Halloween

It was the 31st of October, and the Halloween spirit had been going around campus for a week or so. The SUMC (Suffolk University Madrid Campus ) student council put together a Halloween costume party. It was lots of fun, and the costumes and the music made it worth the journey to campus on that strangely cold Madrid night. It was definitely a great success thanks to our student government. This was the first time I had ever celebrated Halloween, since I am not an American nor have I ever lived there. I must say, it was extremely different, in a positive way. The pie eating contest was fun to watch, and the music was great so everyone was dancing. I loved it! The main event was the costume contest, which I think was the highlight of the night. People who had dressed up had to dance as they presented their costumes. For example, the Blues Brothers danced to a Blues song, Fred (me) and Barney (my friend) came in with their car to the Flintstones theme song, and my personal favorite was "I am a Barbie Girl", which was dedicated to our very own Barbie. I can’t forget the priest that showed so much enthusiasm on the dance floor that he won 3rd place. I don’t know if this is what people normally do on Halloween but regardless - it was a blast! Our campus got egged or as people would say "tricked", but I guess that all was fair on the evening of Halloween. After that, we went out and roamed the streets of Madrid, and I was surprised to see that quite a few people know about Halloween and actually dressed up. Walking around the streets was fun and the costumes we saw were very original . The night was a great success and Halloween was celebrated in Madrid on the 31st of October, thousands of miles away from its American home. What do you think of that?