So the kiddies in our building went around the flats tonight. If you consider that the building has 3 sections of 5 floors, with roughly 4 flats per floor, that’s a fairly dense hunting ground for sweeties.
The Swiss, bless their little cotton socks, are only really starting to get into the spirit of Halloween. Must be the influence of all the bloody foreigners :) They see nothing wrong with giving out loose sweets from a big bag, an open packet of tic-tacs or a box of ricola cough lozenges. It’s the thought that counts, but it makes my inner north-american cringe.
Bean wanted a pumpkin carved into a cat. We got a picture off the internet that Katy freehanded. It got a lot of love from the crowd.
All these sweet full of understanding comments how Swiss(basically non-Halloween countries) are so funny and need to be taught how to celebrate Halloween leave in me just one thought- never again even to try celebrate a custom I really don’t get.:)
Hi Simona!!!!
Thing is, Halloween is a very big thing in North America. Even in England, it wasn’t as big as how it was when I was a kid back in Canada. It’s really drilled into you from a young age that you only eat the fully wrapped sweets.
Having said that, I just found out this morning that there’s a practice in the US and Canada called “Trunk-or-Treating”, where trick-or-treating is done from parked car to parked car in a local parking lot, often at a school or church. This is helicopter parenting gone completely insane and after seeing that, I’m more in favour of the Swiss “naive” yet still communal approach. And like I said, it’s still the thought that counts, and over here, the thoughts are still very much appreciated :)