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Saturday, October 31, 2015

Halloween in Hanoi

It is not the holiday we're used to (no pumpkins, no trick-or-treaters, 85 degree weather), but we were able to celebrate Halloween here with a few costumes and a party for the kids.  It was a lot of fun -- and a little surreal -- to celebrate Halloween with people that had never celebrated it before.  I mean, who's never heard of the Great Pumpkin?!?  Or even Charlie Brown for that matter?  But we had a good time tonight.  We may not have had pumpkins to carve, but we had seafood curry pizza.  Happy Halloween, Vietnam style!





























In 10 years, Halloween may be a part of Vietnam.  This article implies that it is already starting to creep in (and we did see a few things in the supermarket here in a tiny display):



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