This is the first year, in the entirety of my existence, that it has completely and utterly snuck up on me. I usually plan for it for weeks, sometimes months -- what costume I'll wear, whether I'll make it or cannibalize it from parts of other costumes, what I'll do, where I'll be... this would always be so exciting. And it still is. I'll dress in theme to virtually anything that warrants it. Frankly, I'm still cheezed that I'm not allowed to trick-or-treat anymore. It seems that fully-grown humans going trick-or-treating tend to be greeted with suspicions of being a mugger rather than candy. I much prefer the candy.
Nonetheless, Hallowe'en is only five days away, and I only just realized it last night.
But it seems like such an absurd holiday here. I mean, spring is in the air, so everything is fresh, green, and very, very damp. (But luckily, mould DOES wash out... hooray!) Nothing here is Halloween-ish at all, as we all know that the following are absolutely mandatory prerequisites for the holiday in question:
* the darkness falling earlier and earlier,
* the eerie crunching of leaves underfoot,
* the dry, dusty bite of cold, late autumn air, lightly perfumed with stubble-burning smoke,
* the thrilling suspense about whether you'll have to wear a snowsuit under your costume.
But it is nothing of the sort here. To be honest, I'm not even sure if they celebrate Halloween here -- it might be more of a Guy Fawkes country. On the other hand, I have never known Wellingtonians to pass up an opportunity to dress up, so we'll have to wait and see.
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No Hallowe'en...many people are particularly against it but...Guy Fawkes is an awesome party! Everyone has their own fireworks...so all night the town sounds like its exploding. Very beautiful to watch...especially the fireworks downtown.
Just when I finished buying enough Hallowe'en candy for 100 kids (had 120 last year at the old house), my new neighbour tells me they had 12 kids last year. Doug is in for a LOT of chocolate bars!!
MY DEAR GRANDCHILDERN IT IS AFI AGAIN AND ALL IS WELL AMMA IS OUT COFFEEING [IF THATS A WORD]PERHAPS IF I LEFT THE ING OF IT WOULD BE MORE CORRECT HOWEVER THE NEWS THAT MY GRANDSON AND FAMILY ARE MOVING TO WINNIPEG NEXT WEEK BUT SHERRI IS IN WPG NOW FINALIZING SOME LIVING ARRANGEMENTS [NO E]HA WELL YOU GUYS AMMA AND I ARE LOOKING FORWARDS TO YOUR RETURN TO CANADA SO YOU CAN HAVE A FINE HALLOWEEN PARTY NEXT YEAR LOVE YOU;[OOPS]DAVE IS A NICE GUY AMMA SENDS HER BEST WISHES TO YOU,,,,
What? No Halloween? You should educate them, but leave out the part about it being only for children. You'll get more candy that way :)
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