Trick or Treat?
Going trick or treat is not common in our country. In fact, kids dressing up as ghosts, witches, or monsters and knocking on their neighbors doors were unheard of outside gated subdivisions. Year after year though, more and more communities have embraced the custom. More villages, schools, and offices are now celebrating halloween with trick or treat.
And although I find it a challenge trying to explain to my 4-year old that there are really no monsters, I dressed him up as a bat, his kid brother as tigger (of Winnie the Pooh) and brought them over to collect tons and tons of candy from my generous colleagues.
It was a great event that had my kids laughing and enjoying themselves all day. My youngest even won “cutest costume” for being the cutest kid of the lot. We brought home tons of candies to last us a month and maybe cause us some sore throats along the way.
Did you know?
Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts celebrated their New Year on November 1. They believed that the night before the new year, the boundary between the world of the living and the dead became blurred. They would wear costumes consisting of animal heads and skins and built sacred bonfires to burn crops and animals for sacrifice to the Celtic deities.
Hmm. Its amazing how many years have already passed by but the really the celebration has not changed. Will it stay the same 10 years from now? Or will it change? I don’t think too much will, but one thing is for sure - the costumes will probably be more intricate and elegant as ever. 
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I wish I can celebrate Halloween like your two cute angels! I want lots of candies and chocolates haha…i love the tigger costume, ang cute nga!
growing up on the Philippines, we didn’t do the costume thingy - but that was about 40 years ago :)….
wow, you celebrated it a bit early. here in germany, halloween is a very new thing. and they only dress up with scary things… the other costumes are saved for carnival time.
LA - Cute noh (hehe proud mama). Grabe nga ang candies. We have tons here at home to last us for the rest of the year!
Liza - Things have changed. Hehe. I did not go through the same when I was a kid but I am loving it now (I guess because of my kids).
raqgold - Yep, we did. I think its because they expected a lot will already be out on vacation this week as there will only be 2 working days. Also - my kids actually were not very keen on wearing the scary masks - maybe when they are older? So I chose the cuter options.
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