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Our neighbourhood is a prime destination for Halloween.
We had somewhere around 150 kids flow past our doors... The vast majority had some pretty cool costumes. The cool thing to see is the new immigrants (usually from China) that try to get into the spirit of the occassion. They don't have the best (or sometimes any) costumes but the kids are just in awe that there are people giving out candy and that there are all kids of other kids dressed up and racing around...
We always have a small party on our porch. My wife gives out the candy and entertains our various guests and drop in visitors while I take the kids around to trick or treat. While many of the houses in the area get decorated there are two that stand out every year. One house, every year has a new theme... last year they were the Pirates of the Caribbean (they build the bow of a ship, had lighting, sound effects and pirates duelling), this year they created a really cool cemetery on their front lawn and all dressed up as people who died from odd things (you had to see it to get the joke). The other stand out is from the next street down. A group of neighbours get together and do a musical number. Last year was a reenacted Thriller, complete with Zombies shambling out of the crowd to get their funk on... this year was Rocky Horror (time warp and sweet transvestite). They were awesome...
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