Halloween is pretty big here. Thankfully I could feign ignorance with the "it's not such a big thing in England" argument and hence managed to avoid having to don a costume for work last Friday. "I've come as a grumpy radiologist" I said excusing myself. It's amazing how many ordinary folk, normally well adjusted work colleagues, are willing to transform themselves into their alter ego for the sake of Halloween. It's an opportunity, for one day in the year only, to be someone completely different and a surprising number of people take it! Work carries on regardless, and patients don't flinch a bit which is surprising when you're having your blood taken by a vampire or being nursed by some ugly witch of a sister (no change there some would say). The rest of the community doesn't escape either. The kids and teachers went to school all dressed up and a zombie even rang my groceries through the till at our supermarket checkout.
I had a great time taking the kids out trick or treating on Friday evening with our neighbour and his children. Some people really went to town decorating their homes and gardens with pumpkins etc. Again I was in the minority of parents who hadn't dressed up as well ("it's ok he's from England"). We only went round our area for an hour but we had to curtail the fun early as the children were struggling to carry their haul of sweets from house to house by the end. Some of the other kids, clearly experienced in this matter, had brought their wagons with them. I was unable to see through their costume masks whether these kids still had their own teeth mind you.
Still it was all good fun and the more so for everyone joining in. Maybe next year I'll even brave putting on a costume of my own. Hmmm, better not quote me on that.
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