Surprisingly enough, Halloween was not as big of a deal here as I thought it would be. Halloween started in Ireland, and Irish immigrants brought it to the States in the mid-19th century. Apparently though Halloween was much more of a child and family oriented holiday here until ten or so years ago.
There are special "Halloween Games" that were played in Ireland for which children would get prizes and candy. Trick-or-Treating never caught on here from what I can tell, but now the holiday is basically about people my age getting dressed up in "fancy dress outfits" and going out. Which is exactly what I did!
I dressed up as a flapper with a black cocktail dress, hold-ups, red nails and lips and a cigarette holder. Sarah dressed up as Evan Rachel Wood from Marilyn Manson's Heart-Shaped Glasses music video, with a blond wig and red heart-shaped sunglasses. We went out to Doran's for a bit early in the night. We met up with Chris and Brian and headed up Hartcourt Street to the Village.
Brian's band was supposed to play in a Misfits tribute at the Village, but their lead singer got chicken pox and they had to pull out. We went to see the show anyway and it was pretty good. I don't know any Misfits songs so I was a little lost, but it was a good time nonetheless.
I think there might have been more Halloween festivities over the weekend while I was in Croatia, but it was a fun night anyway!
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