Thanks, glad you enjoyed the story, and the journal part. It makes it fun to think of it in those terms. You do have a lot of journals, it looks like in the photo. Is the purple one your drawings?

I can see where commercializing holidays does undermine many cultural traditions. And once they start, it is very hard to go back. Though in America, Halloween has always been about acting goofy for fun and letting loose, at least since I've been around. I used to keep a journal more as an adult, but now just fill notebooks with nutty ideas for writing. Maybe that is a sort of journal. Though they are fun to read later in life, I wish I HAD kept more of a day to day journal throughout life. It does take time though. Well, have a nice day. Thanks for stopping in and voting and commenting. Cheers.