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Candy!

Well that explains the spooky ghost theme completely. Thank you Doctor.

*grins* Well, it's *also* a remnant of this very old holiday, All Hallow's Eve. Or Samhain. Depends how far back you want to go. Standard end-of-harvest, day-of-the-dead sort of celebration. Line between the world of the living and the world of the dead weakens, everyone spends an evening placating spirits and setting fires.

Nowadays, it's more placating small children. Not so many fires.

That was a holiday? The day of the dead?!

Aaand humans think this is appropriate for children?

Oi, why not? Death's part of life. Where's the harm in a day of remembrance? Dwelling, that's not good, you don't want to dwell,...but no one's immortal. Not even children.

Like I said, it's not about death so much, anymore, as it is sugar. Which, Mexico, best of both worlds, sugar *and* death.

Remembering the dead is one thing, but letting your children dress up as rotting corpses and knock on people's doors to get candy?

[shrug] Maybe I just see things too differently, but it's a bit weird, isn't it? I don't even see the connection.

[distracted now] Mexico - what?

Edited 2008-10-16 19:54 (UTC)

Mm, traditions have a way of degrading over time, turning into echoes of themselves. Used to be, people took these superstitions seriously, gave offerings to costumed community members, dressed up as demons. Today, it's giving SweeTarts to Power Rangers and Hannah Montanas who'd rather have the good candy. I like SweeTarts, myself, come in those necklaces.

Día de los Muertos! Day of the Dead! South American country, Mexico, their spirit-honoring day. They makes these candy skulls, lovely, sugar and piped icing.

Earth history and traditions would be much more straight forward if they'd always kept proper data. The Bible, I found out, was written years later, and no one even knows who wrote the first half!

Ooh, do they have twinkies? I heard they're delicious. Have we got twinkies on the TARDIS? I want to try them and sweeTarts too.

Oh Mexico, the Aztecs. I'm becoming quite the expert on them *grin*!

Oh, you've been doing your homework. Good. *smile of Astrid approval* If you need it, scanner's got this database, it's in Gallifreyan, but I can load up the translation for you.

'Course they've got Twinkies. I'm sure someone gives those out, hand out anything they've got batting about their pantries, some people. Dunno if we've got any on the TARDIS. There's Hostess cupcakes and Peeps. Maybe some Sno Balls.

*bounces on his heels, hands in pockets, tongue to the top of his month--Doctor hee!expression* Yep! Got a theme running, haven't I?

That'd be amazing if you did! I've been googling stuff on a laptop I found. Just wish it loaded quicker, it's slower than a toddler's infopad.

Now either you're just really really fond of South America or we're following some kind of curriculum here or it's entirely a fluke that we touched on the same culture twice in as many days.

Hmmm, I wonder.

Right, I'll have that set up first--mm. Well, I'll see if the Other Doctor's system's the same. I'll put down money he's forgotten the password.

Entirely a fluke! That's me, as many flukes as a whale. *innocent!Doctor is innocent. It's not like he's got this thing for past-blood-sacrificing cultures and wars and the like that's a bit OOC for most Doctors*

Edited 2008-10-16 20:46 (UTC)

Brilliant! *and yes it's a mockery of the way he says it - but it's light hearted teasing and she's bursting to laugh out loud, you can see the impending giggle on her pursed lips that are holding it in*

Sure, I believe you. You know every time you talk, you give me something new to look up, I have no idea where I'm storing all this info, I have problems remembering an order by the time I reach the kitchen usually.

Oh and fifty credits says he hasn't forgotten. *tongue in her cheek, egging him on to take the bet*