I have British relatives, also Border folk, who deplore the cultural intrusion of the horrible American holiday, Halloween. Totally ironic, but I'm used to it. At least one of them blames the Halloween importation of those small handout-sized US chocolate bars by "American" expats; apparently these are a irresistable drug to the young. Of course they should be blaming the Irish for the original idea, and I happen to know that it's actually Canadians who are affecting them locally, but the US will just have to bear the blame.