Well, I wasn't sure what to expect being here on the island for my first Halloween. The first thing that had me really nervous was the fact that children carve ehm... turnips here. You read that correctly. What the helloween is a kid doing carving a gorramn turnip?
I managed to find us a couple pumpkins to carve since snow has never carved a pumpkin before. Yes, you read that correct also. At this point, I really began to wonder if Rod Serling was hiding in my house somewhere giving a monologue. So I had to give a short lesson on the mechanics of pumpkin carving. The scooping of "guts" and seed sorting was the obvious area that lacked understanding but thankfully I wasn't giving any quizzes after pumpkin school.
Now, since it's a fun holiday and all... We will play a little game! It's called:
Guess Who Carved Which Pumpkin!
The first entry:
The second entry:
Both together since I know how hard it is to tell which is which!
We baked our pumpkin seeds and lit the punkins up and all was good in the world. Especially since I wouldn't be caught dead carving a fracking turnip. *mumbles censored words about turnips* Alas, the day of Halloween is here. I did buy a small truckload of candy in case these people did something NORMAL like trick-or-treat... and not have some long tradition of painting sheep like pumpkins (yes someone actually asked me if they do that here haha! It wouldn't be a bad idea if sheep didn't run so fast).
I cooked up some dinner and had the bushel of candy ready. The first knock on the door... and singing? The kids not only dress up but they actually sing you a song! It's actually terribly cute to see little plastic skeleton boys singing a catchy song about Hop-Tu-Naa. The song goes like this:
Hop-tu-Naa
My mother's gone away
And she wont be back until the morning
Jinnie the Witch flew over the house
To fetch the stick to lather the mouse
Hop-tu-Naa
My mother's gone away
And she wont be back until the morning
Hop-tu-Naa, Traa-la-laa
More info on this crazy holiday can be found here.
Happy HalloweenHopTuNaa everyone!!!
I managed to find us a couple pumpkins to carve since snow has never carved a pumpkin before. Yes, you read that correct also. At this point, I really began to wonder if Rod Serling was hiding in my house somewhere giving a monologue. So I had to give a short lesson on the mechanics of pumpkin carving. The scooping of "guts" and seed sorting was the obvious area that lacked understanding but thankfully I wasn't giving any quizzes after pumpkin school.
Now, since it's a fun holiday and all... We will play a little game! It's called:
Guess Who Carved Which Pumpkin!
The first entry:
The second entry:
Both together since I know how hard it is to tell which is which!
We baked our pumpkin seeds and lit the punkins up and all was good in the world. Especially since I wouldn't be caught dead carving a fracking turnip. *mumbles censored words about turnips* Alas, the day of Halloween is here. I did buy a small truckload of candy in case these people did something NORMAL like trick-or-treat... and not have some long tradition of painting sheep like pumpkins (yes someone actually asked me if they do that here haha! It wouldn't be a bad idea if sheep didn't run so fast).
I cooked up some dinner and had the bushel of candy ready. The first knock on the door... and singing? The kids not only dress up but they actually sing you a song! It's actually terribly cute to see little plastic skeleton boys singing a catchy song about Hop-Tu-Naa. The song goes like this:
Hop-tu-Naa
My mother's gone away
And she wont be back until the morning
Jinnie the Witch flew over the house
To fetch the stick to lather the mouse
Hop-tu-Naa
My mother's gone away
And she wont be back until the morning
Hop-tu-Naa, Traa-la-laa
More info on this crazy holiday can be found here.
Happy HalloweenHopTuNaa everyone!!!
