"Helloween In Hong Kong"~~~~~(10/31/2015)
Today is Helloween, and I saw a lot of people dress up to work, which surprised me.Aren't Halloween just for kids? why there's some parents or teenage still dress up? what are they thinking?
In Hong Kong, Helloween is not a big event like in America, most of the parent won't dress their kids up and go trick or treat. They normally buy a pack of candy for the child and have family dinner to celebrate Helloween. Which I think is very boring, because you always get the same kind of candy, and you don't get as much..... HAHA!! I like to celebrate Helloween the American way better, because you get to go trick or treat and get way more candy, the more important thing is you get differents kind of candy!!!!
In Hong Kong, if you dress up to work on Helloween, people will think that you are either crazy or insane. I saw some kids walk into my store today and ask for candy, my manager feels sorry because we didn't prepare any candy for trick or treat, so she ask me to buy some candy back to the store, so that we have candy to give out. This will never happen in Hong Kong, just NEVER. Not like Hong Kong people are rude, but they don't do that because the culture is different.
Hi Arron. I enjoyed reading how Halloween is celebrated so differently in the two different cultures. Having been born and lived my entire life in America, I never really gave much thought as to how, or even if, other cultures celebrated Halloween. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI've always wondered about how American holidays are celebrated in foreign countries and how they're celebrated. I have a friend from Romania in one of my classes, and he has told me that it is not celebrated there and that he is weirded out by the tradition of Haloween.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting piece. It was fascinating reading a bit about how Halloween is celebrated outside of the USA. Being from Mexico I am much more used to dia de los muertos which is an even bigger spectacle than Halloween is here. There we have huge festivals with large assortments of cultural foods and music to celebrate and honor the dead. I'm sure you would be even more amazed if you experienced that, haha.
ReplyDeleteAaron--Your blog is coming along pretty well. You have some interesting topics for discussion and some good detail. Keep working on developing analysis and significance, and don't forget about visual appeal. Also, make sure you edit carefully.
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