I’m not supporter of copying the habits from USA, but unfortunately I cannot stop it. As we know, we have capitalism, and where there are opportunities there are also money. And Halloween is the best example of “opportunity”.
I never had a pumpkin in my house. Never until now. Several days ago I got a pumpkin from my parents – it grown in the garden. I took this pumpkin and I didn’t know what to do with it. I don’t like to eat pumpkins so only solution was to prepare a Halloween pumpkin. And I must admit, that it was very fun :) Together with my girlfriend, we cut an eyes, nose and mouth. Next we insert into pumpkin (like SQL query :P – my perversion) a small candle which looks like…How? Like small pumpkin! :)
I must say that the effect is very cool :) You can see 4 photos below:
And (like Alien – small head in big head) small pumpkin in the big pumpkin :)
Maybe I stay with this habit, we’ll see :)
Do you celebrate Halloween?
Maybe you celebrate some other holidays or habits? If yes, what kind of holiday/habits?
I do not celebrate Halloween. To be honest I don't see any sense in this holiday. I think, I celebrate truly only christmasts.
ReplyDeleteI don’t celebrate Halloween and I am not going to do that. It is nevertheless true that there are more and more parties connected with Halloween especially in big cities, like Warsaw. Some teenagers go trick and treating on October 31st. Then, they dress up as monsters, ghost s or devils. They knock on people’s door and say ‘trick or treat’? If the person gives them a treat, for example some money or sweets, they go away. If not, they play a trick on that person. A typical treat is putting dirty water on the windows of the house or rolling the handle of the door with toilet paper. Halloween in Britain and America is a little bit similar to our St Andrew’s Eve party because of predicting future. Apart from trick and treating, making a scary lantern from pumpkin called jack o’lantern, people also play apple-bobbing. This is a game to predict the future. You need a big bowl, water and some apples. Your task is to bite an apple without using your hands to help you. The first person to bite an apple will get married first. As I wrote above I don’t celebrate Halloween however I know some customs connected with it. I wouldn’t like our Polish All Saints’ Day to be funny. For me, it has to be a solemn day associated with going to the cemetery, praying for the dead, lighting candles and putting flowers on graves. I guess that all of us were brought up in such atmosphere and it is extremely hard to change our habits.
ReplyDeleteI always wanted to go to Halloween party, but I have not. This year I saw the first time in Poland children knocking to my door and singing some songs, they had some masks, and special uniforms. I thought that they wanted from me some sweet things, so I had not opened the door :)
ReplyDeleteI don't celebrate and participate in Halloween parties, but i don't mind it. In my opinion it will not root deeply in out habits and will never celebrate by majority society.
ReplyDeleteHalloween is more like a commercial holiday nowadays and I don't really celebrate it. For me it is more important to visit the graves of our relatives, light the candles, pray and reminisce together with my family. We say prayers, not only for those whom we knew and loved, but also for the so called 'poor souls' - souls who may have no families, no children or grand-children to pray for them. Sometimes our family would gather and my grandfather would tell stories about his parents, grandparents or friends that meant very much to him and that were very important in his life. We always enjoy those stories - especially the youngest members of our family who are more than willing to find out who their grand grandfather was.
ReplyDeleteI usually celebrate Halloween with my closest friends partying at home, getting dressed with funny clothes.
ReplyDeleteHalloween seems much cooler than our polish equivalent. I enjoyed and celebrated it when I was younger, because it was celevrated at my school. That is how it got to know it. Now I am to lazy to do things like that.
ReplyDeleteHalloween is cool and i`m happy that people in Poland started to get used to it. Why not to celebrate something that brings a lot of fun? I`m not pro American neither against but i didn`t saw yet any disadvantages concerning celebration of this day in Poland...
ReplyDeleteI also think that starting celebrating Halloween in Poland is a positive apparition. However, unfortunately our society is not ready for such events and the biggest burden is its mentality. We used to be sad and guiet during these days and it is hard to be happy and celebrate the death of our families or friends.
ReplyDeleteMaybe in the future we will overcome such attitude and start to enjoy Halloween celebration, but on the other hand there will be faith's breakdown so we will lose our beliefs that there is something AFTER so also the reason for celebrating.
Term Hallowen for me eqauls to term party. I always celebrate hallowen to go at party when all the people disguise themselves. This is hallowen for me... in Poland this is only idea for party, I think.
ReplyDeleteI don't celebrate Halloween, but when I was a child and lived abroad I attended to a British school. I don't remember much from that period, however one thing that I won't never forget are the Halloween parties. The costumes, pumpkins, candies, for a child it was all so perfect...
ReplyDeleteI don't celebrate Halloween, but I don't have anything to celebration this habits. I celebrate only true holidays
ReplyDeleteDo you celebrate Halloween? - no, but it's another occasion to go with friends to club or pub ;)
ReplyDeleteMaybe you celebrate some other holidays or habits? If yes, what kind of holiday/habits? - holidays from school ;-)