Hope and Halloween

Western cul­ture can often trans­late in strange ways when brought to Bolivia. Halloween, for instance. Tonight is the 3rd of November, and this is when Bolivia cel­e­brates Halloween. I’m sure there’s a very sen­si­ble rea­son for this, and I’m just not in the know — even if it’s as sim­ple as bump­ing it to Monday night lets us all have an extra night off of work. What does puz­zle me is the horn honk­ing. Cars are honk­ing their horns like mad tonight, and for all I can tell they’re try­ing to honk “Jingle Bells”.

Jingle Bells for Halloween.

Meanwhile, Tyson had a great find. Crafted by 21st Century Filth, is the real Hope:

It’s even on my desk­top, fresh for vot­ing day.

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