles, have been instructed to wear 'moderate' face paint, and masks of any kind are not allowed, many schools in the US are urging children to portray historical characters rather than past favourites, such as Dracula, education chiefs in many states have imposed the costume rules as they do not want to create stereotypes,

one California school has banned children from wearing fake fingernails while toy weapons of any kind, such as a pirate's cutlass, have been completely ruled out, this year's celebrations were hit with controversy when an adult 'illegal alien' costume made up of a mask, a prison style orange jump suit and green card went on sale at several supermarkets, masks of president Barack Obama are said to be among the most popular among adults, oh well, the PC brigade will be out in force, on the spot fines for scary mask wearers I suppose, and I thought it was only in the UK that our traditions were being eaten away.