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Yes....we are Australian, but that doesn't mean we have to be so insular as to be xenophobic.
There is absolutely no reason to believe that by celebrating things like Halloween that our own traditions are going to be 'swamped' or completely wiped from the calendar.
Honestly, why is it that whenever we have these sorts of discussions we always end up with some all-or-nothing line of logic which dictates that any recognition of the traditions and values of another culture will come at the expense of our own!!
Are our own traditions so fragile...that to welcome others will see our own dissipate on the breeze like confetti? Are we really that delicate?
Honestly....
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