Halloween is definately one of my very favorite holidays! I get so excited to see all the cute little costumes. I love to plaster my house with Halloween decor! I look forward to all the parties and soups... and JoDee's cinnimon rolls... and mom's witch finger rolls. I get excited about the chili cook off and trunk or treat! I think its fun to drive around and see the pumpkins aglow... and I love the carving pumpkin party! I just LOVE Halloween!
This year it is different for the Mechams. Halloween is not a celebrated holiday in Poland. The Day of the Dead is a national holiday tomorrow and so the Catholics here believe that Halloween is taboo... and the frown on it! And Catholisism is really what governs all the holidays here. Even though it isn't mandatory and religious freedom exists... The Roman Catholic church is the strong arm here. They honor this day of the dead with a sad celebration of their anscestory on Nov 1, how could one joyfully make fun of ghosts the night before? It is similar to Memorial but on steroids... and sadness. And so we will not delight in costumes this year. But we are Americans. And proud to be we are! And so we are having a fall party! haha... and carving pumpkins and playing throw the sticky eyeball on the spider and eating real fatty sloppy joes! And we invited peeps to that little fall party... And the missionaries they invited peeps. And there are just enough intreged people to confirm no less than 60 people. And we will all cram into our little church house... and you never know what will come of it! we are excited! Very! And lots of prayer has come over this party... because we hope we made enough food. And we hope we have enough space. And so we hope the halloween angels will bless our party tonight. There are halloween angels... right?
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I hope it is a success! We sure missed the pumpkin carving party here! Your old picnic table stood in for you at my party though. Miss ya!Did you know Christmas is only 56 days away?
There had better be halloween angels. Loran wanted to rename it "jesus-ween" and go all dressed in white handing out bibles. You should do that. Heeehee, the catholics will love it. Can't wait to read about it!
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