{"id":7644,"date":"2022-10-05T16:41:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T22:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/?p=7644"},"modified":"2023-07-31T07:58:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T13:58:52","slug":"heres-a-caribbean-book-series-to-make-part-of-your-halloween-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/heres-a-caribbean-book-series-to-make-part-of-your-halloween-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s a Caribbean Book Series to Make Part of Your Halloween Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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First, let me be transparent. Our family’s current Halloween tradition consists of hanging a “No Candy” sign on the front door, and then running to the store to get all the half priced leftover candy. We call it “Fall Indulgence Day.” We may occasionally watch It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown<\/a>, but the kids aren’t nearly as into Charlie Brown as I was growing up. For them, it is about the candy – nothing else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that they are older, they are doing Halloween adjacent things, but they aren’t really into horror or scary entertainment. However, they do enjoy Caribbean folklore. My middle son was introduced to the story of the douen while preparing for a steel pan concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: For Caribbean Kids, Spiders Aren\u2019t JUST for Halloween (Free Spider Plush Pattern Inside)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Douen, Duende, Douaine, Doune, Dwen, Duegne (n): A Trinidad folklore character, the spirit of a child who died before baptism. Douens wear large hats, have backwards-pointing feet, utter a soft hooting cry, and often lead children to wander off.<\/p>Via TriniInXisle<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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