Well, it was yesterday for me, but in the US, the fun is just getting started! Kids here in Korea have a faint idea about Halloween--they know it involves ghosts and pumpkins, but I had to explain to them the whole process behind dressing up, trick or treating, the ghost of the bayonet, etc. I still don't think they understand completely how trick or treating works. I used my buddy Flack's blog post on pumpkin carving to help explain that.
The thing I was most surprised at (though in hindsight I shouldn't have been) is that Korean kids don't really understand how a witch is supposed to look--the pointy hat, the broom, etc. Of course, the hagwon kids that study after school with other foreign teachers knew all about it, but the kids who didn't had no idea what I was talking about.
If you don't know about Homestar Runner, their Halloween cartoons are a great place to start. It's the best Halloween tradition on the internet!
http://www.homestarrunner.com/ween07.html
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well its obvious why they dont know about the ghost of the bayonette. there are probably only 2 people that know of that.
or it could be because its too scary for koreans to hear about.
chad
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