Halloween, Irish Style

The Irish do celebrate Halloween, but not with as much hoo-rah and decorations and loads of sweets.  We did decorate our front window, as did some of our neighbors, and we carved pumpkins with a couple of our Primary kids, and we did get some Trick or Treaters, but it was all a lot more low key than in America.  Except for the pumpkins we carved, we didn't see any Jack-o-Lanterns.

The first thing we did was invite Nelly and Jennifer to come to the church and carve some pumpkins.  Their mother is from Nigeria, but both of them were born here in Tralee.  Neither had ever carved a pumpkin, so this was a must experience for them.

They did not like cleaning out the pumpkin "guts"

 We decorated the Church.

We made cookies (lots and lots of cookies)

Then we partied!

We even had a Photo Booth

We had 27 people in attendance, and more non-members than members.  For a small Branch, I think I would call that a success! 

The next day,  Saturday was the Community Fun Run Halloween Run. I must say, the costumes were fab!

Elder Walker decided the lad on the right should be called
"Gluteus Maximus"

This lad was doing the fox trot!

It was all very good fun!

HASTE YE BACK!