Happy Halloween!

We had our first Halloween in Hong Kong.  Halloween is definitely celebrated here.  Many people here have Halloween decorations, businesses have Halloween based promotions and events, etc.  However, I think trick or treating is not something that is done in many countries (I know it is common in the US and UK, but I am not sure of anywhere else).  Our neighborhood does do trick or treating so we are lucky.  Because trick or treating isn't prevalent, Halloween costumes are hard to find.  I went to the local shopping market this week expecting to find many vendors with racks and racks of Halloween costumes.  Instead I shopped for several hours (I was also shopping for other things) and only found one kiosk that a few costumes that were cheaply made and very overpriced.  Luckily, I had brought one of Tommy's old costumes that still fit him.  Charlotte also had her costume from last year she could have worn, but she wanted to be a witch and one of my friends had a witch costume she said we could borrow.

Tommy and Charlotte with one of Tommy's classmates

We had some friends over for dinner and then all went out trick or treating.  Probably less than one fourth of the houses in the neighborhood participate, but the houses are close together and even though we only did a small portion of the neighborhood, the kids got plenty of candy.  We all had a great time.