Furious Halloween note on Aussie’s front door takes aim at trick-or-treaters over the American tradition – but was it too harsh?
A strongly worded note left on an Australian’s front door has sparked a furious debate over whether Australia should celebrate Halloween.
In a resurfaced photo that went viral online this week, the homeowner told trick-or-treaters to leave the doorbell alone in a fiery note pinned to the front door.
“This is Australia, not America,” the note begins.
“F*** away with your Halloween s***, you little bastards.”
People have flocked to the comments, divided over the explicit warning.
“Sounds more like Aussies are miserable and don’t like kids. Anyway, thank goodness I don’t live there,” one person commented.
“Time to send eggs and toilet paper from America to Australia with love,” wrote another.
“All tricks and no treats down there,” another added.
A foul-mouthed letter told trick-or-treaters to ‘f**k’ with their ‘Halloween s***’
Australian homes have become increasingly decorated with Halloween-related decorations over the years
On another repost on a British page, a man commented: ‘Halloween 24/7 for the Aussies, with all the spiders crawling around there’.
Only one Australian was a fan of the holiday.
“Aussie here and I love Halloween. It’s becoming more and more popular, but some people are just living in Delulu land,” she said.
An Australian told the foreigners that the holiday is not really abhorred in the country.
“Australians don’t hate Halloween. It’s just that over the years it has been Americanized on our televisions, and not as something Irish, English or pagan.
“And like everything Americanized in Australia, it’s so widespread that it feels like it’s been shoved down our throats, hence this response. It is not an Australian tradition and was not part of Australian culture,” they argued.
Homeowners string together cobwebs and spiders, add gravestones to their lawns and even place skeletons in their windows to celebrate the occasion
The US is known for going all out during the festive season, although Australia is increasingly captivated by Halloween, with costumes and treats dominating shopping centers in October.
Homes across the country are also decorated for the holidays, hanging fake spiders and proudly displaying pumpkins for all to see.
But beyond the costumes and treats, the holiday can be traced back to the Celtic agricultural festival in Ireland called Samhain, where it was believed that spirits could return from the dead.
As a result, people dressed up in disguise to ward off ghosts.