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shari
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When I first moved to Asuncion, there were no trick or treaters at all but lots of dissent and the church was vocal against the idea of mexican kids
celebrating halloween...for the record, the church was also against the internet cafe when it opened.
With tv and internet showing kids that halloween can be fun...a few kids would dress up and go to the store or roam around town, but we never had any
door to door trick or treaters.
Last year, Lizbet (one of our amigas who cooks for people) organized a halloween kids party in a hall and after the party was over, she brought the
whole gang over to Campo Sirena where they had fun hitting up the gringos for candy! So it is growing in popularity although there is still some
opposition to it in the smaller villages at least.
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Bajatripper
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
We get 500-600 kids at our door every year. It's a security nightmare, but we find someone to stand at the door in to hand out the candy after the
local kids pass through. The first hundred are the local kids who walk around early (just barely dark) with their parents. They are the ones that
count and we've met more families at Halloween than any other time. The next couple hundred are from TJ and pop out of packed vans and pick-ups like
clowns at a circus. It is good to see the kids be kids though and we go out of our way to make it happen for them. Some costumes are cute, others
non-existent and they really don't get the whole trick or treat thing. No matter- it's their smiles that count and parents are always happy when a
stranger is kind to their child. We save the good chocolate for the parents- who appreciate it even more that their kids! |
Good on you, Wooosh, you make us proud--or at least me. I had no idea that Halloween had become so popular in that neck of the woods. While it's
obvious you live within driving distance of TJ, I'm curious where that would be. Is it predominantly an American community?
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mcfez
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| Quote: | Originally posted by cabo3100
Have not spent Halloween in Baja. Driving down to Lopez Mateos to hang and fish. Should I expect little mexican gremlins knocking at the door.  |
Be warned of this one knocking at your door...
[Edited on 10-26-2010 by mcfez]
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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Bajatripper
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
Be warned of this one knocking at your door...
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So that's why you wear that Viking helmet
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irenemm
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The first year here in 1981. We have 7 trailers in the park. I dressed my kids and took them out to the park. No other kids in town did anything at
all. I would run in front of the kids and wrap on the doors and give the candy to the people in the trailers. Told my kids i had to do that because
all the people were old and we did not want to scare any on them . We did that for about 3 years until the kids from town like the idea and then it
went pretty big and still is to this day. My kids at the time were 3, 5, and 7 maybe about 20 years later one of them said to me. You gave the candy
to the people in the trailers. At that time no one was waiting for any trick or treater.
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BajaBlanca
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irenemm - what a beautiful thing to do for your kids !! and they believed you for so long jejeje
not one kid does Halloween here in La Bocana - but I guess we could sure start !! I'd have to talk to our gringo neighbors so we can all be ready
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woooosh - 500 to 600 is unreal. not even in the States did we ever get so many. golly gosh, hats off to you. Off topic comment - did you feel that
the Inic. Mexico was not for real ??? I did NOT. Too staged, altho the projects that won were awesome, it just didnt set right with me.
@all - do you realize how much of an influence we are making when locals begin trick or treating ???? Just incredible ... and I like the idea that
those of you who do not have much contact with the kids can break the ice that way.....
[Edited on 10-26-2010 by BajaBlanca]
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
We get 500-600 kids at our door every year. It's a security nightmare, but we find someone to stand at the door in to hand out the candy after the
local kids pass through. The first hundred are the local kids who walk around early (just barely dark) with their parents. They are the ones that
count and we've met more families at Halloween than any other time. The next couple hundred are from TJ and pop out of packed vans and pick-ups like
clowns at a circus. It is good to see the kids be kids though and we go out of our way to make it happen for them. Some costumes are cute, others
non-existent and they really don't get the whole trick or treat thing. No matter- it's their smiles that count and parents are always happy when a
stranger is kind to their child. We save the good chocolate for the parents- who appreciate it even more that their kids! |
Good on you, Wooosh, you make us proud--or at least me. I had no idea that Halloween had become so popular in that neck of the woods. While it's
obvious you live within driving distance of TJ, I'm curious where that would be. Is it predominantly an American community? |
nah, the American communities would never let them caravan in. We live in downtown central Rosarito. Nice houses, good neighbors, many
mixed-nationality households. A few neighbors do whole-house decorations and many bake cupcakes and give out apples. Parents still allow kids to
have stuff like that down here. It's great for the kids to still get out one night and have fun. We got caught totally flat footed our first year
though- but luckily the "do mischief" part of Halloween hasn't made the migration south yet.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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