Believe it or not, Halloween was a bigger deal here than it was in Phoenix! The Thais don't celebrate Halloween but here in Nichada, the community where we live, Halloween is HUGE! Starting about 3 weeks ago, there were big wooden cutout Halloween decorations hung on all the roads throughout Nichada - ghosts, pumpkins, witches, vampires, devils, gravestones...you name it, it was here! Then on Halloween night, there are, literally, thousands of kids (and yes, adults....many Thai maids, drivers, and security guards from the community all trick or treat with their kids - and have their own candy bag so they don't have to share with their kids!) trick or treating here. Lucky for us, we don't live in one of the neighborhoods that gets hit really hard....we only have about 15 houses in our neighborhood. On the other side of Nichada, where the houses and neighborhoods are closer together, they get hit hard! Kids are actually bussed in to trick or treat. There was also a big Halloween party at the club here in Nichada as well as haunted houses, etc. I heard today that in the busier neighborhoods there were 'treats' for the parents, too - beer, jello shots, etc.!Given all the festivities, we kept Halloween pretty low key. One of the other expats that works with Rick brought his two kids over (ages 1 and 2) and we went out for maybe an hour trick or treating. By the end of that, the kids were all tired and we now have more candy than we ever needed! Funny thing about the candy...I don't know what most of it is! American candy is really a prize here....there were very few Snickers bars and Milky Ways....and the only Reese's Peanut Butter cup (Rick's favorite) that was to be had in our kids' trick or treat bags was eaten before we ever even knew it was there....all we found was the wrapper! (Smart kid...we would have swiped it for sure!) Now we are left with a lot of weird gummy candy, wafer cookie things, and strange gum and chewy marshmellow like candy - yuck!
Our pictures aren't very good but here's a few shots of the kids! Tim was Harry Potter, Caroline a mermaid, Leah a fairy princess, and Nate a construction worker.
2 comments:
I love the neon green crocs with the construction worker costume! That rocks!
I know what you mean about not getting American Halloween candy -- the girls got gummy stuff and hard candy -- no cholate bars and defuinately no peanut butter cups!
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