Happy Halloween 2016 from
The Land of the Rising Sun.
Be prepared if you are ever stationed here that Halloween is
VERY popular with our Japanese hosts. Plan to purchase loads of candy, decorate your stoop along with your neighbors, and run out of candy faster than you can say, “
Boo!”
This year, we deviated from trying to keep a family theme and instead everyone simply picked something that they wanted to portray. HS was easy. He’s earned the nickname,
Captain America from his high school friends, so that is the costume he chose. I went with what I could quickly find available: the team baseball uniform HS used during spring baseball season...I became a
Mudcat.
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| Captain America and Glinda, The Good Witch of the South |
Our dear LD became a stunning rendition of Glinda, the Good Witch from our beloved
Wizard of Oz. She flashed those eyes, smiled that endless smile, and had a blast flitting around our neighborhood Trick-or-Treating. Her Big Brother handed out candy for awhile while we joined the masses. By the time we returned, HS was ready to get back to studying and we took over.
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| Glinda Ready to Distribute Treats |
LD enjoyed her Trick-or-Treating around the hood, but what she truly enjoyed was distributing the candy to the endless crowds of people as they wandered around the streets looking for candy. The Japanese are adorable...they adore the participation in the sliver of Americana we can provide for one night. You do not want to be the bearer of bad news, “
Gomen Nasai, no candy.” Which I may have had to resort to had Glinda, my dear LD, not intervened by donating her candy to our hale’s Halloween bowl. She truly is The Good Witch.
