Halloween is still not a very commonly observed holiday here in Korea. A lot of students know the basics of Halloween from their foreign teachers, but kids don't go trick-or-treating and costumes aren't found in most stores. Party stores do carry some costumes and decorations and I was able to find some Halloween themed toys at one of the larger supermarket chains. So, we had a couple of parties - one for my friend and her two kids and then another one with all the teachers at S.'s school.
For our party with the kids, we made homemade pizza, watched a couple of Halloween themed videos, ate lots of American-style snacks and then went trick-or-treating in the apartment. The adults all took a bowl of candy and went into a room, while the kids ran from door to door knocking and yelling "trick or treat!" The kids loved it and could have run back and forth all night if we had enough candy.
The next night, all of us dressed up and went over to a colleagues apartment for the school party. Again, we showed the kids that were there what trick-or-treating was by having adults in different rooms. O decided that he wanted to give out the candy, so he gave up his candy in order to have the adults come to his door.
That is S's actual baseball uniform that he was fitted for and wears for Saturday games.
Trying to explain why being an oven with a bun it is funny to Koreans was a bit difficult.
O was a ghost, but spent most of the night out of costume.
Sword fighting is a must at most parties, right?
Ice hand floating in punch.
Witches' finger cookies.
We convinced O. that he should have the costume on for at least part of the trick-or-treating.
Lots of good food and good company made for a great Halloween this year.
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