A Very Hangul Halloween

Halloween in Korea was pretty interesting. I spent the better part of my Thursday hunting all over town for a costume and decorations. As it happens there's a Halloween store in Seomyeon its stock entirely imported from Canada and the US. But seeing the price of a tissue paper pumpkin (10,000 won) I bailed and headed to the ever reliable Megamart. There I found black and orange construction paper and orange and purple balloons. The costume situation was comical. I found some cute kiddie costumes mixed in with car seat covers in the bug section. (Yeah the bug section was a new discovery for me at MM but why not?). I finally opted to make my own costume at home and settled on the classic black cat thinking my kids would appreciate it. It worked out well because it turned out B had dressed up as Batman.

I heard a rumor MegaMart had a table of scream masks which may be responsible for its popularity.