I know I am a couple of days late in greeting everyone but our pumpkin still deserves a post, right? My husband came home one day with a bouquet of roses in one hand and a huge pumpkin in the other. Look what we did! It is the mushroom in Super Mario! Isn't it adorable?
I've been asked how Filipinos celebrate Halloween. It is not a distant concept to Asians especially in the Philippines since we have been 'Americanized' for more than four decades. So we are familiar with the American traditions, celebrations, etc. There are some Halloween parties here and there, especially in Manila where people dress up and dance the night away. There are also some communities who organize trick or treats for kids in their 'subdivisions'. However, it is common practice at this time of the year for Filipinos to go to the cemeteries, whether in the province or the city to visit their dead loved ones. It usually turns into a reunion and a picnic of some sort as aside from food and candles, families bring food anything they need to spend the night. If people cannot go to the cemetery, they just light candles for their dead (1 candle per person) to symbolize that they are being remembered.
I hope everyone had a wonderful time celebrating Halloween with their kids and their costumes and remembering their loved ones. If you wanna see the past pumpkins we carved, check here.
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