Marion County students tell Matt Manatee all about their Halloween plans
Dear Friends,
Thank you SO much for all the great letters telling me all about your Halloween plans! It sounds like everyone is going to have a lot of fun dressing up and going trick-or-treating. My podmates and I don’t dress up, but if we did, I think I’d like to be a land cow. Everybody calls us "sea cows," so I’m curious what it would be like having four legs.
I know there’s another special holiday coming up in November called Thanksgiving. I don’t know very much about it. What is it? How do you celebrate it and what’s your favorite part about it? I’m really interested to learn more — can you tell me about Thanksgiving?
Your friend,
Matt Manatee
Editor's note: Please send letters, pictures and jokes to calendar@starbanner.com and write "Matt Manatee" in the message line. The deadline is 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27. A selection will be published on Friday, Nov. 10.
Dear Matt, I like to dress up and go trick-or-treating. I like to go to parties. I’m going to my church to celebrate, and I’m going to dress up as Spider Gwen. I celebrate with my family including my Mom, Dad, brother, sister, uncle, grandma and my five cats! Have a nice day!
Your friend,
Miia Puente-Jacob
Second Grade, Cornerstone School
Dear Matt,
My favorite activity for the holiday Halloween is the parade we have at school. We all get to wear our costumes and have a big parade outside the school.
Your friend,
Javier Velez
Second Grade, Marion Charter School Dear Matt,
My favorite activity for the holiday Halloween is dressing up in your costume. I am going to be an inflatable dinosaur!
Your friend,
Landon Scott Patterson
Second Grade, Marion Charter School
Dear Matt,
My favorite things about Halloween is going trick-or-treating, eating candy and dressing up to do our school parade.
Your friend,
Casey Monroe
Second Grade, Marion Charter School
Dear Matt,
My name is Kira, and Halloween is so much fun! I go to my grandparents’ house. My favorite candy is Kit Kats, and I’m going trick-or-treating.
Your friend,
Kira Wells
Second Grade, Ocala Springs Elementary
(Loved the picture you drew of your costume, Kira! Thank you! – Matt)
Dear Matt, My favorite Halloween activity is trick-or-treating because we get stacks of candy. My favorite candy is Reese’s. I’m going to be a sloth for Halloween. I love to trick or treat at my papa’s house. I love love love to decorate for Halloween. My brother loves Halloween, too.
Your friend,
Aubrey Jones
Second Grade, Ocala Springs Elementary
(Aubrey, what a fantastic drawing of your costume! I bet you’ll get tons of Reese’s in your treat bag! – Matt)
Dear Matt, I really like Halloween. I like it because I get candy and I am with my family and just have fun. You can see friends and you get to dress up and you can put up Halloween decorations. Happy Halloween!
Your friend,
Mariah Fox
Second Grade, Ocala Springs Elementary
Dear Matt,
Halloween is my second favorite holiday. My favorite thing to do for Halloween is dress up. This year I’m going to be a Fortnite character called Skivit Trooper. I love to write stories to you!
Your friend,
Anthony Penick
Fifth Grade, Sparr Elementary
Dear Matt, My favorite thing to do is dress up in a costume. I don’t know what costume, but I think it is a scary person. We are going to the funspot and a party.
Your friend,
Jermaine Richardson
Fourth Grade, Sparr Elementary
Dear Matt,
Halloween is fun, and I want to dress up like Batman. Yes, we go trick-or-treating!
Your friend,
Kyng Smith
Fourth Grade, Sparr Elementary Dear Matt,
I am being Princess Peach.
Your friend,
Liberty Wheeler
First Grade, St. John Lutheran School
NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Knock Knock. Who’s there? Harry. Harry Who? Harry up, I’m cold out here. Remini Liccardello
First Grade, St. John Lutheran School
Q: Why was the baker such a bad comedian?
A: His jokes were stale.
Harper Jarvis
First Grade, St. John Lutheran School
This article originally appeared on Ocala Star-Banner: Costumes, parties, trick-or-treating: Kids tell Matt Manatee their Halloween plans
