Painting a Jack-O’-Lantern

Halloween is coming and I hate it. It's an American holiday and it hasn't been part of European culture for a very long time. Thanks to globalization, though, it's being forced back upon us. European kids don't go trick-or-treating nor do we have special dishes for the occasion. We just dress up in stupid costumes, go to parties and mindlessly assimilate someone else's culture.When I see Italians go to Halloween parties dressed up as goblins then go home a