Happy Halloween everyone! To answer your question of "Do they celebrate Halloween in Spain?" I can now answer with certainty and tell you that they do in Alosno! The children have been excitedly anticipating Halloween for weeks now, and the decorating responsibilities all fell to me! I truly don't mind though, since I love crafts, so that has been one of my main jobs. We taught the younger children the words "witch (weetch)," "pumpkin (poon-kee)," "monster (moan-stair)" and "owl (ohl)," none of which they could pronounce correctly, but oh well. They've been making their own trick-or-treat bags and containers, as well as various Halloween crafts, all of which we hung up all over the school today. After the break, each grade came downstairs to the lobby to get their class pictures taken, and then they all had to tell ME "trick or treat!" to receive candy. This job also fell to me, I guess because I'm the English speaker, but I loved it! Oh, and it was MY camera that took all the photos...I guess they were just planning on using their phones! Apparently later today there's going to be a Halloween festival in Alosno that all the kids will attend...a lot of them seemed really excited about it, and they all wanted to tell me what they're going to dress up as (mostly witches and zombies). It's funny, because here in Spain Halloween is actually about scaring people/being scared...different from the US, where people dress up as anyone/anything, and most of the time for a good laugh! Anyway, it was a good day, and everyone loved all the decorations and of course the candy, so I think that this Halloween was a success! My friends and I are going out later, dressed up as what? Haven't gotten that far yet. BUT tomorrow Rachel and I are leaving for Cordoba, so it's going to be a great weekend!
