Photo Credit: Raphael Ghieuw Sien
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October 14, 2009
Simrundeep Kaur
English and Social Justice teacher Stewart Perlman loves Halloween. As a kid, Perlman dressed up like a cowboy or a pirate. He and his friends would trick-or-treat in apartment buildings. After a successful night of candy collecting, Perlman and his buddies would come together to enjoy their finds.
Perlman brought the same love for Halloween to his own children by taking them trick-or-treating and to the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival each year. They also selected and carved pumpkins together.
“My son, Jon, loved Halloween. He decorated the front porch each year and really got into it,” Perlman said.
One of the greatest Halloween memories he had was when his son dressed up as a scarecrow. His son “sat on a bench extremely still and then spooked children when they got close.”
“I think the Bay Area celebrates Halloween bigger than before, especially with what schools do with the carnivals and stuff, and the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival,” he said.
Although Halloween is meant to be a fun holiday, unfortunate things can still occur, so Perlman advises to have fun, but not to vandalize property.
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