Happy Halloween, everybody! Be safe, have fun, and spread the will of Nagash all over the place today.
Halloween 2015
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robtion
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Bit lame for me. I love Halloween but living in Australia its not a big deal unfortunately. I saw 1 kid trick or treating and that was it
I had like 3 times more trick or treaters than last year. I like my new neighborhood. I saw more vampires tonight than anything else.
Halloween kinda sucks over here in China. I teach English here and Halloween is basically a 'western holiday' that is used by private schools to generate interest & get new students. For me it usually involves wearing some cheap and poor looking costume that my school picks up then having bands of kids coming into my class every 10 minutes to play a game, get shit loads of candy, leave and then repeat for the next 2 hours.
One time my employer told us to take the kids trick or treating in a small department store which they'd given all the small shop owners a big bag of candy each. When we set out we'd found that 75% of the stores closed up early and went home happy after stealing a big bag of candy each. Hilariously ridiculous!
The most entertaining part of the evening is probably getting drunk after the function with friends, trying to get a cab home and having the driver look at you like a weirdo because you're dressed as God knows what and reeking of beer.
One time my employer told us to take the kids trick or treating in a small department store which they'd given all the small shop owners a big bag of candy each. When we set out we'd found that 75% of the stores closed up early and went home happy after stealing a big bag of candy each. Hilariously ridiculous!
The most entertaining part of the evening is probably getting drunk after the function with friends, trying to get a cab home and having the driver look at you like a weirdo because you're dressed as God knows what and reeking of beer.
One of my homies teaches English in South Korea, another in Japan. Dudes I used to play in bands with. They say the same thing about western holidays. Alas for ill-represented Halloween, King of Holidays.
@Adam_Barrow Yeh it's a bit of a shame, they just associate western holidays with free candy grab because private businesses use these holidays as a marketing tool to boost their business in whatever way. People generally don't have a clue about the history or traditions of western holidays here. They all equal free candy.
Cela Shyish
Grave Guard
Well in fairness most people I know don't know the meaning behind halloween, I'm fuzzy on the details myself but if I remember right in pagan religion it was a night where the veil between the living and dead was at its thinnest so spirits could cross over to the physical plane, hence wearing a costume to hide yourself as a monster or spirit was a means of protection. Its built on a similar concept to the Night of a Thousand Souls in certaim Carribean cultures where peoples would avoid graveyards and be home before dark on this night as it was the one night a year that the moun-mo could cross over to the world of the living and things like Zombis would be more common (no not "zombies" these are "zombis") spirits which cause misfortune or harm to the living.
P.s. Halloween FTW my favourite holiday XD too bad where I live they start preparing christmas stuff like a month before halloween so it just gets passed over like its not there >.>
@Crystal I'm not sure about the Caribbean stuff but yeh you're right. Generally we just try teaching the holiday's traditions here and don't go into much about the history depending on the holiday but it kinda just adds up to 'free candy holiday' hah.
It's not surprising though as you can't really allow someone to experience a holiday fully in a country that doesn't celebrate it.
On that happy note, one Halloween here me and my mates got yeti suits tailor made and went to a supermarket scaring people pre party. So funny because Asian people generally scare so easily. Probably my best Halloween :lol:
It's not surprising though as you can't really allow someone to experience a holiday fully in a country that doesn't celebrate it.
On that happy note, one Halloween here me and my mates got yeti suits tailor made and went to a supermarket scaring people pre party. So funny because Asian people generally scare so easily. Probably my best Halloween :lol:
This year ill be in a full monster makeup (will be making the mold when i go home today for the stuff i need to run in silicon) and will be running around either 6th street or san marcos in full costume