http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAXMtUCcp7o&feature=share
Here in the Netherlands celebrating Halloween has been catching on over the past 5-6 years, but only in the big cities.:
http://www.dutchdailynews.com/dutch-halloween-parties-and-events-2012/
They do celebrate St. Martin's Day, which is November 11th. Children dress in costume and go door to door singing songs for candy! We can't wait! We have a pumpkin that we will wait to carve that day!
Yesterday I bought some candy to pass out:
Our neighbors said we usually get about 10-20 kids come for candy......
I've had a cough for a few days now. Earlier today I Skyped with my sister who reminded me of an old family remedy! As soon as I got off the phone, I made some! It tastes pretty good, soothes the throat, and helps with the cough...ahhhhhhhh!
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We noticed, while watching BBC News, that the anchors are wearing some kind of pin on their lapels. I "googled" it and found that what they are wearing is a poppy for "Remembrance Day".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6085132.stm
When's the right time to start wearing a poppy?
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Like the first twinkle of Christmas lights, it seems the race to sport a poppy to mark Remembrance Day begins earlier every year. The small paper flower is worn to honour the men and women who risk their lives in service for the country in return for a donation to the Royal British Legion. The annual poppy appeal is launched on Thursday, with poppies available from this Saturday until Sunday 12 November. Yet Labour's Jim Devine, the first MP to sport one of the paper flowers in the House of Commons, wore his in mid-October (prompting one sketch writer to wonder whether he had simply left it on his jacket since last November, and a flurry of acidic letters to the Times). | ||
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