“There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people… Religion, Politics, and The Great Pumpkin. ”- Charles M. Schulz
“When Peanuts’ strip was first introduced in Italy, Halloween was almost unknown there as a festivity. The earlier translations turned the pumpkin in a watermelon (“Il Grande Cocomero”) because it was felt as a more Mediterranean and understandable fruit-figure, and the mistranslation did somehow stick in the Italian pop culture. “
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