Hello everyone!

Hope you are doing well and recovering from all the sugar you might have eaten from this Halloween Week! I LOVE Halloween so much! It has always been one of my favorite holidays. My favorite part is seeing what kind of costumes everyone comes up with. This year, I was Giyu Tomioka from Kimetsu No Yaiba (Or “Demon Slayer” in English)! I was so happy to take pictures with other students who dressed up from the same anime. I also saw many black cats and witches, a few Harry Potter characters, a Halloween cake, and the Olympic sports pictograms!

We had a good time playing games at the Halloween party on Sunday as well. Sam and I were in charge of a skeleton building game and everyone did such a good job! It was also really funny to see how creative everyone was when we asked you to build your own skeleton!

Thanks for such a fun week! Hope you’re looking forward to more fun next year!

１０月３１日（日）、今日はハロウィンです！！！

もともとはアイルランドのケルト人たちが、日本でいう「おおみそか」にあたる日、秋の収穫を祝ったり、亡くなった人たちの魂が戻ってくる日と信じていたそうです。家族や親しい人たちの魂だけでなく、悪い霊たちも一緒にやってくると思われていたため、生きている人々はいつもと違う服（変な服？おばけのような服）を着て、自分たちに悪さをさせないようにしようとしました。ハロウィンで仮装をするのは、このためだったのです。

ハローズの外国人の先生たちは毎年すてきなコスチュームを見せてくれます！１０月２５日～３０日のハロウィンウィークだけでなく、今日のパーティーも楽しみにしていてください！

写真はこれまでに作ったハロウィン飾りのひとつです。普段はかわいい表情のおばけ（右端）が好きなのですが、このキリっとしている表情もいいですよね(^^)/

ハローズでは明日、ハロウィンパーティーを行います。

昨年はコロナ過で中止しました。

今年もコロナ対策で人数を制限して行います。

参加してくれる子たちが、どんな仮装をしてくれるのか

楽しみにしています。

When I was younger, Halloween was my second favorite holiday. We would wear costumes to school, receive Halloween candy and have a party at school. Then we would go trick or treating in the evening. We would come home with bags full of candy. We would also watch scary movies. There are some good classic movies like Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween, and Scream.

Now as an adult and a parent, we can pass those traditions to our children in hopes that they enjoy Halloween as much as we did when we were children. Thank you for reading my blog. 

Nick