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We always look forward to every year’s Halloween celebration. I used to scare little children on the eve of All saint’s day. I would cover myself with a white blanket (as a costume) and walk barefoot along the pathway. It was just for fun and not much of a serious prank. My friend and I would laugh out at our silly tricks as we try to scare them away. We were like undercover-witches hidden-under-a -tamarind tree. My sister signals us every time someone would pass by and we’d prepare our scariest faces. Our parents wouldn’t mind getting our smelly blankets out the house as long us we’re having fun. It has been some kind of a “family tradition” that we wanted to pass on to our younger generation.

Three years ago, my sister and I got the chance to attend SM Cebu’s Halloween Fun Day. Just what I’ve been waiting when I was still a child. It was the first time we heard about “trick or treat” madness in town. The children would all line up in every boutique and ask for some candies and other yummy treats (as scheduled) for an hour. A Halloween costume contest was part of the activity. We were all excited to join and get my sister’s kids wear their loveliest costumes. I get a good grip of my nephew’s hand as we run and ask for candies at a store. Every year, we have been attending Halloween costume contests and parties with my nephew and niece. It’s one way of helping them boost their confidence and gain friends as well. Not to mention, it’s the third time that my nephew Shann Kim won best in costume at Mcdo’s Halloween fun day. He started joining at the age of five and he’s not stopping. His first costume was that of a vampire, then a wizard, a terrifying mummy-all-wrapped up with cloth and the latest as a Roman-mummy-soldier. He would really plan out what his costume would be like every year. Her sister Aya, has always been the sweetest lil’ fairy each year. She looks adorable in her pink fairy dress with a crown and a liltle wing on her back. But she is getting bigger and her dress is getting smaller. I guess I need to buy her a new costume next year!

It’s one of the events that Shann and I and the family look forward to every year. It’s a day filled with fun-scary laughs with the family. If I were a little younger, I’d definitely join Halloween fun day at SM and cover myself with my smelly white blanket! I wouldn’t mind walking on barefoot; it’s part of the fun anyway.