By Jonas Reyes
Filipinos have not yet fully embraced the celebration of All Hallow’s Eve or Halloween. Why? The country is heavily influenced by the Roman Catholic Church and Filipinos are too superstitious when it comes to celebrating a night thought to be evil.
And yet, in this day and age of social media, we are opening up to the fact that celebrating Halloween might not be that bad. For one, most of the malls all over the country have already decorated their stores with Halloween decors.
Toy shops are also cashing in on the holiday as they display faux bloody murder weapons, masks and full-body costumes. Now who would buy these things, you asked? Well, you can’t go to a Halloween party wearing your everyday clothes, can you?
In Subic Bay Freeport Zone, there are oodles of Halloween parties being prepared by hotels, restaurants, bistros, shopping malls, including the residential areas. These locators have seen the potential of celebrating Halloween in terms of customer arrival.
Locators such as the Liberty Sports Bar, Segara Hotel and the Lighthouse Marina are holding their own Halloween Party since they know that customers would flock their establishments even if they charged each kid and parent who came.
Liberty Sports Bar, a more mature-oriented establishment, even has a costume contest where anyone can participate, with goodies and cash prizes are given to the winners. While both the Segara Hotel and the Lighthouse Marina are more child-friendly, focusing on the enjoyment of the kids.
With these kind of events being held in Subic Bay Freeport Zone, it’s no wonder that Royal Duty Free Store, the SM City Olongapo and the Harbor Point Ayala Mall are displaying their Halloween merchandises. Of course, you wouldn’t be caught dead if you took your child in a Halloween party dressed in everyday clothes, will you?
They have also seen the potential of selling candies, chocolates, food and costumes to customers. Duty free stores like Royal Duty Free and Freeport Traders have certainly stocked up on their supplies of chocolates and candies. And all of these establishments are holding their own Halloween costume contests.
Aside from those establishments, the residential areas of Kalayaan and Binictican have adorned their lawns and houses with spooky decorations. These decorations are a clear indication that these houses are accepting “trick or treaters”.
And that’s not all, some of these residents have made it a competition of who has the scariest house in the area. Some of the examples last year were ghouls popping out of the bushes, a rocking chair that moves alone, a lawn cemetery, an SUV that looks like the Ghostbusters’ Ecto 1 and other creepy stuff can be found during the celebration of All Hallow’s Eve here.
And everywhere you go, you could hear children giggling or crying despite wearing scary costumes like zombies, vampires, mummies, or even superhero costumes. This is a holiday aimed for everybody.
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