We have only been in our new neighbourhood for six months. We'd seen a few kids in the street, but not officially met many of them. Last night they came crawling out from everywhere. For my son, who can be a little shy, it was a perfect opportunity. Wearing a monster's mask, he was welcomed right into a gang of ghouls and I trailed happily behind watching them swap lollies and knock on doors with welcoming pumpkins out front.
Who cares where Halloween originally comes from and whether it's commercial or any of that other stuff - for a nine year old boy on a warm spring evening it was pure magic.
Ha! I know those kids too!
ReplyDeleteI think we're neighbours now, Sally, we should have a coffee sometime :-)
No way! Email me your address! We should definitely have coffee, neighbour!
DeleteI am a huge fan of Halloween - so are my kids. But I am totally Grinch-like about Christmas. My girls love spooky stuff and spend days making bats, slime and thinking about their costumes - I think it's so creative and fun.
ReplyDeleteHa! That's funny - I love them both. I hate all the plastic commercialisation of Christmas and the lead-up is always stressful but when the 25th comes around I love that long sleepy day and the period after it before New Year that's quiet and still.
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