Sunday, November 01, 2009

Happy All Hallow’s Eve!

Yesterday we celebrated Halloween with an attempt at traditional trick-or-treating and a little get together for the adults. Halloween is far from being unheard of in Germany, but has a ways to go before it’s mainstream (something I predict will happen in the next decade or so). The Chinese Maple in front of our house was definitely in the spirit of the day (I don’t remember its being so orange last year).IMG_6251 (2) (1024x683)IMG_6271 (1024x683) The girls went as witches. Not exactly overachieving in the creativity department, but they looked cute anyway, no? As Robert decided not to don his vampire costume until zero hour (when it was already dark), I didn’t get any good stills of him. Will post some video later.IMG_6264 (683x1024)The plan was for some folks with kids to come over early so all our progeny could trick or treat en masse. A few other families came later to have a bit of grub (pumpkin soup) and a few drinks. IMG_6274 (1024x683)At 18:30 or so, we ventured out into the Walldorf night with a pack of 6 kids (Emily spent the night at a friend’s house). I was a bit surprised at how few houses were giving out candy. Most identified themselves with a jack-o-lantern, but there were probably fewer than 10 of these houses within reasonable walking distance of ours. It felt a little bit more like the underground railroad than full on Halloween.IMG_6266 (682x1024)IMG_6268 (682x1024)IMG_6270 (683x1024)We finally decided to pack them all into a van and head to the “younger” part of Walldorf, a target-richer environment where they collected  more candy than they’ll need for a long while.    IMG_6272 (683x1024) IMG_6273 (1024x683)  We had fewer than 10 gangs of kids that came by our house, but we saw more than I expected on the street, a good omen I think for future Halloweens in Deutschland.

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