This evening I put two paper mache pumpkins on the window sill, though within minutes the rain had reduced them into an orange puddle. I turned on the outside light in hope that some brave Trick or Treaters might come to my door. Halloween is on the rise in France, each year it becomes more animated.
This year there was a display of candy at the entrance of the grocery store.
When my children were young I would put on a Halloween party, but as the years went by I stopped as it just didn't feel like Halloween as it was hard to grow excitement when the others looked at me oddly about bobbing for apples and eating pumpkin pie, or saying: Trick or Treat.
Or I could blame it on my Mother. My mom decorates every inch of her house in an Autumn decor plus she makes a buffet dinner in which everyone is welcome to come and grab some real food after trick or treating. I wonder how many people she will have this year, 20? 50? 85?
Beans, Pizza bread, salads, and cream puffs are usually on the menu, plus whatever other tricks she has up her sleeve, and she has plenty. I love going home for Halloween.
In the pouring rain, six children came to my door and for the first time ever they said, "Trick or Treat!" I was so thrilled I filled their little plastic sacks with candy (plastic pumpkins or Halloween containers have yet to be seen.) Also this year everyone was in costume, scary costumes.
How many Trick or Treaters do you usually have?
The above photo was taken when I was four years old, in a ghost costume that my Mother made. I wish I had a photo to share of when I was dressed as a bumble bee at twenty-six, or a photo of myself dressed as a mermaid and out of gas on the freeway at midnight, or the time my Mother dressed me up as Marilyn Monroe when I was around five years old.
My Mother made matching Mr. and Mrs. Ghost costumes for me and my brother Marty. My brother is younger than me, my Mother wanted me to dress as Mr. Ghost since I was taller. I threw a fit and refused to be the Mr. at Halloween. My Mother was disappointed but agreed.
What is one of your favorite Halloween costumes?
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