Sabrina, Zelda and others in “A Halloween Story”

Please? I have to go to Harvey’s party!

No!

What if I promise to be with the family all Thanksgiving?

We’re not big on Thanksgiving - That holiday was started by Puritans who weren’t exactly witch-friendly.

[snide] So instead we celebrate a night devoted to little kids dressing up like superheroes?

That is not what All Hallows Eve is all about! It’s a time for remembering the dead!

[sarcastic] Oh, that sounds like fun! I just know I’ll have a terrible time!

And that’s what family gatherings are all about; D’you think I want to listen to Cousin Marigold brag about how married she is and how single I am? No!

But we go, because it’s tradition.

And Zelda makes me.

And now you’re making me?!

See? Tradition!