Trick or treat!

Halloween isn't such a big thing in the Czech Republic. Sure they do celebrate All Souls' Day like visiting the cemeteries and bringing flowers to the dead but the all-American way of celebrating it---trick or treating, carving a pumpkin, dressing-up in costumes, and all that jazz--- are still quite a novelty here.

At my school though it's the next big thing to Ježíšek (baby Jesus giving gifts to kids on Christmas eve. Santa Claus to most of us.) Halloween was introduced by an American teacher a few years back and it became an instant hit among the kids. This year it's the same. For a week everything at school revolved around skeletons, witches, ghosts, the works. I remember when I was their age I was so scared of such things especially ghosts. Our kids are exactly the opposite. They would tear the dummies between themselves to be the one to solely play with them. A Casper effect, it must be.

Yesterday we had our Halloween party to culminate the week that was devoted to it. The kids came in costumes. They went trick or treating inside the school knocking on doors while us the teachers were hiding behind them holding bags of candies. Not exactly the real thing but it was the closest we could do. It was fun and I guess that's what it's all about.