They've been doing this podcast for a year. If there were a listenership with whom to share a sense of ceremony, 't'would be an occasion worthy of observance. As such, it has been acknowledged. And now move on from it with haste do we.

So Halloween “Month”, is it? So social media (YOU) would have me believe. “Christmas Month”, one has made one’s peace with. Though commercialism, pluralism and abyssal cynicism hath mugged Noël of its riches, there is still nestled within its pocket, corroded and clock-beaten, a bronze farthing. If one were to look closely, one might discern the words “FAMILY” or “GENEROSITY” inscribed upon it. A dead currency, yes, replete with the ancient engravings of an archaic tongue, but nevertheless something we vaguely understand as once having meant something to us.

But HALLOWEEN MONTH?! What is Halloween? WHAT ...