Have Fun Tonight

I love the creativity of dress up holidays

To all of my friends from all over the world that celebrate Halloween, have a great time and enjoy.  It has been an interesting experience for me this year because my kids are fully aware of everything going on all over town, especially in a big city like Los Angeles.  Halloween is big business, and people love to step outside of themselves, dress up, and have fun.  That was me, it was a fun party, a reason to get creative and fancy, and go out with friends.  My kids definitely have my party genes, they see events and everyone around them dressing up and they want in.

Luckily in March we have our own dress up holiday, so I look at this as rehearsal.  Tonight is Shabbat, so we will enjoy a quiet night at home with guests at our table.  Today in both of my children's school they have a costume party and a parade, and as long as there is no gore, blood, weapons, and haunted dark creatures, I am OK with that.

The best part is that my kids are fine with me figuring out what to wear from what they already have in their closets, they are not stuck or even that knowledgeable about all the characters out there.  My daughter has a pink princess dress, not any specific princess, just a beautiful girl with butterfly wings and jewelry.  We have a costume that looks like batman for my son, he needed a cape, so I found a long black skirt of my daughters that got pinned and he was happy with the results.

Here is a fun read about the laws Jews would have if they celebrated Halloween,
http://jewbellish.com/hilchos-halloween/.

I grew up dressing up and celebrating, so now we will dress up if its a school thing, but we will really get it on in the Spring on our dress up holiday, Purim.

Shabbat Shalom,
Coach Yulia