A Chinese Halloween

No, China does not celebrate Halloween. However, I am in China so I celebrated Halloween in China. A few stores sold decorations and masks. I bought googly eyes and green fangs.
One of my junior students, Creasy, is the president of the Student Union. Two of my sophomore students, Hope and Monica, are the leaders of the New Campus' English Corner. Together, my students hosted a Halloween Party for the freshmen English majors. Anyone can go but it is mainly for the freshmen to learn about Halloween and have fun.

The seven American teachers were the distinguished guests. We were announced one by one (we ran down the stairs and said hi into the microphone). Then, a power point I had made that day was used to explain Halloween history, customs, and costumes. Kim was the fabulous host, donning a white afro wig and a statue of liberty foam hat. She hosted a game for everyone to guess the weight of pumpkins and the winner won a pumpkin hat. Finally, the teachers each grabbed a pumpkin and found a team of students. On our teams, we made our best possible jack-o-lantern. In the middle of this time, I left the room. The hosts told me when to get ready and when the lights turned off, I ran inside with a mask and flash light trying to scare everyone. It was scary to some of the girls and comical to me because I almost tripped a few times and bruised my leg on a radiator. I could not see well through the mask and had to run up the stairs on the left side of the room and down the right side stairs so that I could scare each group. My pumpkin did not end up winning any prizes but I made new friends on my team! For about 10 minutes, they played Thriller and everyone danced in front of the classroom. It was interesting to say the least. At the end, each student was told they had 30 minutes to talk to us in English. It ended up mainly being a photo shoot. My students each wanted a picture with me...and then so did random freshmen girls I have never seen before in my life. All in all, it was a very eventful time!

On Halloween night, I just wore random masks at Charlie's and hung out with a lot of people. During the week though, I talked about Halloween in each of my classes. I played "Thriller" by Michael Jackson, explained different monsters, talked about the history of the holiday, and read a scary story. The first Halloween I spent outside of America, I celebrated it the most!