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November 7, 2006 9:35 AM | Post #102840—in reply to #102537 |
Jacek K.
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Location: Poland | PARIS (Reuters) - Halloween, ancient Celtic festival or U.S. marketing gimmick according to your point of view, is dying in France after a short-lived breakthrough, French media reported on Tuesday. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061031/wl_nm/life_france_halloween_dc_1
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November 16, 2006 5:14 AM | Post #103930—in reply to #102840 |
Jacek K.
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Location: Poland | Forgot to post it earlier
[Edited by Laurent Chiacchierini on October 26, 2009 9:52 AM]
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October 31, 2008 10:45 AM | Post #159999—in reply to #103930 |
Jacek K.
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Reuters/Molly Riley
A drag queen dressed as Sarah Palin Below are the Halloween costumes I do not want to see this year. I beg of you, America. Don't go there. http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/10/31/halloween_costumes/index.html?source=newsletter
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November 19, 2008 9:57 AM | Post #162309—in reply to #159999 |
Jacek K.
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Location: Poland | http://euobserver.com/9/27112 The EU top 10 Google Searches is published .... The study suggests Europeans are passionate about escaping from their stock market and political concerns - by searching for entertainment topics such as local television, video game and lottery information. The American export of Halloween came in at number one. ...
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November 19, 2008 10:16 AM | Post #162314—in reply to #162309 |
David Kallans
 Expert     Mother tongue: EnglishPosts: 1752 Joined: April 13, 2007 Location: United States | | Originally written by Jacek Krankowski The American export of Halloween came in at number one. ... |
Of course, Halloween is originally a European (Celtic) tradition, so it is really just being re-introduced to Europe, albeit in a transformed, Americanized version.
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October 26, 2009 9:43 AM | Post #187779—in reply to #102338 |
Jacek K.
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Location: Poland | Aix-en-Provence, France — THERE is a tendency among the French to welcome certain aspects of American life with immediate and uncritical enthusiasm: hamburgers, Jerry Lewis, baseball caps, elderly television series (“Starsky & Hutch” is still running on French TV), Westerns, Marlboro Lights, button-down shirts — these and much more besides have crossed the Atlantic to become firmly embedded in le lifestyle français.
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October 26, 2009 9:55 AM | Post #187780—in reply to #187779 |
Laurent Chiacchierini
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 Expert  Mother tongue: FrenchPosts: 5578 Joined: December 31, 2003 Location: France | | Originally written by Jacek K. on October 26, 2009 3:43 PM
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Or how Halloween becomes "Halle aux vins" 
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