Recently Cockburn wrote of the influence of Halloween on Australian society in this blog – See Holloween.  In todays report Cecil Poole looks briefly at the halloween experience in middle America and finds it brimming with creativity and social cohesion.  The commercialisation of this day is apparent, yet minor.

I’ve experienced two halloweens in the US, one in 2011 and now 2014.

3 Y.O. “THOR”

This year my 3 year old grandson and six year old granddaughter dressed in costumes, the former as Thor replete with hammer, and the latter as a bat in a costume resurrected by her and her Mom!  There was growing excitement in the days leading up to Halloween, with ‘Happy Halloween’ being a typical greeting.

During the afternoon of Halloween the Childcare parents lead with a “Trunk and Treat” event, where many parents dressed up and decorated the trunks of their cars and handed out treats – sweets, stickers, badges, masks and the like.

Oh dear, my grandchildren need my help slaying dragons, so I will have to finish this tomorrow.

Cheers