Halloween is not an Asian holiday. But, for the sake of embracing other cultures, they try to celebrate it. It is actually a lot of fun, because it has quite a different twist. I think it could catch on in the States

Friday is always a half day of school at our kids’ school. When the parents went to pick up the kids, we all went to a campout place along the river. The kids played, everyone brought food, and we pretty much just played and ate until it got dark at 6:30. Then the campfire was lit, everyone sang songs (that we did not know), ate some more. . . and those brave enough to bear the cold weather that came that day all camped out. It was a lot of fun. The kids dressed up and did a parade to show off their costumes and lanterns (the lanterns were made from either oranges or pomelo fruits instead of pumpkins since you can’t get a nice big orange pumpkin around here – hehe).